- Relieve your stress and anxiety
- Increase the nourishing blood supply to your
tissues
- Improve your energy and alertness
- Aid your recovery from pulled muscles or sprained
ligaments
- Ease many of the uncomfortable stresses of child
bearing, including edema, backaches and exhaustion
- Relieve certain repetitive motion injuries related
to on-the-job activities
- Greatly reduce your pain if you suffer from
temporal mandibular joint dysfunction (TMJ) or carpal
tunnel syndrome
- Compensate, at least in part, for lack of exercise
and muscular contraction if you're a person who,
because of age, injury or illness, if forced to remain
inactive
Therapeutic Massage involves the manipulation of the
soft tissue structures of the body (muscles, tendons,
ligaments) to prevent and alleviate pain, discomfort,
muscle spasm and stress: and to promote health and
wellness. The American Massage Therapy Association
defines massage therapy as : "A profession in which
the practitioner applies manual techniques with the
intent of positively affecting the health and well being
of the patient."
Massage therapy improves functioning of the
circulatory, lymphatic, muscular, skeletal and nervous
systems and may improve the rate at which the body
recovers from injury and illness. Massage involves
holding, causing movement of soft tissue, and/or
applying pressure to the body. It comes in many forms,
including:
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Swedish- a gentle, relaxing massage
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Trigger point therapy- applies concentrated
pressure to "trigger points" (painful irritated areas
in muscles) to break cycles of spasm and pain
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Sports massage- helps to reach optimal
performance through injury-free training, effective in
rehabilitation process
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Myofascial massage- releases the chronic patterns
of tension in the body through slow and deep pressure
on the contracted area of muscles, tendons and
fascia
Massage is often utilized before or after
chiropractic adjustment, per your doctor's order.
Massage therapy is performed on a comfortable padded
table in our therapy department. Sessions last about 15
or 30 minutes. Before your massage, we apply 5 minutes
of hot pack therapy to loosen up the muscle area. Our
Ct. Licensed Massage Therapist will use oil or cream to
manipulate the soft tissue. Some insurance plans cover
massage.
HOURS: M,T,W,F: 8am to
7pm Thurs: 2pm-7pm
Sat: 8AM-1PM
24 hour emergency
coverage
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