- 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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