Massage Therapy

Massage is one of the oldest of all healing arts.  In fact, it is dated back to well over 3,000 years ago.  As our thinking in western medicine has shifted from once considering massage therapy a 'luxury' to a proven method of improving overall health, massage has become not only an 'accepted' part of many physical rehabilitation programs, it has become 'critical' to their success. 

There are many different variations of massage and the application of massage varies greatly by practitioner.   We typically utilize more "deep tissue" therapy, a form of myofascial release intended to bring dramatic and swift changes to the treated musculatures.  Of course, not everybody can tolerate or prefers this technique, thus we also utilize more gentle therapy in those situations.  It also depends on your goal, whether you are simply looking to relax or you are in need of more of a 'therapeutic' session.  Of course, most of our patients are here trying to alleviate a muscular type condition, which explains our greater usage of the deeper technique. 

In addition to the typical daily muscle aches and pains we all have experienced from time to time, massage therapy has proven beneficial for many conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, stress reduction, tension headache, hip pain, plantar fasciitis, thoracic outlet syndrome, frozen shoulder, tennis elbow, thoracic outlet syndrome, and various muscular strain type injuries.