Orthopedic & Deep Tissue Massage Back to Top
Deep Tissue & Orthopedic Massage This is the most requested massage. The pressure is just right. It may involve some stretches and movement. It addresses your special issues: inuries, acute and chronic pain and specific muscle/tendon problems. Tendinitis, thoracic outlet, shin splints, frozen shoulders, low back, hip & knee pain. Conditions like plantar facitis. The massage focuses on site specific rehabilitation of muscles and connective tissues. It uses precision to address the muscle pain. It may include a postural analysis, neuromusclar therapy, myofacial release, stretches, muscle energy work and specific patient home care. Just the right things to restore your body to balance.
Some of the release of the muscles is achieved through trigger point therapy, slow compression and lengthening procedures. Shortened muscles can cause a decrease in blood circulation and inhibit lymph flow. Waste products stored in muscles can cause the muscles to become inflamed and irritating to nerve fibers thus causing pain. The internal toxicity to the immune system can cause disease. Muscle fibers that cannot lengthen are likely to cause injury. They tear at the musculotendinosus joint or where the tendons blend with the periosteum of the bone. Increasing circulation through massage helps the system to carry away waste and bring oxygen to the tissues.
CranioSacral (SM) Back to Top
CranioSacral therapy is a light touch approach to release tensions deep in the body. It influences the central nervous system to allow the body to self-correct, heal and the to relax. It helps to free the central nervous system so it can perform at it's best, thus eliminating pain and stress, strengthening resistance to disease and enhances health and well-being. Because it's so gentle, CST can be effective for all ages. This therapy is done fully clothed.
CST helps relieve a full spectrum of pain, illness & dysfunction, including:
Migraines & headaches ... Chronic Neck & BackPain... Stress & Tension related disorders... Motor-Coordination Impairments... Infant and Childhood Disorders... Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries... Chronic Fatigue... Fibromyalgia... TMJ Syndrome... Scoliosis
Central Nervous System Dosorders... Learning Disabilities... ADD/ADHD... Post Traumatic Stress Disorder... Orthopedic Problems... Many other conditions
Stone Therapy Back to Top
Stone Therapy is a type of bodywork that uses deep penetrating heat and/or alternating cold from specialized stones. Warm stones are by far the most popular. There's something about the directed heat from these river rocks that is instantly soothing.
Stone Therapy delivers a profound expansion and contraction inside your circulatory system, improving the function of your lymphatic and immune systems, and enhancing your body’s self-healing mechanisms. This style of bodywork takes you into deep states of relaxation, releasing stress and anxiety, detoxifying the body, and balancing your nervous system.
Swedish Massage Back to Top
Swedish Massage is a relaxing and therapeutic massage. It can be superficial or with firm pressure. it works as a full body relaxation and is great for people dealing with stress, fatigue, chronic pain, sleep disorders, and high blood pressure. In can improve circulation, enhance mental clarity, improve appearance and offer greater flexibility. This is a general massage and does not include attention to special issues. But it does include hot towels and essential oils.
Sweet Feet Treat Back to Top
Energetic Biofeedback Back to Top
The Tennant Biomodulator is a type of TENS unit. It's specially programmed and substancially different from all the others I've investigated. It helps your immune system heal muscles and tissues. First I access the area then set the Tennant Biomodulater to the correct power for your body. Then the Biomodulator is massaged over the area where the muscles are tense or in spasm in order to achieve relaxation. The sensation should be pleasant and relaxing. It's my favorite thing to use on bad knees and on neuropathies.
Pregnancy Massage Back to Top
Pregnancy Massage is a form of bodywork designed specifically for pregnant women. Pregnancy is a time in which a woman’s body endures tremendous stress due to dramatic physical, mental, and emotional changes. Using various techniques specifically for the new mother, Pregnancy Massage helps alleviate discomforts experienced throughout the pregnancy. The benefits are profound, including emotional support, the reduction of joint pain due to extra weight and postural imbalance, improved breathing and relaxation, and relief from uncomfortable digestive issues.
Assisted Stretches Back to Top
Find that high kick and fix those hips! Assisted stretching can dramatically increase flexibility and blood flow. It can correct muscle imbalance, increase joint range of motion, decrease muscle soreness and hypertonicity. It can relieve joint stress and improve the extensibility of musculotendinous junctions. Stretching can loosen deep muscle adhesions in a pain free manor. Plus it's just fun to feel limber again!
Sports Massage Back to Top
Sports Massage is a type of massage designed for highly active people who engage in athletics. Competitive sports can be harsh on the body and lead to injuries in both the short and long term. Sports Massage enhances performance and prolongs a sports career by helping to prevent injury, reduce pains and swelling in the body, relax the mind, increase flexibility, and dramatically improve recovery rates. It is 3 to 5 times more effective in combating fatigue than resting. Sports Massage is also highly effective in aiding the rapid recovery of an athlete from an injury by encouraging greater kinesthetic awareness and in turn promoting the body’s natural immune function.
4 basic applications of sports massage:
Pre-event Massage - This prepares the athlete for the exertion of all out competition. This is given 15 minutes to 4 hours prior to an event. The massage is short and stimulating, invigorating. It warms and loosens muscles in order to increase performance and avoid injury. It's an adjunct to a proper warm-up.
Post-event Massage - This is given within the 1st hour or two after an event. This prevents delayed onset of muscle soreness and reduces the time it takes for the body to recover from exertion. It increases circulation, clears out metabolic wastes, reduces muscle tension and spasms, and quiets the nervous system. It helps flush from the muscles the lactic and pyruvic acids formed as a result of oxygen depletion.
Restorative Training Massage - This is done during training to allow the athlete to train harder with fewer injuries.
Restorative Massage - This is during rehabilitation to recover from injury more quickly with less chance of re-injury. Orthopedic massage techniques are a must here!
