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What is Massage Therapy?
Massage is a broad category for a variety of hands on therapies that:
Relax tense muscles,
Improve circulation and oxygenation in the body's tissues,
Reset neuromuscular structures to a place of balance, and
Accelerate recovery from muscle strain or injury.
How can Massage Therapy help me?
It can:
provide you with increased energy.
help you reduce stress that is being held in the body.
bring you long-term pain reduction or elimination of pain.
relax tense muscles.
improve your ability to concentrate.
increase your sense of self-awareness.
help keep under-used muscles from atrophying.
and overused muscles from becoming inflexible.
What can I expect in a Massage Therapy session?
You will receive individualized attention that adresses your specific needs. Your session plan will incorporate some of the following therapies:
Swedish Massage – stroking, kneading, compressing and vibrating muscles to affect circulation, muscle tone, neuromuscular imbalances.
Deep-Tissue Massage –releasing adhesions and congestion in specific connective tissue structures and muscles that cause restrictions of movement and pain.
Trigger Point Therapy – using sustained pressure and circulatory massage to release myofascial congestion that is causing tight bands in the muscles, and radiating pain into the surrounding areas.
Energetic Balancing – working with imbalances and stagnation of the energetic fields within and surrounding the body.
Sports Massage – treatments focused directly on the activities of the athlete in order to maintain peak form, increase performance level, reduce possibility of injury, and increase recovery time from an activity or injury.
Myofascial Release – gentle, gradual compressions and stretches that help the connective tissue layers of the body rehydrate, become more flexible and release restrictions.
Body Mobilization – gentle passive or active movements of the body that help elicit relaxation, or help engage the tissues being addressed in the massage.
Passive Stretching – gentle stretching of muscle groups while the client is at rest, allowing for a full, complete stretch.
Isometric Stretching – series of alternating active contraction and passive stretching, allowing the muscles to be thoroughly stretched, immediately following activity.
Breathing – various forms of breathing are incorporated as needed, to help deepen relaxation, increase oxygen flow to the tissues, and release held patterns of tension in the body, especially in the upper body.
Hydrotherapy – the use of moist heat to help relax tense muscle tissues and soften fascial structures.
Chryotherapy – the use of ice to reduce inflammation in the tissues, anesthetize injury, and reset neuromuscular structures.
Contrast Therapy – the use of Hydrotherapy and Chryotherapy in contrast to each other to accomplish the separate goals of each, as well as to dramatically increase circulation to the area.
How Do I Find Out More About Massage Therapy?
Contact Jeff directly via the contact page of this website, or you send an email to inquiry@jeffmuskovin.com. Additional information is available on the website for the American Massage Therapy Association: www.amtamassage.org.
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