Does pain or restricted movement keep you from living the life you want? Sports injuries, household accidents, repetitive actions on the job, and tension from everyday stresses cause problems that too often take up permenant residence in our bodies. Massage can help! Massage is a gentle therapy that can relieve pain, and in combination with medical attention heal certain conditions and help prevent their return. In some cases, massage can reduce or even eliminate the need for medication or surgery.

Your body repairs itself throughout your lifetime, but with each year the process becomes a little less efficient. The body gradually loses some of its ability to spring back from the wear and tear of daily living. Even healthy individuals who remain vigorous into their nineties may accumulate an assortment of annoying problems. Though aging is unavoidable, you can take steps to maintain or improve your strength, flexibility, coordination and energy no matter how old you are. Exercise and good nutrition can help. Regular therapeutic massage can also improve physical and mental well-being throughout your life.

Ancient Chinese, Egyptian, Japanese and Arab medical literatures frequently refer to massage as a health treatment. Hippocrates prescribed massage for patients and athletes. Today, therapeutic massage is routinely prescribed for relaxation and health in Europe, Asia, Canada and increasingly in the United States.

What Can Massage Treat ?

Painful Tight Muscles Massage relieves most muscle tightness, from a sudden charley horse to habitually clenched jaws or tight neck muscles. Massage acts directly on your muscles with stretching and kneading motions. It also stimulates the nervous system to instruct muscles to relax even more. Massage flushes muscles of built-up waste products that can make you sore after vigorous exercise. Muscles can become so contracted that they press on nerves in the arms, hands and legs, creating a tingling or numbing sensation. A massage to release muscle spasms in shoulder or hip can bring relief. Besides releasing tight muscles that restrict joint movement, massage works directly on your joints to improve circulation, stimulate production of natural lubrication, and relieve pain from conditions such as osteo arthritis.

Injuries Massage can treat injuries such as tendinitis, ligament sprains or muscle strains. Massage reduces inflammation by increasing circulation. This brings nutrition to your injured area and removes waste products. Certain massage techniques can limit scar tissue in new injuries and can reduce or make pliable the scar tissue in old injuries. Massage can prevent injuries that might be caused by stressing unbalanced muscle groups, or by forcing or favoring a restricted area.

Stress Massage is one of the best known antidotes for stress. Reducing stress gives you more energy, improves your outlook on life and in the process reduces your likelihood of injury and illness. It can releive symptoms in conditions that are aggravted by anxiety, such as asthma or insomnia. Because it releives stress, massage is an excellent supportive therapy for people in psychological counseling or treatment for addiction.

Fluid Retention Massage increases circulation which in turn drains tissues of excess fluid caused by injury, surgery, congestion from lymph stasis. Massage also Improves flexibilty, posture and coordination, easier breathing, vitaliy, energy and mental alertness. Relief from dry itchy skin, massage increases circulation, tone and elasticity.

Your Massage Therapist

Massage therapists have extensive training that includes massage technique, anatomy and physiology, and knowledge of when not to massage. There are many diversified massage modalities. Each therapist will have a unique application and approach with specialized treatments. Longevity Wellness Therapies offers the following massage therapies:

Swedish Masssage ~ Soft tissue manipulation using five basic massage strokes. Pressure is light to deep, according to clients comfort. When stressed with tight or sore muscles. A Good massage for relaxation, improved circulation, prevention of injury with improved muscle tone.

Deep Tissue Massage ~ Specific massage for muscle spasms, injuries, scar tissue and joint restricton. Techniques include Paul St. John Neuromuscular, Jones Strain/Counterstrain, Connective Tissue Therapy, trigger point and cross fiber therapy with other mechanical modalities such as violet ray and magnet therapy.

Aroma Therapy Masssage ~ A light gentle massage to stimulate lymph flow, warm the skin for absorption of essential oils, and calm the nervous system. It gives the sensation of "dancing on the skin" creating a euphoric feeling. Application of the essential oils enhances the mind-body-spirit harmony. Oils are selected according to specific needs or treatments such as Raindrop Therapy, Somatic Emotional Release, Chakra Energy Clearing. Some specific needs are tissue trauma, stress, water retention, anxiety, depression, migranes, fibromyalgia, psoriasis, cellulite, spider veins, de-tox porotocls, and much more.