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Rehabilitative Massage:

This technique uses a combination of therapeutic massage techniques with the specific focus of restoring tissue function following injury.

     Benefits:

• shortens healing time
• reduces sweilling and edema
• increases range of motion
• improves muscle function

Deep Tissue Massage:

This technique uses therapeutic massage directed at the deeper tissue structures of the muscles and fascia (connective tissue).  More targeted and intense than Swedish Massage, but using the same general technique.

     Benefits:

• reduces pain
• improves circulation
• reduces muscle spasm
• breaks up adhesions in muscle tissue
• encourages healing

Sports Massage:

Sports Massage was originally developed to help athletes prepare their bodies for optimal performance, recover after a big event, or function well during training.  Sports massage emphasizes prevention and healing of injuries to the muscles and tendons.

Swedish Massage:

     Benefits:

• pain relief
• relief of joint stiffness
• improved function in patients with osteoarthritis
• increased circulation

Trigger Point Therapy

Trigger Points are painful points of dysfunction in a muscle.  They are classified as either active or latent.  Active trigger points cause localized muscle pain as well as referred pain in another part of the body.  Latent trigger points only cause pain when pressure is applied directly to the muscle, and do not cause referred pain.

     Benefits:

• relieve pain and dysfunction
• increase flexibility and range of motion
• decrease swelling and stiffness
• relieve muscle tension
• improve circulation

Neuromuscular Massage:

An intense form of bodywork that consists of focused, concentrated massage on one specific are of the body.  The pressure may continue for a period of up to thirty seconds at a time, and is designed to alleviate tension that extends from a "trigger point" into an entire muscle.

     Benefits:

• increased blood flow in the muscle
• increased flexibility
• improved biomechanical function

Manual Lymph Drainage:

     Benefits:

• increased circulation of lymph - helps redirect stagnant fluid in the skin
• toxins are removed, making lymphatic drainage effective in tissue regeneration
• chronic pain is reduced
• muscle spasms reduced