What is Massage Therapy and how can it help me?

Massage therapy is hands-on manipulation of the soft tissues within the body, including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints. It is also an alternative health option to help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday stresses, muscular overuse and many chronic pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development of painful muscular patterning, employed after accidents involving trauma or an injury.

Some benefits of massage include: the prevention of injury, enhancement of athletic/sports performance, and improved quality of life. This can all be achieved by loosening tight muscles, stimulating weak and inhibited muscles, accelerating recovery after workouts, promoting blood circulation and lymphatic flow, and by boosting the body’s immune function.