Massage Therapy Types Offered

There are many different types of massage, including these common types:

• Swedish massage. This gentle form of massage uses long strokes, kneading, deep, circular movements, vibration, and tapping. It helps you feel relaxed and energized.

• Deep Tissue Thai massage. This massage relies on a combination of acupressure and stretching techniques, as well as pressure points and energy lines to clear blockages and balance the body. It relieves muscle tension, reduces stress, and improves blood circulation.

• Deep Tissue: This technique uses firm pressure to reach deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue, commonly used to help with muscle damage from injuries.

• Sports massage. Similar to Swedish massage, but geared toward people involved in sports activities to help prevent or treat injuries.

• Trigger point massage. This massage focuses on tight muscle fibers that can form in your muscles after injuries or overuse.

Why Massage Therapy is So Important

Massage is generally considered part of integrative medicine. As a result, it's increasingly offered along with standard treatment for a wide range of medical conditions and situations. Beyond the benefits for specific conditions or diseases, some people enjoy massage because it often produces feelings of caring, comfort and connection.

Massage benefits can include:

• Arthirits Pain

• Reducing stress and increasing relaxation

• Reducing pain and muscle soreness and tension

• Improving circulation, energy and alertness

• Lowering heart rate and blood pressure

• Improving immune function

• Anxiety

• Depression

• Digestive disorders

• Fibromyalgia

• Headaches

• Insomnia related to stress

• Low back pain

• Myofascial pain syndrome

• Nerve pain

• Soft tissue strains or injuries

• Sports injuries

• Temporomandibular joint pain

• Upper back and neck pain