MASSAGE Services

Depending on your specific needs, I utilize a variety of the following techniques:

Neuromuscular Therapy

Neuromuscular therapy is a form of soft tissue manipulation that aims to treat underlying causes of chronic pain involving the muscular and nervous systems.

Benefits:

• Higher levels of flexibility and strength.

• Increased ease and efficiency of movement.

• Better posture.

• Balanced musculoskeletal and nervous systems.

• Improved blood circulation.

• Lower levels of body toxins.

What Does Neuromuscular Massage Therapy Treat?

• Low back pain

• Upper back pain

• Carpal tunnel-like symptoms

• Sciatica-like symptoms

• Plantar fasciitis

• Tendonitis

• Knee pain

• Jaw pain

• Tempomandibular joint pain (TMJ disorders)

• Hip pain

• Headaches

• Iliotibial band friction syndrome

Trigger Point Therapy

A trigger point is caused by muscles that fail to relax. This results in a knot or tight band of muscle that can twitch, irritate surrounding nerves and cause pain in other parts of the body. For instance, a trigger point in the lower back could be causing pain in your neck.

Benefits:

• Improved posture

• Decreased headaches. Trigger point therapy is a proven method to treat headaches that stem from tight upper back and neck

• Improved flexibility and range of motion

What does Trigger Point Therapy Treat?

• Headaches

• Arthritis

• Fibromyalgia

• Musculoskeletal pain

• TMJ

• Herniated discs

• Sciatica

Sports Massage

Sports massage is geared toward athletes of every kind. It uses deeper, more focused pressure, flushing and stretching.
Benefits:

• Improves athletic performance

• Increased range of motion

• Increases flexibility

• Decreased muscle stiffness and soreness after exercise

• Prevents injuries

• Speeds post- exercise recovery time

Myofascial Release TECHNIQUE

Myofascial release is a soft tissue therapy used to treat deep muscular tension, somatic dysfunction, and pain by relaxing the fascia (the fibrous bands around muscles, ligaments, and tendons). The technique requires very firm pressure that stretches and elongates deep muscle tissue, increasing range of motion and circulation.
Benefits:

• Reduce pain.

• Release knots/trigger points.

• Enhance circulation by breaking up the tight areas where blood flow may become restricted.

• Reduce exercise-related soreness.

• Corrects muscle imbalances.

• Improves joint range of motion and overall flexibility.

• Can help alleviate headaches or symptoms of migraines.

• Reduced adhesion's and scar tissue (from surgeries or injuries)

  
  

Swedish Massage

Swedish massage focuses on muscle relaxation, targeting superficial muscles (rather than the connective tissues targeted in deep-tissue massage) and increasing blood circulation.
Benefits:

• Pain management

• Increased blood flow

• Rehabilitation for muscle injuries

• Increased flexibility

• Reduced stress

• Improved immune system

  
  

Cupping Therapy & Dynamic Cupping

The benefits of cupping include local pain relief and muscle relaxation. Cupping improves overall health by removing the energy blockages as barriers to the flow of healthy energy or qi. For athletes, cupping may help increase blood flow to a particular muscle region or help reduce pain.
Benefits:

• Stretches tissue by suction

• Releases fascial restrictions

• Increases blood flow

• Breaks up toxins

• Increases range of motion

• Stimulates lymphatic drainage

Dynamic cupping is a combination of massage movements, joint movements and the negative pressure created by proper use of the cups. The cup is moved by weak suction along the area of muscle that needs a massage.

Instrument Assisted Soft tissue mobilization

Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM) use of specialized tools to manipulate the skin, myofascia, muscles, and tendons by various direct compressive stroke techniques we use to break down the scar tissue and fascial restrictions in your soft tissues. This includes your muscles, ligaments, tendons, nerves and fascia.

What does IASTM Treat?

• Neck pain

• Carpal tunnel syndrom

• Plantar fascitis

• Rotator cuff tendinitis

• Patellar tendinitis

• Tibialis posterior tendinitis

• Heel pain /Achilles tendinitis

• Post-surgical and traumatic scars

• Myofascial pain and restrictions

• Musculoskeletal embalances

• Chronic joint swelling associated with sprains/strains

• Ligament sprains

• Muscle strains

• Back pain

• Trigger finger

• Hip pain (replacements)

• IT band syndrome

• Shin splints

• Chronic ankle sprains

• Acute ankle sprains

• Scars (surgical, traumatic)