Massage Therapy
Description of Services
How Can Massage Be Medically Beneficial?
Massage therapy helps you relax, re-align and rejuvenate. There are many positive aspects to receiving massage therapy on an ongoing basis, and with the busy lives we lead, we can all benefit from a little stress management. The experienced, professional therapists at Massage Envy clinics nationwide provide exceptional care and will design an effective customized massage treatment to address your individual needs.
More Americans are turning to therapeutic massage treatment to provide relaxation, relieve tension associated with the daily stresses of their busy lives, or simply to help maintain good health and achieve a balanced lifestyle. Oh, and let's not forget how great it feels to be treated by a professional massage therapist.
There are so many health benefits to receiving massage therapy on a regular basis:
- Helps relieve stress and muscle tension
- Alleviates discomfort during pregnancy
- Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments. reduces pain and swelling reduces the formation of excessive scar tissue
- Reduces muscle spasms
- Provides greater joint flexibility and range of motion
- Enhances athletic performance Treats sport or work injuries
- Promotes deeper & easier breathing
- Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids
- Reduces blood pressure
- Helps relieve tension-related headaches and effects of eye-strain
- Enhances nourishment to the skin
- Improves posture
- Strengthens the immune system
- Treats musculoskeletal problems
- Rehabilitation postoperative and after injury
- Fosters peace of mind
- Promotes a relaxed state, aids for calm thinking, helps relieve mental stress
- Improves ability to monitor stress signals
- Emotional Benefits
Recent scientific research also proves that massage therapy increases immune function, decreases stress levels, and reduces recovery time in many medical conditions including:
- Allergies
- Depression and Anxiety
- Arthritis
- Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
- Asthma and Bronchitis
- Circulatory Problems
- Insomnia
- Sports Injuries
- Temporomandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJ)
- Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
- Musculo-Skeletal Disorders
(Source: AMTA)