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Massage Therapy

Massage therapy uses a variety of techniques to manipulate your joints and soft tissue to improve your body’s overall health. Massage increases the body’s supply of oxygen and nutrients to your muscles, which help release waste from the muscle tissue. Massage also accelerates your body's own natural ability to heal itself.

Benefits

  • Increases effectiveness of chiropractic treatments
  • Helps relieve pain in muscles and related soft tissues
  • Muscle relaxation
  • Stress relief and anxiety reduction

Complement to Chiropractic care

Therapeutic massage is an age-old remedy which has proven to be an effective complement to chiropractic care. Both are holistic in nature. Together, chiropractic and massage facilitate the natural healing process by relieving joint and neuromuscular pain. Problems in the musculoskeletal system are often caused by repetitive motion, tissue damage, and joint wear-and-tear. Most chiropractors would agree that it is important to treat soft tissue such as muscles, ligaments, and tendons.

Massage and Adjustments

The pain which brings you to a chiropractor often involves problems in the musculature.

These might include:

    • Nerve constriction - nerves run along, between, and through muscles. Taut muscles can squeeze and put pressure on nerves causing constriction, which interferes with the free flow of nerve impulses. This can cause spasms and pain. Massage reduces muscle tension and can alleviate the nerve constriction.
    • Poor circulation - tight muscles due to overuse, chronic injury, or stress, can constrict local blood vessels leading to a reduction in blood flow to the area. Massage may increase overall circulation and reduce pain due to vessel constriction.
    • Trigger points - trigger points are small areas of spasm leading to radiating pain in a muscle following a specific pattern. They can be caused by traume or repeated overuse of a muscle. Direct pressure can deactivate a trigger point, reducing pain.
    • Damaged tissues - massage can relieve pain from soft tissue injury and help speed recovery

Donna Ferguson, CMT

In our office, Donna specializes in myofascial massage. It is a deep tissue theraputic massage designed to break up muscle adhesions and scar tissue. She offers 30 minute, 60 minute, and 90 minute massages. You can book her by phone or through our online booking service on our contact page!

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