Therapeutic Massage is a term for a range of therapeutic approaches involving the practice manipulating a person’s muscles and other soft tissue with the intent of improving a person’s well-being or health. My therapeutic massage may include, kneading, stretching, compressing, gliding, or cross fiber friction. In addition I use a variety of advanced techniques including muscle energy, orthopedic massage, trigger point therapy of ice and stretching, craniosacral therapy and manual lymphatic drainage to facilitate change in the tissues of the body. I use different techniques and pressures after evaluating the condition of the patient and agreeing on the goals of the therapy. Therapeutic Massage is performed with the goal of providing treatment for a specific condition or imbalance in the body.

What are the Different Techniques of Therapeutic Massage?

Trigger point therapy: A trigger point is a painful area that, when stimulated, also elicits pain elsewhere in the body — such as the arm, the shoulder, or another area of the neck. Trigger points are releases with the application of cold stroked quickly over the muscles and then applying a stretch to those muscles.

Who Needs Therapeutic Massage?

People who need therapeutic massage have an imbalance or injury in the soft tissue or fasciae system of the body. They suffer from headaches, neck pain, T.M.J., face pain, back pain, shoulder, arm, hand or knee pain.