Our approach to massage and bodywork is to address the causes of your pain by releasing chronic muscle tension and restoring structural balance to the body, all while giving you the most relaxing session possible.
Chronic pain is often perpetuated through the body in two ways…structurally and neurologically. Structurally, musculoskeletal imbalances in your body overload muscles and tissue, resulting in pain. Neurologically, stress works against your body by creating neuromuscular tension and ultimately pain. So reducing stress and relaxing your neuromuscular system is just as important as the manual pressure applied to your actual muscles.
Sessions often include a variety of methods including myofascial release, deep tissue massage, neuromuscular trigger point therapy, and assisted stretching.
No Pain, More Gain
While the goal is to manually soften and stretch your muscles, this should not be at the expense of your nervous system. Some pain relief methods can be quite uncomfortable and even painful. You should not have to endure more pain to get out of pain! Many therapists and clients feel you have to “push through” the pain of manually forcing your body to accept new limits or break up tissue, subscribing to the “no pain, no gain” school of thought. Our approach to deep tissue massage is quite the opposite…“no pain, more gain”! You are in control of our pressure the entire session and at no time should you be tolerating more pain to get results.
