The first thing the massage therapist will do is ask you to fill out an intake form. This form will include essentials such as name and contact information. It will also have questions about your general health, medications you are taking, recent surgeries and any ailments or limitations you may have. You may be asked about your activity levels, what type of work you do and your reason for scheduling a massage. Make sure to include all medications as well.

An assessment of your functional movements will be taken. This assessment involves movement and muscle length testing, along with a postural evaluation and orthopedic tests. Through these, he determines which muscles are tight and which are weak.

• Massage and body work will help create an awareness of yourself to help further your knowledge of ways to correct your issues

• Massage and other forms of bodywork can help to reduce muscular tension, which results in less pain.

• Improves blood and lymph circulation, helps to lower blood pressure.

• Helps to reduce anxiety, depression, and stress levels, and improves concentration.

• Massage promotes quicker healing of injured muscles.

• Massage reduces spasms and cramps, and helps relieve generalized or chronic pain.

• In some cases, massage reduces or eliminates the need for medication.

• Massage enhances immunity.

• Massage improves quality of sleep.

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While massage is most efficient at the reduction of scars and improvement of joint flexibility when given in the early stages of injury rehabilitation, it can also be of tremendous help even after a considerable amount of time has passed. Old traumas, whether physical or psychological, can remain in the body long after the actual event or injury and cause a great deal of discomfort and pain in muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints. Massage can be helpful in reducing and eventually eliminating much of that discomfort by relaxing muscles and improving joint flexibility. Massage also helps to release “feel good” hormones in the body such as oxytocin and endorphins, which act as natural analgesics (pain killers). It also helps to improve the function of neurotransmitters, which help to regulate the communication between neurons and other cells in the body.

A massage therapy session is your time to relax. Many people do fall into a gentle sleep while getting a massage and massage therapists are used to this. Your massage therapist will continue with the massage and gently wake you up when the session is over.

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