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 How
long is a session?
An hour is a common session
length. This gives time for a deeply relaxing full body massage,
or more in-depth work on particular area for example back, neck
and shoulders. A half-hour can be an excellent introduction to
bodywork, with plenty of time for a specific area such as back,
neck and shoulders or legs and feet. An hour and a half is usually
enough time to address the whole body, with special attention to
a problem area.
What should I expect afterwards?
Massage
and bodywork can be profoundly relaxing,
affecting all your body’s systems.
Gives yourself a moment to reorient before
slowly getting up.
After a session, most people feel very
relaxed. Many experience freedom from
aches and pain that have built up over
months of tension or repetitive activity.
After an initial period of feeling
slowed down, people often experience
an increase in energy that can last
for several days.
Sometimes you may not feel
dramatic results right away. Watch for changes over the following
days, such as pain relief, increased mobility, or reduced stress.
Proponents of integrative medicine are creating clinics at
which a physician evaluates a patient, makes a medical diagnosis,
and then recommends a combination of therapies that may include
pharmaceuticals, herbs, acupuncture, or even a massage.
Journal of the American
Medical Association,
Resident Forum, November 11, 1998
How do I find out more?
You may still have questions,
and you are right to be careful. Any massage therapist will be
happy to discuss your questions over the phone or in person before
you book an appointment. But in the end, the best answers will
come from experiencing massage or bodywork first hand. Enjoy
in good health.
The idea that touch can heal is an old one….
But recent years massage has regained respectability
and now enjoys unprecedented popularity…. And science
confirming what we knew in our hearts…. that, as a
psychiatrist
James Gordon puts
it, “massage is medicine.”
Reader’s
Digest, February 1998
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THINGS
YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT MASSAGE! |
 Nationally
Certified therapeutic massage and bodywork practitioners bring
you the quality, consistency and trust you deserve.
For
millions of Americans of all ages, therapeutic massage and
bodywork are the solutions to many of the physical and stress-related
problems of our age. These individuals have found the value
of touch through the various modern and ancient healing arts
of massage and bodywork.
Through consumer demand, research, professional standards
and a new National Certification Program, these arts have
entered the mainstream of modern medical, health, fitness
and wellness practice.
Massage has been around since mankind found
that it was an excellent way to soothe tired muscles and relieve
tension; improve the circulation and eases aches and pains.
Liezl provides a full range of types of massage based on the needs
of the individual client with or without the use of essential oils
in a relaxed environment.
Whether you need a deeply relaxing massage
for stress, have muscular aches and pains or sport related problems
there is a massage for you.
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MASSAGE |
Swedish massage
refers to a collection of techniques designed primarily to relax
Muscles by applying pressure to them against deeper muscles and bones,
and rubbing in the same direction as the flow of blood returning
to the heart. The lymph system and veins both rely on muscle action,
rather than heart pump pressure, to operate. Swedish massage can
relax muscles, increase circulation, remove metabolic waste products,
help the recipient obtain a feeling of connectedness, a better awareness
of the body and the way they use and position it. The strokes and
manipulations of Swedish Massage are each conceived as having specific
therapeutic benefit.
One of the primary goals of Swedish Massage is to speed venous return
from the extremities. Swedish Massage shortens recovery time from muscular
strain by flushing the tissue of lactic acid, uric acid and other metabolic
wastes. It improves circulation without increasing heart load. It stretches
the ligaments and tendons, keeping them supple.
Swedish Massage also stimulates the skin and nervous system while at
the same time reduce emotional and physical stress it is often recommended
as part of a regular program for stress management. It also has specific
clinical uses in a medical or remedial therapy.
DEEP
TISSUE MASSAGE |
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Releases the chronic
patterns of tension in the body through slow, deep specific or full
body pressure techniques on contracted areas. They can either follow
or go across the grain of the muscles, tendons and fascia. Deep tissue
improves areas of strains, sprains, fibrosis, spasms, and scar tissues
and relaxes tight muscles. Helps muscles improve and stay flexible.,
Helps improve flexibility |
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What is
Massage Therapy?
Essentially, MT is the biomechanical
manipulation of soft-tissue for the purpose of restoring or maintaining
balance within and among the various systems of the body mind complex
while the body is at rest and the mind is letting go. The later cannot
be over-emphasized, which, by the way, is why self-massage or massage
during a sports event can never be as effective or as lasting as
one administered by a MT Professional…..
The Many Benefits of Therapeutic Massage
Enhances General Health
Therapeutic massage can be an important component of your health
maintenance or wellness plan. It helps keep the body and mind
functioning optimally.
• Promotes well nourished
and healthy skin
• Improves circulation of blood and lymph
• Relaxes muscles and improves joint mobility
• Encourages general relaxation
• Improves immune system functioning
• Improves energy flow Alleviates Problem Conditions
Therapeutic massage can help relieve
certain common physical problems, and help bring the body back
to optimal functioning.
• General muscular tension and
aches
• Tension headaches
• Muscular back pain
• Poor circulation
• Stress and anxiety
Supports your fitness or sports program
Therapeutic massage can be an important adjunct to a fitness
or sports program, helping you performance goals with minimum
injury and pain.
• Relieves tired and sore
muscles
• Helps improve flexibility
• Reduces anxiety of athletic competition
• Speeds recovery from strenuous physical exertion
• Relaxes tight muscles
Combats the negative effects of aging
Therapeutic massage is effective in combating the negative
effects of aging noticed in the middle to late years of
life.
• It helps keep body tissues
and basic functions in a more youthful state.
• Enhance tissue elasticity and joint flexibility
• Improves blood and lymph circulation
• Promotes healthy vibrant skin
• Improves immune system functioning
• Relieves muscle aches and stiffness.
Relieves the effects of stress
Therapeutic massage helps balance the effects of stress
in our lives and avoid stress-related disease and dysfunction.
• Triggers the Relaxation
Response
• Relaxes tense muscles
• Reduces anxiety level
• Normalizes blocked energy flow
• Improves immune system functioning
• Restores a calm mind and feeling of elbowing Cases
Therapeutic massage can help in certain
temporary or long term situations, which cause unique physical
and mental challenges.
• For mothers-to-be during
pregnancy
• For infants, especially premature and other developmentally
challenged
babies.
• For the disabled, especially those in wheel chairs and
others with challenging orthopedic conditions
• For the elderly
Compliments Other Health Care
Therapeutic massage is frequently used to enhance the beneficial
effects of other types of health care.
• Physical and Occupational
Therapy
• Post Surgical Patients
• Chiropractic
• Medical Patients |
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What
Bodywork Can Do For You? |
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Everyone
can benefit from professional massage.
A Therapy Session can:
• Provide
soothing relaxation to help relieve your stress and anxiety.
• Improve your energy and alertness.
• Allow you time and
space to reconnect mind, body and spirit.
• Reduce pain and discomfort
from accident and injuries.
• Provide palliative
care and comport for terminal illness and chronic pain.
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Detoxify and cleanse your whole system.
• Strengthen your immune
response. |
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