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. 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.
Restoring structural balance throughout the body allows us to focus on both prevention and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal dysfunctions. Orthopedic massage teats musculoskeletal pain conditions. Its objectives are to restore structural balance in the muscle groups throughout the body, and decompress arthritic or painful joints. Muscle groups shorten, due to prolonged poor posture or repetitive motions, and shortened muscle groups need to be stretched out or they will pull bones onto nerves and blood vessels, and cause or contribute to all sorts of orthopedic conditions.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage: Manual lymphatic drainage MLD is very gentle patterned therapeutic massage used to increase lymph fluid movement. By increasing the lymph flow the body is able to eliminate excess fluid and improve the overall function of the cellular system. When the lymph system and lymph nodes are damaged through disease or surgery it is sometimes possible to re pattern the lymph flow to active nodes and restore balance to the system.
