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 Massage
TherapyMassage therapy
involves applying pressure to the soft tissues of the body, such as the
muscles. The theory is that massage may be helpful in reducing tension
and pain, improving blood flow, and encouraging relaxation. Massage is
usually done by applying pressure with the hands, but it can also be
done using the forearms, elbows, or feet. Massage techniques can affect
the muscles, blood flow, nervous system, and other systems of the body.
There are at least 80 different types of massage. Some are gentle, and
some are very active and intense.
To schedule with Charity Dorrance, C.M.T., please call us for an
appointment. You can reach us at your convenience from 9:00 am to 6:00
pm Monday through Friday at (303) 760-8433. We look forward to serving
you!
Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQ) on Massage Therapy
1. What is Massage Therapy?
From the beginning of
recorded history, Massage Therapy has been a vital part of health care
and wellness. The art of massage was first mentioned by Chinese folk
doctors in the Nei Ching, the oldest medical textbook published in 2958
B.C. Even Hippocrates (466-377 B.C.), the founder of modern Western
medicine, said that physicians should be skilled in the art of touch and
that massage is essential to healing and easing of pain. About 200 years
ago, Sweden's Per Henrik Ling melded Chinese therapies with traditional
local techniques to create what is known throughout the world as Swedish
Massage. Whether it is used to improve athletic performance, medical
conditions or to help elderly people retain the mobility necessary
for an independent life. Massage Therapy is an essential ingredient in
the recipe for wellness.
2. What does Massage Therapy do?
Massage Therapy acts
directly upon the musculoskeletal, nervous, and circulatory systems to
rehabilitate physical injuries and improve health. Research studies have
found Massage Therapy to positively affect:
*Circulation
*Pain perception
*Musculoskeletal system
*Psychological state
*Nervous system
*Respiratory function
*Immune system
*Digestive system
This
is accomplished by restoring arterial, venous and lymphatic circulation,
restoring proper breathing, restoring balance between the
parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, and increasing or
restoring flexibility, mobility and appropriate range of motion by means
of manual and physical treatments and therapies. Massage Therapy works
best to improve circulation and nerve conduction, decrease pain, improve
mobility of a joint or muscular area in a state of spasm, restore normal
range of motion and just in general as part of a preventative care
program. Massage Therapy is not the only way and in some medical
circumstances, in fact, is not appropriate and should not be used.
Registered Massage Therapists are trained in recognizing potential
health risks and problems and will refer to the appropriate Health care
professional if a problem arises or is detected. Massage Therapy is
generally used in addition to traditional medicine (medication,
physical, natural, and surgical/invasive therapies) and is extremely
efficient when added to the normal regimens of medicine today.
3. How Does Massage Therapy Work?
Massage Therapy is one
of the few forms of medical treatment that can benefit the entire human
body. To truly understand how Massage Therapy helps people, you first
must appreciate the complex machine that is a human being: 206 bones; an
unimaginably complex nervous system that controls all of the muscles; a
respiratory system that instantly provides oxygen for life; and a
circulatory system that delivers oxygen-filled blood and other nutrients
to the billions of cells throughout the body.
4. Conditions Commonly Treated with Massage Therapy
Specific applications of techniques and modalities are used for but not
limited to the following soft tissue pathologies and miscellaneous
systemic pathologies with a soft tissue component:
*Asthma
*Arthritis
*Bronchitis
*Bursitis
*Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome
*Cerebral
Palsy
*Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome
*Cramps
*Degenerative
Disc Disease
*Dislocations
*Dupuytrens'
Contracture
*Emphysema
*Entrapments
& Compression Syndromes
*Fibromyalgia
*Systemic
Lupus Erythematosus
*Fibrositis
and Fibrosis
*Fractures
*Frozen
Shoulder
*Headaches
*Impingement
Syndrome
*Insomnia
*Multiple
Sclerosis
*Muscle
Tension/Spasm
*Muscular
Dystrophy
*Neuralgia/Neuritis
*Osteoporosis
*Chronic
Pain
*Parkinson's
Disease
*Pes
Planus
*Poliomyelitis
and Post Polio Syndrome
*Sciatica
*Synovitis
*Thoracic
Outlet Syndrome
*Tendinitis
*Tenosynovitis
*TMJ
Dysfunction
*Whiplash
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