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Your Sports Massage and You

Sports massage not only supports joint mobility and helps heal musculoskeletal injuries, but performed regularly, it can also be a great prevention tool against future damage for athletes. Whether you are a runner, dancer, member of a sports team, or an athlete recovering from an injury that has you sidelined, sports massage is an integral protocol you can incorporate to maintain optimum performance capabilities, provide efficient recovery and assure future well-being. Sports massage can be done just prior to a [...]

Spinal Alignment, Massage Therapy and Your Health

The spinal cord is a long tube-like structure, which extends from the brain, runs the length of the back and terminates in the lumbar region. It is housed in the protective bony vertebral column that consists of 33 circular bones or vertebrae that we commonly refer to as the spine. Besides protection for the spinal cord, the spine also allows the body to be upright and contributes to its shape and structure in conjunction with the ribs, pelvis and muscles [...]

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Cooling the Pain of Morton’s Neuroma with Massage

A New Year usually means a surge toward action and movement in pursuit of stated goals. It’s a fresh page where you can write a fresh chapter of your life and act on! However, what happens if that ability to freely move is hindered by foot pain? Not a fun way to ‘hobble’ into the New Year, right? Morton’s Neuroma A particularly common painful foot condition that can literally stop you in your tracks is called Morton’s Neuroma. A neuroma refers [...]

January 15, 2020 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, foot ache, foot pain, Massage, Massage and Morton’s Neuroma, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, massage therapy, Morton’s Neuroma, neuroma, neuroma and massage, regular massage, swollen ankles, Symptoms of Morton’s Neuroma Comments Off Read more...

Improve Your Wellbeing: How Massage Affects The Endocrine System

Your body is a brilliant, finely tuned mechanism that comes highly equipped to respond to whatever your life activities and experiences can throw at it. For example, if there is a signal of danger from the brain, the adrenals will secrete cortisol into the body to activate the fight or flight response so you can stay safe. Or if you need fuel, the body knows how to call up certain hormones to convert the calories you ingest into energy [...]

December 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, endocrine system, How Massage Affects The Endocrine System, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, muscle aches, regular massage, relaxation massage, trigger point Therapy Comments Off Read more...

Can Massage Therapy Help You Lose Weight?

In the difficult journey to weight loss, it is worthwhile considering how massage therapy can be an ally. The following article is a great read. Its contents are reproduced in their entirety from: https://www.integrativehealthcare.org/mt/6-ways-massage-therapy-supports-weight-loss-goals/ (author: Yvonne Zipter, LMT, BCTMB) It may seem too good to be true that massage can help with a weight-loss program. However, there are indeed many ways in which massage therapy can support your exercise and weight-loss goals. Massage is unlikely to have a direct impact on weight loss, [...]

November 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, deep tissue massage, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, Massage Therapy Help You Lose Weight, regular massage, weight loss Comments Off Read more...

Got Anxiety? Depressed? The Mind-Body Connection and How Massage Therapy Can Help

The Cartesian concepts of duality don’t work anymore. The mind-body connection is irrefutable ~ Dr. Kelly Brogan When you feel sadness, your body reacts with tears. When you feel shame, your face flushes with embarrassment. The reverse is also true. How your physical behavior affects your mood. What you eat, your levels of exercise, how much sleep you get and even how you sit changes your mood and attitude. (Consider how being asked to ‘sit up straight’ is about improving [...]

October 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, circulation, Energy-Giving Benefits of Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, Massage Theraphy, muscle pain, regular massage, relaxation massage Comments Off Read more...

Rules of the Road After A Massage – Keeping that Healing Feeling

You just had a wonderful massage and are feeling relaxed, clear-headed and energized in a good way! So how do you stretch out the benefits of the massage you just had. Massage is known to have that effect – it Improves circulation, reduces high blood pressure, releases toxins, improves joint flexibility, helps calm aches and pains and can give you a boost of pure bliss and energy. So, now what? Is this just a fleeting ‘feel good’ moment or can you [...]

September 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Uncategorized aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of massage, deep tissue massage, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, massage therapy, regular massage, relaxation massage Comments Off Read more...

Deep Tissue Massage – When “Ouch” is a Good Thing and Other Benefits

If chronic pain and discomfort interrupt your life, you may want to consider massage, especially deep tissue massage to address the musculoskeletal issues that could be at the bottom of the problems. Such conditions as strains, sports injuries, tennis elbow, fibromyalgia, sciatica, plantar fasciitis, carpal tunnel and even high blood pressure can benefit from deep tissue massage. Why deep tissue massage? Deep tissue massage has a rehabilitative and therapeutic purpose. As the name implies, deep tissue massage targets the deeper, [...]

August 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Articles, Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, benefits of deep tissue massage, benefits of massage, deep tissue massage, lower back pain and massage, Massage, Massage for Immune System Health, massage health benefits, massage therapy Comments Off Read more...

Does Aromatherapy Enhance Massage?

Have you ever stopped to inhale the fragrance of a flower and noticed a momentary smile and feeling of calm and peace come over you as you did? The physiological response to scents has been used for thousands of years to provide healing and enhanced wellbeing to human life. This knowledge forms the basis for the practice of Aromatherapy. Aromatherapy uses unique concentrated extracts (essential oils) that have been distilled from the blossom, fruit, leaf, stem, bark, wood or resin [...]

July 15, 2019 By John Stamoulos Health, Massage aches and pain, Adelaide Massage, Aromatherapy, Aromatherapy Enhance Massage, benefits of Essential Oils, benefits of massage, circulation, deep tissue massage, essential oils, essential oils and massage, massage health benefits, Massage Theraphy, muscle aches Comments Off Read more...

What Can Cupping Therapy Do For You?

Inflammation and pain go hand in hand in the physical body and are often the result of chronic muscle stress from such bad habits as poor posture, or repetitive movements such as slumping over a computer everyday or spending extended time holding a phone between your ear and your shoulder. Swelling at the site of pain can be immobilizing and uncomfortable and can actually increase the tension of muscles, which intensifies the cycle. Enter the ancient Chinese therapy of Cupping… Cupping [...]

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