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Why Some Areas Hurt More than Others During a Massage Treatment

You may have scheduled your massage treatment for a number of reasons: perhaps you just want to experience relaxation after a stressful day, you might have a sports injury that requires attention, or you are preparing for an event and want your muscles at peak condition. However, you may well find that your body is responding to the massage with varying levels of pain. The type of massage you receive will also have relevance as regards pain levels. Swedish massage [...]

October 15, 2015 By admin Health, Massage active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, Massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, muscles, neck pain, physiotherapists, physiotherapy, pregnancy, relaxation massage, Remedial Massage, strains, swollen ankles, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

Why Everyone Would Benefit from a Regular Massage

Although massage has been practiced for thousands of years, it is not until fairly recently that the general public has become aware of its many benefits. While those with muscular aches and pains often sought out a massage therapist to help them, it has now become apparent that the regular use of massage can promote both physical and mental health for everyone. Massage is not a luxury; it might almost be considered a necessary part of everyone’s lifestyle. Dealing with [...]

September 15, 2015 By admin Health, Massage aches and pain, active trigger points, Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, Massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, neck pain, regular massage, Remedial Massage, swollen ankles, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

What Are the Benefits of Prenatal Massage?

While pregnancy is a wonderful time as the expectant mother thinks about the upcoming birth, there is also no denying that being pregnant also means being uncomfortable in one way or another. Increasing size can often challenge the fittest of mothers-to-be, but many have found relief from some of pregnancies side effects through massage. Massage is now considered to be a wonderful way to help make the mother more comfortable, even in the third trimester, and also make delivery easier. [...]

August 15, 2015 By admin Health, Massage, Pregnancy Massage Adelaide, Adelaide Massage, baby massage, cramps, Massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, muscles, pregnancy, prenatal massage, relaxation massage, Remedial Massage, strains, swollen ankles, women 0 Comments Read more...

How Is Massage Therapy Different from Physiotherapy?

As both massage therapy and physiotherapy revolve around improving health and wellbeing, it’s not surprising that some confusion has arisen as to the differences between the two. Both require the therapist to manipulate the body in some way, but the practices are not interchangeable, although they can be used in conjunction with one another depending upon circumstances. What Massage Therapy Provides Massage should never be considered the red-haired stepchild of physiotherapy; this practice stands on its own and provides numerous benefits [...]

June 15, 2015 By admin Health, Massage Adelaide Massage, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, Massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, physiotherapists, physiotherapy, relaxation massage 0 Comments Read more...

What Are Trigger Points and How Are They Effectively Treated?

What Are Trigger Points and How Are They Effectively Treated? Exercising too hard, working too long as a rigorous job, or even motor vehicle accidents can produce trigger points in muscles. Trigger points are small, but extremely painful knots that form in muscle fibres which have been stressed in some way, although in the case of an injury to the muscle the trigger point may be of some distance away from the actual damage. Trigger points differ from ordinary muscle [...]

May 15, 2015 By admin Uncategorized active trigger points, Adelaide, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, relaxation massage, swollen ankles, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

Massage and Sports Injuries

Massage and Sports Injuries Every single sport, from football to golf to swimming to ping pong, carries with it the potential for injury. Any time you move your body, especially in a way that is somewhat challenging, you increase the possibility that a tendon, muscle, ligament, or joint will be hurt. Pain and injury can interfere not only with your ability to enjoy the sport, but with everyday life as well. Massage therapy can help to lessen or cure many [...]

April 15, 2015 By admin Massage, Uncategorized Adelaide, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, muscles, neck pain, relaxation massage 0 Comments Read more...

Massage and Stress

The advances of today’s world have benefited mankind in numerous ways, but modern society is also responsible for a very dangerous condition – stress. It would be a rare person who has not felt rattled and pressured at some time during the day, and for many of us, these incidents are a near constant to our lives. Pressures at work, troubles with family members, and worry over finances can all cause stretched nerves and an overall negative outlook on [...]

March 15, 2015 By admin Massage, Uncategorized active trigger points, Adelaide, circulation, cramps, deep tissue massage, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle spasm, muscles, neck pain, Remedial Massage, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

Pregnancy Massage

gravidez_080829_046.photo by Veka de Oliveira via Flickr. licensed under creative commons Pregnancy is one of the best times for a woman to use massage. Although expecting a baby is a joyous time as you wait for the new family member to arrive, pregnancy also puts a number of strains on the body and is also responsible for emotional fluctuations. The use of massage, during every stage of pregnancy and after the baby is delivered is a wonderful way to keep [...]

January 6, 2015 By admin Pregnancy Massage, Uncategorized Adelaide, baby, baby massage, circulation, cramps, massage therapist, muscles, pregnancy, relaxation massage, swollen ankles, women 0 Comments Read more...

What Is Trigger Point Therapy?

Trigger points might well be considered the hot spots of muscle pain. Existing as small, hard nodules, they produce pain completely out of proportion to their actual size, especially if they are sitting right on top of a nerve. Trigger points will often radiate pain out from their point of origin to cause discomfort at a spot separated from the actual trigger point. Trigger points can actually be felt during massage and pressure on them will cause an electric [...]

October 5, 2014 By admin Trigger Point Therapy active trigger points, Adelaide, circulation, cramps, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, muscles, neck pain, relaxation massage, swollen ankles, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

Massage and Migraines / Headaches

Although headaches can range from slightly irritating right up to headaches that feel as though your skull was bursting open, they all have one thing in common – we want them to go away as quickly as possible and stay away. When you get a headache, it’s not the brain itself that hurts; it will be the structures surrounding the brain that are actually the source of pain. Headaches are considered to fall into two basic categories – primary [...]

September 11, 2014 By admin Health, Uncategorized active trigger points, Adelaide, circulation, cramps, massage therapist, muscle aches, muscle pain, muscle spasm, muscles, relaxation massage, swollen ankles, trigger point Therapy 0 Comments Read more...

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