Conditions
Treated

Conditions Treated
by Therapeutic Massage

Increasingly research studies are showing that getting a massage reduces the heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases the circulation of blood and lymph fluids, while relaxing muscles, and improving joint range of motion. Massage also d increases endorphins. While therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it does help in maintaining muscle tone. It stimulates weak, inactive muscles at least partially compensating for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. Recovery from certain muscular injuries is aided by certain types of massage.

Some conditions treatable by massage

• Arthritis

• Asthma

• Carpal tunnel syndrome

• Chronic and acute pain

• Circulatory problems

• Gastrointestinal disorders

• Headache

• Immune function disorders

• Insomnia

• Myofascial pain
• Premature infants
• Reduced range of motion
• Sports injuries
• Stress

• Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) syndrome

Massage Contraindications

• Certain forms of cancer

• Phlebitis

• Some cardiac problems

• Some skin conditions

• Infectious diseases