What is it?
Massage for pain relief focuses on improving mobility and reducing your level of pain and/or discomfort. Most sessions are approximately 60 minutes in duration, with the initial session at 75-90 minutes.
The treatment time is parsed into three sections: Initial Testing and Assessment*, Treatment, and Post-Manipulative Testing. The initial session also incorporates the completion of documentation and an intake interview in addition to these areas of focus.
During the Testing phases, the client is asked to perform a series of movements of the affected and/or related areas. This helps the practitioner determine which soft-tissue structures may be directly involved in any restriction or reduction of movement.
The Treatment phase is fairly self-explanatory. During this phase, the information determined through testing is utilized to formulate the most efficacious intervention. The treatment is applied during this phase as well.
During the Post-Manipulative testing, movement and restriction are evaluated to determine the effects of the treatment, and to explore further treatment options, as well as identifying avenues for self-care after the session.
As Carol Manheim notes in The Myofascial Release Manual, this level of soft-tissue manipulation is, essentially, reeducation of the Central Nervous System. Multiple sessions offer the most efficient--and lasting--results.
Why would I choose this?
You may want massage for pain relief if any of the following circumstances describes you:
How can this help?
Massage sessions for pain relief offer an improvement guarantee. You will experience a shift in your range of motion and/or soft-tissue based pain by the end of the third session, guaranteed.
You can learn more about what massage can do for you at the Touch Research Institute, or at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (a division of the National Institutes of Health).
*Assessment sessions are also available as standalone appointments.
Massage for pain relief focuses on improving mobility and reducing your level of pain and/or discomfort. Most sessions are approximately 60 minutes in duration, with the initial session at 75-90 minutes.
The treatment time is parsed into three sections: Initial Testing and Assessment*, Treatment, and Post-Manipulative Testing. The initial session also incorporates the completion of documentation and an intake interview in addition to these areas of focus.
During the Testing phases, the client is asked to perform a series of movements of the affected and/or related areas. This helps the practitioner determine which soft-tissue structures may be directly involved in any restriction or reduction of movement.
The Treatment phase is fairly self-explanatory. During this phase, the information determined through testing is utilized to formulate the most efficacious intervention. The treatment is applied during this phase as well.
During the Post-Manipulative testing, movement and restriction are evaluated to determine the effects of the treatment, and to explore further treatment options, as well as identifying avenues for self-care after the session.
As Carol Manheim notes in The Myofascial Release Manual, this level of soft-tissue manipulation is, essentially, reeducation of the Central Nervous System. Multiple sessions offer the most efficient--and lasting--results.
Why would I choose this?
You may want massage for pain relief if any of the following circumstances describes you:
- Recent injury or trauma
- Chronic pain
- Recent surgery
- Pain distracts you from your daily activities
- Pain keeps you up at night
- You have changed the way you sit, stand, walk or move to avoid experiencing pain
How can this help?
Massage sessions for pain relief offer an improvement guarantee. You will experience a shift in your range of motion and/or soft-tissue based pain by the end of the third session, guaranteed.
You can learn more about what massage can do for you at the Touch Research Institute, or at the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (a division of the National Institutes of Health).
*Assessment sessions are also available as standalone appointments.
