The Top 7 Reasons Massage
Makes You Feel Fantastic!
Release your Endorphins
It’s no secret that therapeutic massage makes you feel wonderful. This is because therapeutic massage causes your brain to release endogenous opiates called endorphins or the “feel good” chemicals. Endorphins have a “morphine-like” quality that is described as causing exhilaration and relaxation and thus it often relieves pain, anxiety, and stress that you may be experiencing.
IMPROVE CIRCULATION OF VITAL NUTRIENTS AND REMOVAL OF TOXIC WASTE
Your massage therapist uses specialized techniques called effleurage to stimulate blood and lymphatic fluid circulation. The increase in circulation brings blood with oxygen and vital nutrients to the area that will help to heal and restore it and also removes toxic wastes that have accumulated.
GIVE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM A BOOST
When your blood circulation is improved, the amount of disease fighting white blood cells and natural killer T cells is also improved. Since massage also counteracts the effects of stress (which lowers your immune system function) it is a double boost!
LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE
Massage therapy will stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system and lower elevated blood pressure, slow your heart rate and your respiration into a harmonious and natural rhythm. (1)
RELAX MUSCLES
We all experience micro-trauma’s to our muscles everyday whether it’s from sitting at the computer too long, sleeping in a “funny” position, or trying to open the door with an arm load of groceries. Our surrounding muscles act to protect these trauma’s by tensing up so that the injured part is “guarded”. This causes aches, pains, and “knots” to develop. Your massage therapist detects these problem areas and uses a variety of special techniques to help relax the muscles and allow proper circulation for healing.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP
Massage therapy has been demonstrated to increase the amount of serotonin in your body which modulates sleep and mood among many other functions (2). With the addition of an increase in endorphins making you feel good and in a relaxed mood, many patients with insomnia report to us that they have a restful night sleep after a massage session with one of our therapists.
BLAST AWAY EFFECTS OF STRESS
We all experience our fair share of stress these days. Stress is actually a “fight-or-flight” response that prepares our body to take emergency evasive action or emergency offensive action. This response was vital to our ancestors if they were being threatened by a predator, but nowadays, sitting in a cubicle or the carpool lane – there is no flight and there is no fight – there is just our bodies “coping” with it. We do this by storing all this tension and extra energy in our muscles.
Massage therapy can actually decrease the levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and increase serotonin (sleep modulator) thus significantly counteracting the effects of stress (2). As mentioned above, massage will lower your heart rate back to normal. It will also stimulate the systems that were shut down to conserve energy such as your immune system, reproductive system and digestion. Your muscles relax and your stress levels have been lowered significantly.
Massage Therapy
Massage by Laurie L. Lark
Laurie graduated from Kirtland's Massage Therapy Program in 2000, and has worked in Spa's and Private Practices in the Gaylord Area. Sessions start with Swedish Massage, some of the other techniques Laurie uses are Reiki, Cranial/Scaral Release, Therapeutic Touch, Chakra Balancing and Chair Massage. My hope is to enhance your chiropractic care and bring relaxation and balance back to your body and spirit.
SWEDISH MASSAGE Traditional massage therapy of the soft tissues including long strokes, friction, kneading, pressing, tapping, rolling and feathering to promote circulation of blood and lymph. This in turn relaxes muscles, relieves pain, and removes stress mentally and physically.
REIKI, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, CRANIAL/SCARAL RELEASE, CHAKRA BALANCING All these modalities use the directing of universal life-force energy to assist the body in healing itself by balancing the body's electrical energies. The laying on of hands is either used directly on the body or in the energy field of the client. Any of these may be used in conjunction with the other types of massages above. They work well with the other modalities, and will help them be more effective by rejuvenating and renewing the cells and even speeding up the process of healing body, mind and spirit.
CHAIR MASSAGE 10-15 minute massage on a specially designed massage chair. Client remains fully clothed as neck, shoulders, hands, arms and back are massaged using no oil. The chair massage is quick, relaxing and rejuvenating, beneficial and affordable. Since most problem areas tend to be in the upper extremities, these areas are easily targeted using this technique.
The chair is portable and can be brought to your office or work place, another benefit of the chair massage is it relaxes the muscles but not the mind. You can then continue to work and will find as the day goes on your energy will increase.
Bosses this is a great thank you to your staff for all their hard work. Chair massage can also complement your chiropractic treatment with Dr. Toupin.
APPOINTMENTS Hour and half hour table massage and chair massage appointments. You can also book on site chair massage for your office or place of business.
Laurie graduated from Kirtland's Massage Therapy Program in 2000, and has worked in Spa's and Private Practices in the Gaylord Area. Sessions start with Swedish Massage, some of the other techniques Laurie uses are Reiki, Cranial/Scaral Release, Therapeutic Touch, Chakra Balancing and Chair Massage. My hope is to enhance your chiropractic care and bring relaxation and balance back to your body and spirit.
SWEDISH MASSAGE Traditional massage therapy of the soft tissues including long strokes, friction, kneading, pressing, tapping, rolling and feathering to promote circulation of blood and lymph. This in turn relaxes muscles, relieves pain, and removes stress mentally and physically.
REIKI, THERAPEUTIC TOUCH, CRANIAL/SCARAL RELEASE, CHAKRA BALANCING All these modalities use the directing of universal life-force energy to assist the body in healing itself by balancing the body's electrical energies. The laying on of hands is either used directly on the body or in the energy field of the client. Any of these may be used in conjunction with the other types of massages above. They work well with the other modalities, and will help them be more effective by rejuvenating and renewing the cells and even speeding up the process of healing body, mind and spirit.
CHAIR MASSAGE 10-15 minute massage on a specially designed massage chair. Client remains fully clothed as neck, shoulders, hands, arms and back are massaged using no oil. The chair massage is quick, relaxing and rejuvenating, beneficial and affordable. Since most problem areas tend to be in the upper extremities, these areas are easily targeted using this technique.
The chair is portable and can be brought to your office or work place, another benefit of the chair massage is it relaxes the muscles but not the mind. You can then continue to work and will find as the day goes on your energy will increase.
Bosses this is a great thank you to your staff for all their hard work. Chair massage can also complement your chiropractic treatment with Dr. Toupin.
APPOINTMENTS Hour and half hour table massage and chair massage appointments. You can also book on site chair massage for your office or place of business.