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Massage Therapy for Plantar Fascitis

When you get out of bed and put your feet on the floor you notice you have pain that makes it difficult to walk. You've noticed that the pain has traveled to the inside of your ankle and calf. As you go through your day it gets better but then if stand, go for your run or exercise and the pain makes it hard for you to continue your run. You've had physical therapy and innjections with little improvement. Massage therapy may help with the pain from plantar fascitis so you can get back to your activities. What is Plantar Fascitis? Plantar fascitis is an overuse condition that creates pain in either your heel and/ or the arch of your foot. The most common and distinguishing symptom is pain that [...]

How Massage Can Help Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Pain in your wrist has caused you to have difficulty to type and work. You've found that you are starting to have difficulty to do things that you enjoy like cooking, writing, and even holding a cup of coffee. At night you wake up with numbness and tingling in your hand and it makes it difficult to sleep. You have tried using splints and other conservative measures and although they've helped a bit you still have pain, numbness, and tingling in your wrist and hand. Massage may help with the pain of carpal tunnel syndrome in the short term and may help other long term treatments be more effective. Massage therapy can best help carpal tunnel syndrome that is related to overuse of the muscles of the forearm and [...]

What Causes Leg Cramps and What to Do About Them

There's nothing worse than being snug in your bed during a deep sleep when suddenly you jump up in agonizing pain in your leg. Writhing around and trying to find that magic position to relieve your leg cramp while also trying to not make your cramp worse. Usually the advice that I hear is a condescending "oh just eat more potassium." That's just bad advice because as you get older there are some relatively serious conditions that can cause leg cramps. This article will discuss what leg cramps are, some causes, and what you can do when they happen and how you can prevent them. Cramp vs Spasm A cramp is a sudden, violent contraction of your muscle. While a spasm is a gradual guarding or protective splinting and tightening [...]

When to Use Ice and Heat for Pain and Injury

It can be confusing to know when to use ice or heat for pain and injury. Most doctors and professionals recommend ice and rarely recommend heat. Ice and heat can be very effective and cost effective ways to treat your own minor injuries and pain. Ice and heat can also be used not just for pain but as a means to prevent pain. They both have physiological effects on your tissues. This is different than products like icy hot where it just numbs pain. Products like Icy Hot are skin irritants and take your brains' focus off of the pain. While there is nothing wrong with stopping pain with these products they do little to heal. Ice and heat have healing effects on your tissues. As there isn't an absolute [...]

Massage Therapy for Upper Back Pain

Your upper back tension may start out as minor. You catch yourself in awkward positions in an eager attempt to stretch out your shoulders. Your friends and co-workers give you funky looks as you try to crack your back or press up against the corner of a wall to get those tight spots. At other times your upper back tension may flare up into really sharp pain as you move your neck or shoulders. Sometimes it might hurt you to breathe which really freaks you out. Worse still, you may experience pain that radiates into the shoulder or into your arm which causes you to seek out medical help. These symptoms may seem out of the blue and unrelated to your normal upper back tension. Muscle strain, tightness, and [...]

Massage Therapy Treatment for Sciatica Relief In Greenwich, CT.

Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name You don't know what you did but this pain in your leg is driving you crazy. Sometimes it's a sharp pain like a knife that keeps you from being able to just sit down. Other times it's just a deep ache that bothers you while just sitting down to have dinner. In other instances it seems fine except certain positions bother it and you can't seem to figure it out. You go to a doctor and they tell you have a herniated disc. They tell you to go to physical therapy and if that doesn't help you, you may need surgery. You look it up on the internet and talk to freinds, and everyone [...]

Massage Therapy for Treatment of Neck Pain and Stiffness in Greenwich, CT

Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name When your neck is in pain, nothing seems to work right. Turning your head is a task which forces you to turn your whole body making you feel like a robot. Just holding your head upright is a painful ordeal. Even laying down to bed causes you to brace your body to keep your neck from excruciating pain. Massage therapy can be a great help to many types of neck pain. By helping to decrease tension, helping to heal muscle strain, and increasing circulation that helps to bring fresh nutrients to your muscles. Whether you have pain from muscle strain, bulging discs, or pinched nerves massage can help! The main types of neck pain [...]

Massage Therapy For Low Back Pain

There is nothing like low back pain to let you know how much your low back is involved in even the simplest of movements. Something as simple as sitting down is excruciating and involves all of your concentration to avoid severe pain. Low back pain can be frustrating as the pain can be just fine and dandy as you move about your day but the minute you lie down to go to sleep the pain keeps you up at night and prevents you from restful sleep. Massage therapy is an effective treatment for many types of low back pain. Even for conditions involving arthritis, bulging or herniated discs, and pinched nerves: massage can help! Soft Tissue Disorders The low back is a complex structure with many joints and [...]

Massage Therapy for Treatment of Tension Headaches in Greenwich, CT

Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name By Matthew Snow, L.M.T You know the feeling. A dull ache at the back of your head that seems connected to your eye forcing your eye half closed. All you want to do is lay down and sleep off your throbbing headache. The people conversing and laughing are totally unaware that your head is splitting. You try rubbing your temples because somewhere you read that can help headaches. In desparation you see your doctor or neurologist and have tests only to find out you have tension headaches. They give you medicine which mildly helps and they tell you to reduce your stress, but you still get headaches. And they give you no other [...]

The Top 5 Ways Massage Can Help You

Subscribe to our mailing list * indicates required Email Address * First Name * Last Name What's up with massage therapy and roses? What comes to your mind when you think of massage? Fancy white robes with slippers, incense, and candles? Most promoters of massage focus on the relaxation side of massage and while relaxation is a noble goal this neglects most of the very important benefits of massage such as pain relief and normalizing soft tissue dysfunction. Massage therapy is gaining acceptance more and more as being effective in healing soft tissue disorders. What exactly is massage and what can it do? Massage is the use of the hands to affect the health of the soft tissues. If you look up neck and low back pain on [...]