Every Body Deserves a Massage Week
July 14th - 20th
What is massage?
Massage is a general term for pressing, rubbing, and manipulating your skin, muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Massage therapists typically use their hands and fingers for massage, but may also use their forearms, elbows, and even feet. Massage may range from light stroking to deep pressure.
There are may different types of massage, including these common types:
- Swedish: A gentle form of massage that uses long strokes, kneading, circular movements to help relax and energize you.
- Deep: This technique uses slower, more forceful strokes to target deeper layers of muscles. May help muscle damage from injuries.
- Sports: Similar to Swedish, but geared toward people involved in sports to help prevent or treat injuries.
- Trigger Point: Focuses on areas of tight muscle fibers that can form in muscles after overuse.
While more research is needed to confirm the benefits of massge, some studies have found massage may be helpful for:
- Anxiety
- Digestive disorders
- Headaches
- Fibromyalgia
- Sports injuries
- Joint pain
- Strains
- Stress
