Salisbury Therapeutic Massage
Salisbury Therapeutic Massage
Assisting you in wellness of your Body, Mind & Spirit
704-633-7623
What to Expect
What to Expect
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We strongly encourage you to drink a lot of water before and after the session.
Toxins are released from your muscle tissue and into your bloodstream during a massage. The water helps to cleanse your system
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On your first visit with us, we ask that you arrive about 10 minutes early to fill out a health history form.
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Please honor our 24 hour cancellation policy. We charge 1/2 price now show fee.
We accept cash or checks only
Benefits of Massage
While massage may have developed a reputation as a decadent treat for people who love pampering, new studies are showing it has a wide variety of tangible health benefits.
Is massage just for pampering or does it have true biological effects? A recent study showed muscles rebounded better if massaged after exercising to exhaustion.
The benefits go beyond feelings of relaxation and wellness that people may recognize after a massage. The American College of Physicians and the American Pain Society now include massage as one of their recommendations for treating low back pain, according to guidelines published in 2007.
New research is also starting to reveal just what happens in the body after a massage. While there have long been theories about how massage works—from releasing toxins to improving circulation—those have been fairly nebulous, with little hard evidence. Now, one study, for example, found that a single, 45-minute massage led to a small reduction in the level of cortisol, a stress hormone, in the blood, a decrease in cytokine proteins related to inflammation and allergic reactions, and a boost in white blood cells that fight infection.
- A full-body massage boosted immune function and lowered heart rate and blood pressure in women with breast cancer undergoing radiation treatment, a 2009 study of 30 participants found.
- Children given 20-minute massages by their parents every night for five weeks plus standard asthma treatment had significantly improved lung function compared with those in standard care, a 2011 study of 60 children found.
- A 10-minute massage upped mitochondria production, and reduced proteins associated with inflammation in muscles that had been exercised to exhaustion, a small study last month found.
- Another common type of massage, so-called deep tissue, tends to be more targeted to problem muscles and includes techniques such as acupressure, trigger-point work (which focuses on little knots of muscle) and "deep transverse friction" where the therapist moves back and forth over muscle fibers to break up scar tissue.
- Massage is already widely used to treat osteoarthritis, for which other treatments have concerning side effects.
Patients who had massages twice weekly for four weeks and once a week for an additional four weeks had less pain and stiffness and better range of motion than those who didn't get massages.
Article By Write to Andrea Petersen
Wall Street Journal
Mar 13, 2012