Massage therapy is effective in reducing scar tissue adhesions, improving circulation, reducing muscle spasm and pain, and improving joint range of motion.  Massage Therapy is a vital part of healthcare and wellness.  Discover how massage therapy can help you regain and maintain a healthy active lifestyle and improve the quality of your life. 

What Does Massage Therapy Do?

Massage Therapy acts directly upon the musculoskeletal, nervous and circulatory systems to rehabilitate physical injuries and improve health.  Research studies have found Massage Therapy to positively affect:

This is accomplished by restoring arterial, venous and lymphatic circulation, restoring proper breathing, restoring balance between the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems, and increasing or restoring flexibility, mobility and appropriate range of motion by means of manual and physical treatments and therapies.

Massage Therapy works best to improve circulation and nerve conduction, decrease pain, improve mobility of a joint or muscular area in a state of spasm, restore normal range of motion and just in general as part of a preventative care program.

In some medical circumstances massage therapy  is not appropriate and should not be used.  Registered Massage Therapists in British Columbia are trained in recognizing potential health risks and problems, known as contraindications, and will refer to the appropriate Health care professional if a problem arises or is detected.  Massage Therapy is generally used in addition to traditional medicine (medication, physical, natural, and surgical/invasive therapies) and is extremely efficient when added to the normal regimens of medicine today.

Conditions Commonly Treated With Massage Therapy

Specific applications of techniques and modalities are used for but not limited to the following soft tissue pathologies and miscellaneous systemic pathologies with a soft tissue component.

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