Benefits of Massage

Learn the Magic of Massage

Our instructors teach a deep, therapeutic massage. If a person is in physical pain, it is necessary to release the muscle tension causing the pain to allow the client to enter a stress-free healing mode. Other clients want a basic, relaxing massage. We teach all the tools to help and fulfill both needs. This allows the greatest versatility of techniques to work with client’s individual needs.

Our instructors teach students the a wide variety of techniques. This allows the students to perform these techniques with clients in the Clinic massage setting.

Massage not only feels great, it is great for you. Tangible results include:

• Deep relaxation and stress reduction
• Relief of muscle tension and stiffness
• Improved circulation of both blood and lymph fluids
• Greater joint flexibility and range of motion
• Reduced blood pressure
• Relief of tension-related headaches and eye strain
• Improved posture
• Skin nourishment
• Strengthened immune system
• Shortened healing time from muscle, tendon and ligament-related injuries
• Relaxed state of alertness
• Increased capacity for clear thinking
• Reduced anxiety
• Increased awareness of the mind-body connection, thus creating a sense of well being
• Enhanced self-image.
• Increased athletic performance
• Reduced chance of sports-related muscle, tendon and ligament injuries
• On average, premature infants who are massaged gain more than 40 percent more weight and have shorter hospital stays than those who are not

Sources: American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) and the Touch Institute for Research