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Massage Therapy Bodyworks has incorporated its second location here at FLEX FITNSS to provide our members an alternative to traditional medical pain care and relaxation therapies at deeply discounted prices. Board certified massage therapist specializing in neuromuscular therapies that help to correct posture and to remove scar tissue (adhesions) from damaged muscles. Adhesions occur wherever damage and inflammation have occurred; they limit both strength and range of motion. Why bring this type of therapy to FLEX FITNESS? As athletes we have an extraordinary ability to work through pain, but often overall range of free movement at a joint or segmental level are being set up for injury by a restrictions caused by tiny tears in the muscle. We slowly lose our flexibility and spontaneity of motion, which puts us at risk of trauma, pain or restriction of motion. These adhesions pull us out of a three dimensional orientation with gravity and our posture changes, slightly in the beginning, more noticeably over time. As a muscle tendon begins to stretch and encounter an adhesion, the muscle contracts to prevent any further stretching, to avoid pain and to protect the area from injury. The result is that the muscles involved are not as strong and the range of motion is limited at the joint. Adhesions can affect areas that are quite small, sometimes just a few muscle fibers, and other times there can be a number of areas scattered throughout a muscle group. If you’re doing a squat, to use an extreme example, and even a small segment of the quadriceps stops contracting, you can put a lot of stress on the weakened area or on the other muscles of the quad that suddenly have to take up the slack. Also, if adhesions prevent a muscle from reaching proper extension, the increased stress on the tendons can contribute to an injury. Regular therapy for the treatment of these adhesions will reduces the risk of injury, make you workouts more productive and in the case of case of chronic pain, address its cause of the pain instead of just the symptom. Relaxation therapies for reduction of stress and naturopathic healing are also available, including Swedish Massage, Hot Stone and Aroma Therapy and Reflexology.
You may book your appointment by contacting Ed Monday-Friday 10:AM -5:PM for scheduled times. |