Suffering from Back Pain?
Have you been battling back pain? You are not alone! According to the American Council on Exercise, 80% of the US population will be affected by back pain at some point in their lives. Often, complaints of back pain begin after a traumatic event (for example, lifting a box or piece of furniture and your back "gives out", or falling on ice). However, rarely do back injuries result from the occurrence of any one trauma. A variety of poor lifestyle habits usually lead to the conditions that cause back pain.
Muscular imbalance is the overriding element of risk in many of the causes and conditions associated with back pain. Massage therapy and specifically orthopedic massage, can be used to evaluate and treat muscle imbalance. Gentle massage and stretching will loosen tight muscles and bring them back into balance.
Massage therapy also relieves back pain by undoing painful muscle spasms, increasing blood flow to the muscles to nourish cells and speed tissue repair, increasing circulation of lymphatic system to flush out waste products that have built up in tissues and reduce inflammation, softening a breaking up scar tissue and adhesions (many old back injuries leave scar tissue that can contract and cause back pain).
Massage therapy also induces relaxation, lowers blood pressure levels and reduces anxiety and depression and pain perception. This makes massage therapy a good choice of treatment for chronic back pain, breaking the vicious cycle of pain producing tension.
Needless to say, massage therapy will also work on pain in other parts of the body for the same reasons stated above. Give massage a try for your back pain, bring your body back into balance.
To make an appointment click here or call Diane at Essential Bodywork at 518-742-0452
Muscular imbalance is the overriding element of risk in many of the causes and conditions associated with back pain. Massage therapy and specifically orthopedic massage, can be used to evaluate and treat muscle imbalance. Gentle massage and stretching will loosen tight muscles and bring them back into balance.
Massage therapy also relieves back pain by undoing painful muscle spasms, increasing blood flow to the muscles to nourish cells and speed tissue repair, increasing circulation of lymphatic system to flush out waste products that have built up in tissues and reduce inflammation, softening a breaking up scar tissue and adhesions (many old back injuries leave scar tissue that can contract and cause back pain).
Massage therapy also induces relaxation, lowers blood pressure levels and reduces anxiety and depression and pain perception. This makes massage therapy a good choice of treatment for chronic back pain, breaking the vicious cycle of pain producing tension.
Needless to say, massage therapy will also work on pain in other parts of the body for the same reasons stated above. Give massage a try for your back pain, bring your body back into balance.
To make an appointment click here or call Diane at Essential Bodywork at 518-742-0452
