The
AMTA's definitions of
Massage- is manual soft tissue manipulation, and includes holding,
causing movement, and/or applying pressure to the body.
Massage Therapy- is a profession in which the practitioner applies
manual techniques, and may apply adjunctive therapies, with the
intention of positively affecting the health and well being of the
client.
Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) - A type of soft tissue therapy which
focuses on the role of neurological reflex mechanism in the development
and perpetuation of pain and dysfunction. An important component
of NMT is assessment and treatment of myofascial trigger points.
Now let's go laymen's terms! Have you ever received a massage and
the therapist's grabs a hold of a muscle and you feel the pain radiating
to some other place on your body? This is a trigger point. This
is an indication to apply ischemic pressure to this place and work
all the way to where the pain ends to clear the whole line and irradicate
both the start point and the end point of that pain. By releasing
the muscles, we release overall body tension, discomfort and soreness.
This is not to say that you will feel totally relaxed without effects
from the work-my clients will attest to this! If you have had a
really good NMT session and the therapist focuses on the issues
at hand and treats them thoroughly, you will feel sore the following
day to two days thereafter.
This is where my detox bath salts come into play. It is very important
to sweat out those toxins from your body so that they can leave
you for good.
Most people will just say to drink plenty of water after a massage.
While I agree with this statement, it is only promoting those toxins
to leave through your urine. It will take a lot of water to get
that all out!
What I want my clients to do after a session are to take a detox
bath and drink plenty of water so that we can release those toxins
through the pores of the skin and the urine.
*Follow the instructions for detoxing on the page with the bath
salts*
I consider myself a muscle reader. Each person's body gives me a
lot of information by the way that you react to deep tissue. By
where you have soreness in general. What you do in your daily life
will lend to what parts of your body may be overworked and out of
balance. When I place my hands on the body and watch the muscle
reactions to touch, and your facial reactions I can know what to
treat and how to treat it. I am thorough in my practice and take
my body work very seriously. I am blessed to be someone who loves
how I spend my days and I look forward to you being a part of that
day!
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