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Complementary Health Care:
Therapeutic massage is an age-old remedy, which has proven to be an effective complement to chiropractic care. Both are holistic in nature, and are based on belief in the innate healing power of the body. Together, chiropractic and massage facilitate the natural healing process by keeping the body in proper alignment and ensuring a free flow of nerve impulses and circulation of fluids.
Problems in the muscular-skeletal system can impede the natural healing process, and often cause dysfunction and pain. Most chiropractic doctors would agree that it is important to treat soft tissues such as muscles and tendons to help prevent and correct subluxations, and lessen the accompanying pain. Together, chiropractic and massage provide you with a more complete and effective system of health care. |
| THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE: | - Increase the effectiveness of chiropractic treatments
- Aids in preparing the body for chiropractic adjustments
- Helps relieve pain in muscles and related soft tissues
- Helps prevent future problems
| BENEFITS OF MASSAGE:
The therapeutic effects of massage are recognized by personal and
clinical experience, and supported by scientific research. They
include: | - Relaxation
- Improved circulation
- Muscle Relaxation
- Reduction of Anxiety
- Alleviation of Certain Kinds of Muscular Pain
- Improvement in Cellular Nutrition
- Relief from the Negative Effects of Stress
| MASSAGE AND ADJUSTMENTS:
Local massage is often used in preparation for an adjustment.
Massage relieves muscle tension and warms up the soft tissues in
the area, making joints more pliable and more easily adjusted. Many
chiropractors themselves (or an assistant) prepare an area with
local massage. A general massage 12 to 1 hour long) can also be
good preparation for an adjustment. In addition to preparing the
immediate area of concern, it helps you relax overall and become
more receptive to other hands-on treatment. Some find massage after
an adjustment beneficial for further relaxation. With regular
therapeutic massage, chiropractic adjustments may last longer. | | | RELIEF AND RECOVERY:
The pain that brings you to a chiropractor often involves problems
in the musculature. These problems might include: | - NERVE CONSTRICTION - Nerves run alongside of, between, and
through muscles. Tight muscles can squeeze and put pressure on
nerves causing constriction, which interferes with the free flow of
nerve impulses and sometimes causes pain. Through muscle
relaxation, massage alleviates the constriction of nerves due to
muscle tension.
- POOR CIRCULATION - Tight muscles may also constrict blood
vessels, thus slowing blood flow to an area, a condition called
Ischemia. Ischemia causes pain. By increasing circulation in an
area, massage reduces ischemia and therefore the pain it
causes.
- TRIGGER POINTS - Trigger points are specific spots in muscles
and tendons which cause pain, and which may radiate pain to a
larger area. They are thought by some to be small areas of spasm.
Trigger points may be caused by sudden trauma (from falling or
being hit), by repeated use of a particular muscle, or may develop
over time from chronic muscular tension in an area. Direct pressure
with the thumb or fingers on a trigger point will often deactivate
it, thus relieving the pain it causes.
- DAMAGED TISSUES - Accidents at home, work, play, or on the road
can leave bruises, sprains, and other injuries in the soft tissues.
Massage improves general and local circulation, helping to clear
cellular debris from an injury site, and bringing nutrients needed
to heal the damage tissues. Thus massage helps speed recovery.
- PAIN SPASM/ PAIN CYCLE- You may get caught in the
pain-spasm-pain cycle. This phenomenon is started either by pain or
spasm in a muscle, which perpetuates itself in an endless loop. For
example, you may tense up from pain this causes more tension “ more
pain “ more tension more pain and on and on until something breaks
the cycle. Massage, often used with ice, helps break this painful
cycle.
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TODAY'S HEALTH PROBLEMS
Many of today's major health problems are caused by chronic stress and conditions of modern living and working. Prolonged mental and emotional stress may lead to tension headache, backache, ulcers, colitis, blood sugar irregularities, high blood pressure, and heart disease. Too much stress has also been proven to impair the immune system leaving us vulnerable to many diseases, and inhibiting recovery as well. Driving or riding in daily commutes, and sitting for long periods of time at workstations tax the body. The repetitive movements required in certain occupations, for example, with some office work (computer data input, filing and sorting), physical labor (carpentry, gardening), playing musical instruments (violin, guitar) and sports (tennis, golf), can lead to chronic muscle tension. This may lead to loss of flexibility in joints, misalignment and poor posture. Circulation in tense muscles is decreased causing ischemia and pain. Trigger points are common with chronic tension and the pain-cycle may set in. THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE HELPS
Therapeutic massage received regularly helps work
out chronic muscular tension. Massage melts away a certain amount of tension in each session, and if received regularly, keeps tension from building up again. It helps you identify and correct patterns of holding tension. You can learn to relax and let go of tension you may not have even been aware of.
Therapeutic massage and stretching can help you regain and maintain proper alignment. When muscles are relaxed and restored to their optimal length, correct posture and alignment are more easily sustained.
Massage can also trigger the relaxation response, relieving the negative effects of stress and restoring balance in the body. Some positive effects of the relaxation response include slower heart rate, deeper breathing, more relaxed muscles, and better internal circulation and digestion. ARRANGEMENTS FOR MASSAGE
You can call and schedule a massage yourself or the chiropractic doctor can prescribe massage and
coordinate the chiropractic and massage treatments.
Insurance reimbursement may also be available. Glossary
Adjustment Chiropractic technique in which joints are manipulated to return the body to proper alignment. Alignment Correct anatomical position or relationship of body parts, particularly in joints; called posture when referring to the whole body. Subluxation A Condition of misalignment in a joint and the resulting structural, nervous system, and chemical dysfunctions. REFERENCES
Healing massage Techniques: Holistic, Classic and Emerging Methods. By Frances M. Tappan, San Mateo, CA: Appleton & Lange, 1988.
A Physician's Guide to Therapeutic Massage: Its Physiological Effects and Their Application t Treatment. By John Yates, Massage Therapists Association of British Columbia, 1990. The Bodywork Knowledgebase: Practitioner's Desk Reference. Volume 1 (1959-1988). Compiled by Richard Van Why, 1989.
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