Massage Therapy
Get moving again
What is Massage Therapy?
Research shows that massage therapy – the physical manipulation of muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and other soft tissues counteracts all that sitting you do, eases muscle pain, soothes anxiety and depression, improves sleep quality, boosts immunity, and relieves headaches.
Many clients use massage therapy to break up scar tissue and relax muscles. When you sustain an injury, your body will form adhesions — bands of tough scar tissue — around the injury. These adhesions will end up restricting your movement, resulting in inflammation and pain, and can delay your recovery if left untreated.
At Lime Health & Wellness in Lethbridge, we offer therapeutic massage for medical injuries and conditions. Our certified massage therapists are trained in a variety of massage techniques and are knowledgeable and experienced in working with chronic diseases, neurological disorders, and musculoskeletal injuries, to relieving muscle tension caused by everyday lifestyle stresses.
Benefits of Massage Therapy
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Most patients do not describe the sensation as pain, but as an unusual sensation with an overall feeling of “release”. The result is a relaxed muscle with less stress placed on joints, tendons, and nerves. Patients will often feel immediate pain relief and increased movement after IMS. The effects of IMS can be longstanding and cumulative from treatment to treatment.
Medical Effects
- New blood vessel formation
- Reversal of chronic inflammation
- Stimulation of collagen production, necessary in the repair processes of damaged tissue structures
- Calcium build-up is most often a result of micro-tears or other trauma to a tendon. Shockwaves break up the existing calcification leading to reduced pain and improved mobility
- Dispersion of painful chemicals out of the painful area
- Elimination of taut muscular trigger points
Will I benefit from Massage Therapy?
You can benefit from Massage Therapy if you are experiencing:
Chronic Injuries
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Unrinary Leakage
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Common injuries treated with Massage Therapy
Common types of Massage Therapy treatment
- General massage techniques – gentle, soothing effleurage strokes and warms up muscle tissue in a circular fashion with non-allergenic oils used to relax muscle and fascia
- Deep tissue massage – slower and deeper strokes, kneading, wringing, skin rolling, and pick-up-and-squeeze are known as petrissage movements that focus on adhesions in the deep layers of muscle and soft tissue
- Deep friction massage – a specific, concentrated massage to break up scar tissue adhesions
- Trigger point release – sustained pressure in the trigger point of a muscle, a taut band of muscular tightness
- Active soft tissue release – applying massage along a muscle while the patient moves a pre-determined direction
- Cupping – use of a suction cup to lift and move the skin and fascia overlying a muscle
- Instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization (IASTM) is a popular treatment for myofascial restriction. IASTM uses specially designed stainless-steel instruments to provide a mobilizing effect to scar tissue and myofascial adhesions. The Graston® technique is one example of the IASTM approach.
Certified Massage Therapists at Lime Health
Tim Prankard, RMT
Sierra Ford, RMT
Aaron Lowe, RMT
Rachel Keeling, RMT
Frequently asked questions about Massage Therapy in Lethbridge
Most patients do not describe the sensation as pain, but as an unusual sensation with an overall feeling of “release”. The result is a relaxed muscle with less stress placed on joints, tendons, and nerves. Patients will often feel immediate pain relief and increased movement after IMS.
Most experience some form of muscle soreness after the dry needling session, but often you will already notice an improvement in your symptoms within a 24-48 hour window. Most patients will vary on how many sessions of dry needling they will need. The injury, the patient’s goals and the physiotherapists’ recommendation will guide how many dry needling sessions they will recommend.
MS and Dry needling, which follow evidence-based guidelines, are practiced by inserting needles into specific trigger points or taut bands of muscle fibers. Acupuncture, however, is based on Traditional Chinese Medicine and needles points along traditional Chinese meridians for the purpose of altering the flow of Qi (energy). These points are often used to address widespread acute inflammation and acute pain. IMS and Dry needling focuses on muscles with trigger points and specific musculoskeletal conditions that can help reduce referred pain patterns and can improve your strength and range of motion immediately following one session of. Acupuncture needles are often left in for an extended period of time. while IMS or Dry needling the filaments are only left in for a few seconds while they piston the muscle.
Squeeze life with less pain and more freedom to do what you want
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