What is Massage Therapy?

Massage therapy provides an alternative health option to help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular overuse and many chronic pain syndromes. It can also gently reduce the development of painful muscular patterning, if started early enough after accidents involving trauma and injury.

Proven benefits of massage therapy include:

• Treats lower back pain

• Reduces Arthritis, fibromyalgia, bursitis and joint pain

• Helps lower high blood pressure

• Can lower depression, anxiety and fatigue

• May help regulate hormones and control diabetes

• Raises immunity

• Improves athletic performance

• Prevents sport injuries

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What to Expect at Your Massage Therapy Session

A variety of techniques are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body to gain a therapeutic response. These may include:

• Manipulation of soft tissue (muscles, tendons and ligaments)

• Deep tissue massage

• Trigger point therapy

• Mobilization of joints

• Local and systemic circulation increase

• Lymphatic drainage

• Stretching and strengthening programs

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What Conditions Can Massage Therapy Treat?

Massage therapy is also effective in treating the following conditions:

• Arthritis

• Back and Neck Pain

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

• Fibromyalgia

• Headaches and Migraines

• Knee and Hip Pain

• Pregnancy related symptoms

• Scoliosis

• Sport related injuries

• Stress Relief

• Tendonitis

• Bursitis

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Physical Edge Physiotherapy has 2 Registered Massage Therapists, Les and Mena. Please see their staff profiles for their individual areas of expertise.