Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress-related. And perhaps nothing ages us faster, internally and externally, than high stress. Massage is an effective tool to help manage this stress, which translates into:

• Decreased anxiety.
• Enhanced sleep quality.
• Greater energy.
• Improved concentration.
• Increased circulation.
• Reduced fatigue.

Massage may also help specifically address a number of health issues. Bodywork may:

• Alleviate low-back pain and improve range of motion.
• Assist with shorter, easier labor for expectant mothers and shorten maternity hospital stays.
• Ease medication dependence.
• Enhance immunity by stimulating lymph flow—the body's natural defense system.
• Exercise and stretch weak, tight, or atrophied muscles.
• Help athletes of any level prepare for, and recover from, strenuous workouts.
• Improve the condition of the body's largest organ—the skin.
• Increase joint flexibility.
• Lessen depression and anxiety.
• Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretch marks.
• Pump oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation.
• Reduce postsurgery adhesions and swelling.
• Reduce spasms and cramping.
• Relax and soften injured, tired, and overused muscles.
• Release endorphins—amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller.
• Relieve migraine pain.

Who needs massage?

• Everybody! A maintenance program for your car keeps it running. Without body maintenance, how far will the body you've been given take you in this life before breaking down?
• Young & old alike experience stress, pain, and muscle inbalance at some time or another. All can benefit from massage.
• Injured persons with very old and sometimes debilitaing injuries have shown improvement from therapeutic massage. Sady, only after many years of pain and suffering is massage seeked out as the last resort when all else has failed. Results will individually vary, as will the frequency and length of your sessions will need to be uniquely evaluated to obtain optimal results.
• Have you been diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, diabetes, muscle strain, or other problems? 
• Is your tendinitis actually tendinosis? Tendinosis can easily be affected by certain massage techniques to the involved muscle belly without prescription drugs.