Therapeutic Massage is hands-on touch that communicates positive soothing messages to both body and mind.  Touch messages are transmitted to the brain via nerve endings where chemicals are released that signal the muscles to relax.  Massage therapy is one of the oldest health care practices known to history.  References to massage are found in Chinese medical texts more than 4,000 years old.

Therapy by massage is the scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of normalizing those tissues and consists of a group of manual techniques that include applying fixed or movable pressure, holding and/or causing movement of or to the body.  While massage therapy is applied primarily with the hands, sometimes the forearms or elbows are used.  These techniques affect the muscular, skeletal circulatory, lymphatic, nervous, and other systems of the body.  The basic philosophy of the massage therapy embraces the idea of aiding the body’s ability to heal itself, increasing health and well being.

Some  other benefits of massage include; less muscle tension and stiffness, greater flexibility and range of motion .elimination of toxins, lower blood pressure,  higher levels of endorphins, stress relief to aid relaxation, promotion of deeper and easier breathing, release of tension contributing to headaches and eyestrain and a reduction in levels of anxiety.