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Page 1: The Top Six Therapeutic Techniques that Massage Therapy Uses
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One of the many reasons people seek medical health treatment is body pain. Body pain including back pain,

pains from the limbs, neck pain, and fatigue have been recorded as the everyday mishap that causes

poor health and general boredom.

However severe your pain is, today advanced technology will allow you to achieve quick relief even without a

sweat. One of the many ways you can achieve this is through massage therapy. Here is what you should know

about massage therapy.

Research has it that today massage is one of the most common lifestyle programs that many people have

embraced. In fact latest figures show that 18% of adults receive massage therapy annually, while 40% have received massage therapy within the last five years.

In case you opt for massage here are specific types of massage that you could choose from and what you should actually know about them.

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This is a type of massage therapy that focuses on realigning the deeper layers of the muscles and the body’s connective tissues. Deep Tissue Massage is ideal for chronic aches, body pains, and contracted areas. The most common contracted areas include stiff neck, lower back pain, and sore shoulders.

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The Sports Massage

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The needs of the sports massage techniques are specific to the athletes sport of choice. Sports massage focuses on areas that are generally overused and stressed repetitively by the athlete. Sports massage eases the effects of aggressive movements in such areas and reinvigorates the tissues.

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NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY

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Neuromuscular therapy has been found to be the most effective massage therapy for chronic lower back pains. It is ideal for expectant mothers who are fatigued by changing postures and can be a great pain reliever. Neuromuscular therapy is commonly referred to as trigger point therapy.

Neuromuscular therapy has been found to be the most effective massage therapy for chronic lower back pains. It is ideal for expectant mothers who are fatigued by changing postures and can be a great pain reliever. Neuromuscular therapy is commonly referred to as trigger point therapy.

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THE ORTHOPEDIC

MASSAGE

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Orthopedic massage commonly referred to as (OM) is ideally a comprehensive form of massage system. Unlike the other forms of massage it is not a single technique therapy. It involves therapeutic assessments, expert manipulation, and clinical movements of soft tissues to resolve dysfunction.

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Cranial Sacral Therapy (CST) is a complex form of body work that implements high techniques and expert knowledge to focus primarily on the concept of body respiration. It also focuses on how to regulate the flow of cerebrospinal fluids by using special therapeutic touch/ techniques to manipulate synathrodial joints.

Cranial Sacral Therapy

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Neuro-Kinetic Therapy

This is a powerful healing technique that can be used as an assessment and rehabilitation tool. It focuses on the root cause of chronic or acute muscular tightness and pain. Neuro-kinetic is especially practiced by the Thai massage experts.

The reasons for therapeutic healings are many visit perth couples massage to learn more. However, the most common ones that we benefit from include.

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* Reduction or the elimination of body pains

* Improvement of joint mobility

* Reduction of injuries due to improved flexibility

* Increase of the awareness of your body* Reduction of depression and anxiety

The latest findings show that up to 86% of people who are aware of massage therapy agree that massage therapy is actually very effective. And in Australia up to 58% would like their medical insurance to cover massage therapy.

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The latest findings show that up to 86% of people who are aware of massage therapy agree that massage therapy is actually very effective. And in Australia up to 58% would like their medical insurance to cover massage therapy.

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In short massage therapy is really effective and in fact sooner than we expect massage therapy and other lifestyle programs including yoga and body workouts will form the best part of the healthcare field.

Prepared By:

Cristina TrinapanInformation Provided By:

TaraMasSage.cOm.Au

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