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Sports Massage

Sports Massage

Do you participate in organized sporting events?  Do you want to improve your athletic performance?   Have us sponsor your team and recieve a discounted massage for all your members.

We sponsor Bay State Tri Team,  all their members get an ongoing $20.00 discount on all massages for being a member of that organization.  We treat most repetitive use injuries associated with running,  swimming and cycling.  These pain syndromes include  but are not limited to plantar fascitis, Ileo-tibial band friction syndrome,  pelvic floor and core issues,  bulging discs or lumbar radiculopathy.

Get orthopedic massage at a discount.  Call our office and make an appointment.

Sponsorships through Healing Massage Therapy

Do you participate in organized sporting events?  Do you want to improve your athletic performance?   Have us sponsor your team and recieve a discounted massage for all your members.

We sponsor Bay State Tri Team,  all their members get an ongoing $20.00 discount on all massages for being a member of that organization.  We treat most repetitive use injuries associated with running,  swimming and cycling.  These pain syndromes include  but are not limited to plantar fascitis, Ileo-tibial band friction syndrome,  pelvic floor and core issues,  bulging discs or lumbar radiculopathy.

Get orthopedic massage at a discount.  Call our office and make an appointment.

Carpal tunnel or Cubital tunnel?

Do you suffer from numbness, tingling or pain in your hand?  Common nerve impingements include cubital tunnel (elbow) see wrist flexiontest.

 

Also, often confused with or mis-diagnosed as carpal tunnel (wrist) see  Phalenstest   Proper orthopedic testing will allow the orthopedic massage therapist to use resisted eccentric contraction with realignment of specific tendons to relieve pain related to these two confusing pain syndromes.

 
 

Neck to Arm Pain

Do you suffer from neck pain? Do you have numbness or tingling in your hand?  You may suffer from or been given the diagnosis of one of the following: repetitive use injury, bulging discs in your neck (cervical radiculopathy), Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, Carpal  Tunnel or Cubital Tunnel  Syndrome?  You may have pronator teres syndrome or a nerve impingement at more than one place.

These problems can come from the neck, shoulder/chest, elbow, forearm or wrist. 

The most common cause of numbness or tingling in the hand is from the shoulder/chest (thoraic outlet syndrome).  Thoracic outlet syndrome is when the pectoralis minor muscle or the anterior scalene muscles impinge upon the brachial nerve.  Lengthening and stretching  these muscle with orthopedic massage therapy will eliminate that problem. 

 If the source of pain is at the elbow it could be tennis elbow, golfers elbow  or  cubital tunnel syndrome. There are specific tests to make a correct assessment. Treatment is quick and effective. 

 If the source of pain is in the forearm you may have pronator teres syndrome,  a resistance test will confirm that.  Again this problem is easily and efficiently treated.

If you have a diagnosis of  carpal tunnel syndrome,  that also,  can be treated quickly.

Suffering from Shoulder Pain? It could be Bone Spurs

Do you have shoulder pain?  Does it wake you up at night?  You may have frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis) or maybe bone spurs in your shoulder.      

How to determine if you have it?

 

On the unaffected side make a fist place it near your heart, raise your elbow toward your head,   now repeat the process but apply some resistance to the elbow your raising, this should feel well. 

Next, on the affected side make a fist place it near your heart, raise your elbow toward your head, now repeat the process but apply some resistance to the elbow your raising, if you get pain  you either have a bone spur or frozen shoulder.  

How does massage help?  Massage loosens all the muscles which cause the bone spur or the frozen shoulder.

How long will it take? It depends on the extent of the problem, 1 - 6 visits typically.

Several other options are physical therapy, cortisone injections or as a last resort, surgery.

Identifying sources of lower back pain with sciatica

If you think you may have sciatica in your lower back or legs, here are quick tests to identify the source as from the spine (radiculopathy) or muscles deep to your glutes (piriformis syndrome).

Testing for the source of low back pain and sciatica (radiculopathy):

Sit in a chair put your right ankle on your left knee. Does your right knee stick up in the air? Accompanied by a left sciatica, the source of your pain is a bulging disc in your lower back. That can be relieved by stretching and massage therapy.

Now switch, put your left ankle on your right knee. Does your left knee stick up in the air?  Accompanied by a right sciatica, the source of your pain is a bulging disc in your lower back, also. That can be relieved by stretching and massage therapy.

Which ever is higher when you do this test, is due to an improperly functioning muscle on your lower spine causing pain.

Testing for the source of low back pain and sciatica (piriformis syndrome):

Lay flat on your back, if your foot rolls laterally on the same side as your sciatica, it is due to piriformis syndrome. Once again, we look at stretching and massage.

Our next blog post will discuss proper treatment options through exercise and self care.

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