THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE

Cary is a Nationally Certified and California State Licensed & Insured Massage & Bodywork Therapist. He offers a variety of Massage Services to keep you feeling your best!

Therapeutic Massage relieves symptoms of disorders and injuries such as as asthma, arthritis, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic and acute pain syndromes, myofacial pain, headache, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) dysfunction, shin splints, tennis elbows, sprains and strains, etc...

Other benefits include:

  • Chronic pain reduction

  • Improves heart rate & blood pressure

  • Breaks up scar tissue

  • Mental relaxation

  • Improved sense of well-being

  • Relief from stress, anxiety, depression and irritation

  • Calms the nervous system

  • Increases ability to concentrate

  • Improved quality and length of sleep

  • Rehabilitates injured muscles

  • Relieves swelling

  • Reduces muscle tension

  • Promotes flexibility

  • Prevents injury

  • Increasing blood circulation and lymph flow, flushing metabolic waste

  • Stretches connective tissues

  • Decreases muscle fatigue

  • Relieves cramps and muscle spasms

  • Increases muscle strength

  • Firms up muscle and skin tone

SWEDISH

Swedish Massage is the most popular type of massage in the United States. It involves the use of hands, forearms or elbows to manipulate the superficial layers of the muscles to improve mental and physical health. Swedish Massage includes applications of long gliding strokes, friction, kneading and tapping movements on the soft tissues of the body with active or passive movement of the joints. 

DEEP TISSUE

Deep Tissue Massage is a type of massage therapy that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue. It is especially helpful for chronic aches and pains and contracted areas such as stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.

Some of the same strokes are used as in Swedish Massage, but the pressure is deeper and concentrated on areas of tension and pain in order to reach the sub-layer of muscles and the fascia (the connective tissue surrounding muscles). 

MYOFASCIAL RELEASE

Myofascial Release is a manual therapy technique. The technique focuses on pain believed to arise from myofascial tissues — the tough membranes that wrap, connect and support your muscles.

Theoretically, myofascial pain differs from other types of pain because it originates in "trigger points," which are related to stiff, anchored areas within the myofascial tissue. The pain that a trigger point causes is often difficult to localize, though.

During myofascial release therapy, the therapist locates myofascial areas that feel stiff and fixed instead of elastic and movable under light manual pressure. These areas, though not always near what feels like the source of pain, are thought to restrict muscle and joint movements, which contributes to widespread muscle pain.

The focused manual pressure and stretching used in myofascial release therapy loosen up restricted movement, leading indirectly to reduced pain.

SPORTS

Sports Massage is a type of massage that is specifically tailored to sporting injuries or ailments. It is not meant to be a relaxing massage and, indeed, can become quite vigorous at times. Contrary to its name, sports massage is not only utilized by professional sportspeople or people that exercise heavily. It is of benefit to anyone that exercises, even if it is only mild exercise such as regular walking.


Sports massage is designed to prevent and relieve injuries and conditions that are associated with exercise. It is meant to relieve and reduce the stress and tension that can build up within the body’s soft tissues while exercising. It uses techniques that are designed to increase endurance and performance, to minimize the chances of injury and, if there is an injury, to reduce the recovery time.