Whether you are hoping to recover from an injury or hoping to get pain relief, a deep tissue massage session delivered from Nav Pain Clinic and Massages is the answer. Massage therapy has been around for many years and it brings lasting results.

What is a deep tissue massage?

A deep tissue massage is a type of massage that realigns the deep layers and connective tissue. The therapists will apply deep and moderate pressure on the inner muscles and connective tissues. When pressure is applied to these areas, it can break down scar tissue that could’ve formed during an injury.

Does a deep tissue massage hurt?

A deep tissue massage doesn’t have to hurt when you communicate with a certified and professional masseuse. You might feel a bit discomfort after the massage, but it will last for a couple of days at most. If the pain is intense, it’s recommended to ice it.

Improved posture

Having bad posture can lead to lower back pain and tension headaches. One way to improve your posture with a deep tissue massage. How this massage helps your posture is by increasing the range of motion. It relaxes and relieves the stress and tension in the tissue that has been building up.

Recovering from sport injuries

Deep tissue massage therapy can help your sports injuries recover faster. When your muscle has sometimes been injured it will develop scar tissue, like when there has been a hamstring tear. A massage can help eliminate the tension in the tissues and muscles. When it has been relieved, it can increase the blood flow and reduce the inflammation.

As a physical therapist, a big part of what we do is educate patients on their impairment and how our treatment is effective in resolving their problems. For this reason, we want to take a little time to educate you on what acupuncture actually is, what it isn’t, and how it helps in treating a number of dysfunction.

What is Acupuncture?

Acupuncture is the practice of needling (not similar to dry needling) that penetrates the skin for therapeutic benefits. The needles are super-thin, solid and made of metals. The needles are activated through specific and gentle movements or sometimes with electrical stimulation. Acupuncture is a part of Traditional Chinese medicine which is a very ancient practice. They (Chinese medical practitioners) believe that there are more than 2000 acupuncture points in our body that connect various meridians or pathways. These pathways create energy – what they call as Qi. The Qi is responsible for overall health condition.

The benefits

Acupuncture helps in stimulating the central nervous system. The functionality of acupuncture releases chemicals into the muscles, brain and spinal cord. The biochemical changes are responsible for stimulating the natural healing abilities of the human body while promoting emotional and physical well-being.

Most of the modern-day population are living with some kind of muscular dysfunction. Years of performing the same actions such as sitting at a desk, driving, standing and using smartphones has had a massive impact on the level of dysfunction in our bodies. This happens because our bodies are held in the incorrect posture.

Over time, this eventually causes issues with the muscles, joints and our physical alignment, leaving us with pain and a limited range of movement. Dysfunction in one area of the body has a knock-on effect throughout the whole body, leading to issues in other areas.

Modern-day sedentary lifestyles

A large proportion of jobs these days are sedentary, with many people spending 8-10 hours each day sitting at a desk or driving. The effects of such prolonged periods of sitting include poor posture, tension in the neck and shoulders, and lower back pain. It’s therefore not surprising that around 85% of our clients come to see us with some form of back pain!

When someone’s sitting all day there are a certain number of muscles in the body that are “stuck” in one position for many hours. It is unnatural for the human body to be in one static place for a long time. Think about where our design has evolved from – if you go back thousands of years, we were either chasing the big toothy monster for our dinner or it was chasing us! There was no modern technology there to do everything for us like there is today. In essence, thousands of years ago we moved more and the human body was designed to move.