Whether your muscles and joints are sore from exercise, sports play, or soft tissue injuries, massage therapy can help. Through massage therapy, your West Haven and Layton, UT chiropractor can relieve pain, restore loss of mobility, and help your body heal. These FAQs, compiled by Live Well Chiropractic in Layton and West Haven, explain more about the benefits of therapeutic massage therapy.
What should I expect from a massage session?
For a typical massage session, you’ll be taken to a private, quiet room and asked to lie on a massage table for your treatment. Massage therapy is a noninvasive, hands-on treatment that can help your body relax after a strenuous workout or provide pain relief from injury. Massage entails applying pressure to muscle groups in different areas of your body to ease tension and pain. Massage relaxes tight muscles in your neck, shoulders, or back that are restricting your range of motion or mobility. As your body relaxes, you’ll be able to move about more freely without experiencing pain.
How does massage help with chiropractic care?
Muscle tension not only causes pain and discomfort but can also impair your mobility, range of motion, and flexibility. When your muscles are tense and rigid, your joints can’t function as they should. Muscle tension in your neck and back can throw your spinal system out of balance, contributing to pain, discomfort, and loss of body function.
Massage complements spinal adjustments in restoring balance to your musculoskeletal system. Massage therapy relaxes the tension in your muscles and joints to take pressure off spinal nerves. This helps make spinal adjustments go more smoothly. The combination of massage and adjustments helps relieve pain and promote quicker healing of musculoskeletal injuries.
What are the benefits of massage therapy?
Massage therapy can benefit you in multiple ways. It:
• Reduces pain and inflammation caused by musculoskeletal injuries
• Circulates blood to injured areas to help your body heal
• Eliminates muscle spasms
• Restores spinal function to improve flexibility, range of motion, and mobility
• Enhances your overall health and well-being
• Boosts your immune system
• Improves the quality of your sleep
At Live Well Chiropractic, you work with a highly-skilled chiropractor for chiropractic and massage therapy sessions to ensure you get the most from this treatment.
Does massage therapy pose any risks?
Massage therapy is a safe, noninvasive treatment that can benefit children and adults alike. After evaluating your physical condition, your West Haven and Layton chiropractor can personalize your therapy to suit your unique healthcare needs.
Contact Us for Massage Therapy in Layton and West Haven, UT
To learn more about massage therapy or to schedule therapeutic massage treatment at Live Well Chiropractic, contact our West Haven clinic at 801-731-9899 or our Layton clinic at 801-771-2200. We look forward to meeting all your chiropractic needs.
