Massage Therapy Services As Unique As Every Person
The Ginkgo Tree offers a variety of massage therapies and styles to fit the needs of every client. No matter what we do for a living or throughout our days and nights, we all put our bodies through the wringer without even realizing it most of the time. Sitting at a desk for eight hours solid can be just as brutal, if not worse, than the physical rigors of being a professional athlete. Specific muscles can atrophy while others get overworked, and with each little twist and turn, those muscles get abused, causing them to tighten and misform.
We also eat and drink a lot of unhealthy things each day. As our bodies try to process everything in those foods and beverages, toxins get blocked up in the muscle fascia, causing knots and tension. Stress can also be a massive factor in the body not reacting correctly to daily functions. This all requires massage therapy to strip the muscles, break up the fascia, release toxins and chemical buildups, and relax the body’s muscular system allowing it to repair and reset correctly. Massage therapy helps in many ways, including pain relief, stress reduction, better posture, increased mobility, flexibility, mental focus, and much more.
Massage therapy is frequently used alone but is easily practiced in tandem with other therapies such as chiropractic adjustments, nutrition and supplementation programming, personal training, acupuncture, moxa, cupping, herbal treatment, yoga, and other bodywork programs. The Ginkgo Tree offers the following specific massage styles and services. Please note that if you are experiencing fever, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, jaundice, varicose veins, bleeding, acute phlebitis, or thrombosis should not get massages of any kind until cleared by your doctor. If you have high blood pressure or heart problems, you should avoid massage work on your abdomen. If you have fractures or bruises, you should avoid massage work on those areas until they heal and your doctor clears you. Pregnant women should check with their doctors before any massage or bodywork occurs.
Various Massage Therapy Options
Therapeutic massage is manipulating the muscle and connective tissue to enhance their function and promote relaxation and well-being. This type of massage therapy can ease tension and reduce pain. It can also be part of physical therapy or practiced on its own. Therapeutic Massage is proven to be highly effective for reducing the symptoms of arthritis, back pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, and other muscular and nervous system disorders.
Swedish massage is the most common form of this therapy used today. It employs a robust system of long gliding strokes, kneading, and friction techniques on most surface-level muscles. Massage therapists work in the direction of blood flow toward the heart to stimulate blood circulation through the body's soft tissues. Benefits include relaxed muscles, improved circulation without increasing heart load, increased range of motion, feeling connected and more aware of the body's use and position, and pain relief.
It can also help relieve muscle tension, fractures, sprains, sciatica, stiff joints and shorten muscle strain recovery time. It helps flush muscle tissue of lactic acid, uric acid, and other metabolic wastes. Ligaments and tendons are stretched, keeping them supple. The skin and nervous system become stimulated while simultaneously nerves are relaxed. Emotional and physical stress reduces, making it the ideal practice for stress management, medical, or remedial therapy programs.
Pregnancy Massage offers emotional support combined with a nurturing touch. It can relieve stress on weight-bearing joints (ankles, lower back/pelvis, neck, and back pain) caused by muscle imbalance and weakness. Pregnancy massage is also helpful in maintaining proper posture, preparing muscles used during childbirth, reducing swelling in hands and feet, lessened sciatic pain, fewer calf cramps, and relief from headaches and sinus congestion.
Pregnancy Massage should not happen if you have or exhibit heavy discharge (watery or bloody), diabetes, contagious illness, fever, or vomiting. Avoid pregnancy massage if you have unusual pain, pre-eclampsia, high blood pressure, morning sickness, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or any malignant condition.
Avoid direct/sustained pressure between the ankle bone and heel. This space is a pressure point connected to the uterus and vagina and can promote early labor. We recommend against massage during the first trimester due to the physical and hormonal changes occurring in the body. Trimesters two and three are when we recommend beginning prenatal massage, for ten minutes to an hour depending on discomfort levels.
Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy®, created in the 1940s by Therese Pfrimmer, is one of the fastest-growing massage therapy techniques. Discovering this technique led to the reversal of her paralysis. It's an incredibly detailed, total cross-fiber treatment causing corrective changes in the muscle on a cellular level. It corrects and prevents ALS, Multiple Sclerosis, Muscular Dystrophy, Parkinson's, Cerebral Palsy, brain injury, and stroke. It alleviates sports injuries, trauma, occupational stresses, arthritis, fibrositis, backache, neck tension, chronic fatigue syndrome, constipation, and circulatory problems.
It has also been effective in alleviating sports injuries, trauma, occupational stresses, arthritis, fibrositis, backache, neck tension, chronic fatigue syndrome, constipation, and circulatory problems, to name a few. Combined with traditional treatments of these conditions, it offers an added edge that can speed recovery or promote maximum improvement where conventional treatments leave off.
Medical Massage is acknowledged as medically necessary, usually prescribed by a physician, and generally focused on a specific health-improving goal. It helps with repetitive motion injuries, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, muscle spasms, neuromuscular conditions, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, chronic headaches, whiplash, rotator cuff injuries, and soft-tissue injuries. It increases blood supply to skeletal muscles and stimulates the nervous system. Medical Massage is a non-invasive solution to numerous illnesses and injuries.
Bodywork for infertility is Abdominal Acupressure/Massage, the manipulation of the abdomen. Taoist practice states each organ has points energetically, physically, emotionally, and spiritually based on their assigned element. The five elements are fire, earth, metal, water, and wood called the Five Phases of Cyclical Energetic Movement, which occurs in nature and ourselves. When these are in harmony, the body, mind, and spirit are in balance.
Our navel, or harm, holds our vital organs together through the fascia and relates to energetically inherited emotions, trauma, and stressful life experiences. Abdominal manipulation detoxifies, refines, and strengthens our critical system, creating balance and harmonious flow of blood and qi. Abdominal Massage can reduce adhesions from fibroid tumors, endometriosis, and cesarean delivery. It can improve blood flow to pelvic organs and uterine lining, ease painful menstruation, improve digestion, and treat urinary/bladder problems.
Hot Stone Massage Therapy is thousands of years old, originating in Indian and also used initially in Mayan culture. Energy is called "prana" and moves through everything giving life. Yogis work with this energy through breathing techniques, meditation, physical exercise, and massage to produce altered states of consciousness, healing, and longevity. "Tools" from the earth are used to manipulate and heal, such as herbs, flowers, crystals, and stones. The use of stones came from healers using river bed rocks warmed in hot coals or hot water. The stones were then placed on the body to relax the muscles.
Sports Massage is used before, during, and after athletic events to prepare for peak performance, drain fatigue, relieve swelling, reduce muscle tension, promote flexibility, and prevent injuries. Athletes tend to build up more stress and tension from physical activity and incur minor injuries due to overexertion. Sports Massage breaks these all down quickly and effectively, leaving athletes feeling good with a reduced heart rate, lowered blood pressure, increased circulation, and increased lymph flow.
The Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) method of muscle lengthening and fascial release is a type of Athletic Stretching Technique that provides effective, dynamic, facilitated stretching of major muscle groups, but more importantly, AIS provides functional and physiological restoration of superficial and deep fascial planes. This massage technique can also be requested with other massage options.