HEALING STROKES

Healing strokes or healing Massage is an adjunt therapy for a pain relief, stimulate regeneration of new cells and to promote the healing and repair of injured connective tissues.

Our experienced and medically trained therapist  can play a vital role in your recovery. At Complementary Therapy , we apply a variety of treatments such as Myofascial Release, Deep tissue massage, Trigger point therapy, Biofeedback, TCM Acupressure, or Chinese Tui na to help you recover faster and better.

Healing strokes or Massage is one of the oldest forms of remedial therapy and is useful in the general release of stress, tension, stiffness. Regular massage also promotes calmness, healthy immune functioning, stimulates lymphatic drainage, as well as toning and firming the body and skin.

Healing Massage  and  is a safe, gentle and effective treatment for: 

Healing Strokes Major Benefits

• Eliminate or decrease pain.  
• Increase range of motion, flexibility and strength. 
• Improve sleep. 
• Increase endurance at work and play. 
• Decrease or eliminate medication, under doctors supervision. 
• General improvement in quality of life and fitness level, increased energy and reduced stress. 
• Increase body awareness. 

How Healing Strokes work?

Our therapist uses manual techniques to manipulate the soft tissues of the body muscles, fascia, skin and tendons to  release adhesions, strains and sprains in the fascia and muscles. Therapist will work on the connective tissue to help free the soft tissues and thus releasing the chronic pain.  Integrated physical therapy can relieve muscle tension and stress, promote relaxation, and improve circulation and range of motion. We systematically organizes the body’s network of soft tissues and joints to support the muscular and skeletal system to its natural structural integration.  

Related Information

National Centre For Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Acupressure was effective in reducing low back pain

Effects of Trigger Point Therapy on children with cerebral palsy

Painful myofascial trigger points and pain sites in men with chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

Interrater reliability of palpation of myofascial trigger points in three shoulder muscles

Trigger points: diagnosis and management

Physical Therapy to Keep Your Child Healthy and Fit for Life

Patellofemoral pain syndrome: evaluation and treatment

Related Information

Medical review of 13 clinical trials found evidence that massage might be useful for chronic low-back pain

References:

Furlan AD, Imamura M, Dryden T, et al. Massage for low-back pain. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2008;(4):CD001929. Accessed on November 25, 2008.