Need Holiday Stress Relief? Try Massage Therapy

A Timely Technique for Stress and Pain Relief

The holidays can be a lot of fun, but they can also usher in a lot of stress at the same time. You may find that the mad rush of shopping mall crowds, complex meal preparations, travel on crowded planes or highways, and accommodating large numbers of house guests puts quite a strain on your nerves and muscles. This year, however, you can be ready to fight those stressors by scheduling a relaxing massage.

How does this natural, drug-free technique help you keep both stress and pain at bay? Both of these irritants represent a kind of feedback loop -- stress tightens muscles to cause pain, and pain tightens muscles to cause stress. By working that stress out of the muscles, we can thus aid in both stress relief and pain relief. Even the lighter, soothing strokes of a basic Swedish massage can encourage muscle groups near the skin surface to relax; meanwhile, the extra blood flow to the massaged tissues encourages them to release lactic acid and other pain-causing byproducts of muscle tension.

Sometimes, however, a Swedish session is not adequate to address deep tissue pain. Tight muscles deep within the body, or painful muscle knots caused by fibromyalgia or long-term stress, may require trigger point or deep tissue massage. Trigger point therapy works on those specific knots that are causing you so much chronic pain, while deep tissue work can reach and treat even longstanding pain from repetitive motion injuries or chronic musculoskeletal problems. Our techniques can result in lower blood pressure and cortisol levels and better oxygen flow, hallmarks of a pain-free, stress-free body.

Contact Our Chiropractor This Holiday Season

If you to ensure a happier, healthier holiday for yourself or your loved ones, contact our chiropractor Skocik Chiropractic today to ask about our stress-busting services. After all, there is no better holiday present than the gift of wellness!

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