Treatment

Manual Therapy and Sports Massage

Are you having feelings of tightness or pain?

These signals can be your body’s warning signs that negative changes are occurring throughout some of your soft tissue!

Integrative Sports Massage specializes in restoring and improving the movement of your body by improving flexibility, strength, and your posture. Treatment includes hands on therapy and at home education. Nick may use any or all of the following techniques: myofascial release, thai massage, trigger point therapy, neuromuscular release, AMT, lymphatic drainage, deep tissue.

Maintenance Work

Maintenance work is a regular scheduled 1 hour appointment that addresses any problem areas or specific sport related stress patterns. This regular occurring appointment can help in many ways like discovering where injuries could be forming and increasing overall recovery. Usually I suggest one appointment every 2-6 weeks if your activity level is moderate to high. If you are more proactive with rolling and stretching then 3-6 weeks. Burnout, injuries, and over-training are often the results of not contributing enough to recovery and self care.

Some Reasons To Make An Appointment

to help reduce or relieve your pain
to improve movement by increasing flexibility and range of motion of the tissues
regaining mobility after surgery
chronic pain
chronic stress
strains / sprains
regain mobility after significant limb immobilization [cast, boot, or brace]
starting a new fitness routine or sport and you want to steer clear of injuries
maintain a current training routine and feel great doing it

Effects of Integrative Sports Massage

Blood Circulation

Increase blood flow to the skin and muscular tissue
Increase blood oxidation levels
Increase red and white blood cell and platelet counts
Decreases heart rate, blood pressure, and variations in heart rate

Lymphatic System

Helps with lymphatic drainage
Reduce edema and lymphedema
Promotes immune system health and function

Musculoskeletal System

Decrease tension within the muscle-tendon unit
Increase range of motion
Decrease delayed onset muscle soreness

Connective Tissues

Increase fibroblast activity in the tissues
Improve scar tissue formation
Assist in the treatment of tendinitis
Helpful in pain reduction including symptoms of fibromyalgia

Nervous System

Increase serotonin and dopamine
Improve Sleep
Decreases stress, depression, and anxiety
Improve cognitive and memory functioning
Activate parasympathetic response

Endocrine System

Influence levels of multiple hormones
Influence production/absorption of insulin

Skin

Be effective in reducing scaring after burns
Decrease symptoms of eczema and other skin conditions

*These effects are what we currently know about this type of therapy. All the data here comes from 3rd party research. It is vital for therapists to stay up to date on all current and new knowledge and be able to share this knowledge with patients. [S. Salvo]