We have successfully treated thousands of people that suffer from soft tissue/muscle injuries, pain and stress-related ailments. Our approach is to integrate the advanced manual and massage therapy techniques we have cultivated over the years. By assessing [...]]]> We address many health issues, from relieving chronic pain to providing advanced post-surgical massage therapies.

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We have successfully treated thousands of people that suffer from soft tissue/muscle injuries, pain and stress-related ailments. Our approach is to integrate the advanced manual and massage therapy techniques we have cultivated over the years. By assessing your body as a whole and combining techniques, we are able to identify and correct joint and muscle imbalance through soft tissue manipulation.

We most commonly treat clients for:

• Back, neck and shoulder pain
• Rotator cuff injuries
• Sciatica
• Foot pain
• Poor posture
• Carpal tunnel syndrome
• Whiplash from automobile accidents
• Headaches
• Tennis or golfer’s elbow
• Sprains and strains
• Herniated discs
• Hip and knee pain
• TMJ syndrome
• Fibromyalgia

This is not an all-inclusive list of conditions so if you have a health concern that you don’t see here, please don’t hesitate to call us at 561-625-3040 to ask for more information. We may still be able to help.

But regardless of how you select a therapist, there are several things [...]]]> Unless a massage therapist has been recommended to you by a friend or family member, it can be a challenge to find a good one. Many people are forced to choose one at random or from a list provided by their insurance company.

But regardless of how you select a therapist, there are several things that should happen before your first massage:

1. A knowledgeable massage therapist will offer to answer any questions you have about his or her experience and licenses. Advanced training and continuing education are needed for a massage therapist to provide safe, qualified services.

2.  A thorough evaluation of your entire body should be performed so that the massage therapist can determine what’s causing your pain.

3.  Once the source of pain is identified, the massage therapist should check for flexibility and range of motion in that area of your body.

4.  A qualified massage therapist knows that the patient plays a critically important role in his or her own treatment. The therapist should be able to explain the treatment plan and thoroughly answer any questions or concerns you have about expected results.

What is posture alignment therapy?  Postural alignment therapy uses the muscles of our body through a series of individually designed repositioning, strengthening, stretching or functional exercises to treat musculoskeletal dysfunction. Each exercise is specific to your posture deviations. The exercises are designed to facilitate normal muscle function and interaction. [...]]]> Live Pain Free

What is posture alignment therapy?  Postural alignment therapy uses the muscles of our body through a series of individually designed repositioning, strengthening, stretching or functional exercises to treat musculoskeletal dysfunction. Each exercise is specific to your posture deviations. The exercises are designed to facilitate normal muscle function and interaction. Muscles that are balanced work properly and provide the body with the ability to move more efficiently. (some of the exercises may be similar to yoga or pilates)

How can this help me?  When your posture is compromised, different muscles are being used to help you to move the bones, which mean your muscles are working overtime – to do whatever task you are asking your body to perform; this is compensation. To simplify, you are now having the wrong muscles moving your bones inefficiently and incorrectly. Bones do what the muscles tell them to do. The muscles that should be working are turned off or not in use, and the muscles that should not be working are turned on.

Proper Alignment is when the shoulders, hips, knees ankles are directly stacked on top of one another.

Your Session:

~ We take 4 digital photos. (front, back, left, right sides)

~  Functional Movement Test – (Identifies dysfunctional movement patterns and asymmetries within the body that cause limitation.)

~  Design and implement a personalized postural exercise program.

Assessment:

This is a unique biomechanically based system of combined movement pattern evaluation and comprehensive joint motion analysis. It will identify postural deviations, detect muscular imbalances, and show movement limitations that collectively create compensation, cause pain, inhibit performance and deteriorate overall health.

What to wear:

~  T-shirt, tank top or sports bra

~   Shorts, comfortable pants or sweatpants (pants must be able to pull-up pass your knees)

~   Light colored clothing preferred when taking photos, tennis shoes

What You Will Receive:

~  A digital print out of your posture

~  A printed personalized exercise program

~  A better understanding of your posture

~  Equipment may be optional

The pain can become chronic or recurring. Other painful symptoms may include, tingling, numbness or [...]]]> Have you tried stretching your back muscles till the cows come home and still having back pain? Well, the reason may be due to the fact that the muscles you are stretching are not where the problem is coming from.

The pain can become chronic or recurring. Other painful symptoms may include, tingling, numbness or burning into the legs and/or groin area. Or you may only be experiencing pain in the back.  You may also have difficulties, from getting up from a sitting position, difficulty getting out of bed, or walking with a hunched over posture.

In order to understand that the pain you are experiencing in your back may not be the “cause” of your pain, you need to understand some muscle anatomy and the action that particular muscle does. There are actually 2 parts to this muscle, psoas and the iliacus, hence iliopsoas.

Psoas Stretch: Lunge forward with knee on padded mat. Position foot beyond forward knee. Place hands on knee. Straighten hip of rear leg by pushing hips forward. Hold stretch. Repeat with opposite side. Hold for 30 seconds 3 times each side.

Your doctor may prescribe massage therapy as part of your [...]]]> If you have been in a car accident you most likely have caused trauma to the soft tissue/muscles of your spine or other part of your body such as neck, back or head. The most common injury is whiplash or strain/sprain of the neck.

Your doctor may prescribe massage therapy as part of your treatment plan, but not just any massage. It is imperative your therapist be experienced and has advanced massage therapy techniques and education in their tool box. By incorporating a variety of modalities you will get much better results as opposed to only one type of massage technique.  Prior to seeking massage therapy you need to get a prescription from your doctor. It must have the following: Diagnoses, procedure or modality, example: massage therapy, and how often.

Immediately following a car accident depending on the severity, you may have pain or discomfort. If you do not have pain immediately after the accident it can show up days, weeks, or possibly even months later. You need to see your doctor for a thorough exam before soft tissue therapy. You want to make sure you do not have any severe trauma, as this would be contraindicated. In most cases massage/manual therapy for soft tissue injury is indicated and will help heal the injured area. If left untreated scar tissue builds up also causing compensations of the muscular system and therefore causing worse problems.

Massage helps aid in recovery of soft tissue injury, stress and anxiety from the accident. Soft tissue injuries, (soft tissue is muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia) invisible on x-rays are often overlooked and, can cause severe debilitating pain after a car accident if not treated properly.

As a guideline, if your vehicle has accident damage of any sort, your body will most likely have injury damage also.  It may show up much later causing long term or even permanent problems. The point here being, regardless of the severity of a car accident, you should be checked out thoroughly by a health care professional as soon as possible.

If you’re in pain and have been injured from an auto accident, don’t wait any longer to get the care you rightfully deserve.

1. If it’s very painful you may want to ice [...]]]> So the doctor has given you an odd word for your foot pain – Plantar Fasciitis.  Odd word and you’re clueless how to care for it. If your doctor recommended a cortisone injection you might want to think twice about it.  Our recommendations are …

1. If it’s very painful you may want to ice it – no more than 20 minutes at a time.

2. Rest the painful foot or at least limit your activities.

3. Self massage. You can take a tennis ball and roll it back and forth firmly from the heel to the  beginning of the toes. Do this for about 5 minutes or so.

4. Stretch – Although you may have pain in the bottom of the foot, the calf muscle (gastrocnemius) could be tight enough to pull the achilles tendon, therefore pulling on the plantar fascia. So, stretch your calf muscle.

It is our experience using kinesio tape in conjunction with the above recommendations assisted in the healing process tremendously.

Lie on your back with the painful foot raised vertical. Take a towel or rope and put the middle of it on the ball of your foot. Pull the ends of the rope and your toes toward you. You should feel a stretch in the lower leg.

calf stretch