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Biology doesn't dictate your destiny. 

Here’s how you can make the best choices for your body. 

Massage Gets Your Heart Healthy

Once thought of as a luxury service, massage therapy has become an increasingly important component in one’s overall health and wellness routine. Regularly scheduled massages can help consumers save on healthcare costs often replacing the need for over-the-counter remedies for stress-related symptoms and illnesses.

We make decisions about what we want to achieve in the New Year.  A healthier lifestyle, better eating habits, or maybe just to control the stress in life. Consider letting someone else take care of you! Therapeutic massage can help restore your system and prepare you for a healthy new year.

If a holiday season full of stress, hectic schedules and exhaustion sounds familiar for you and your family, it is time to re-write your family’s holiday recipe! This year include health, wellness and relaxation to fuel an enjoyable, family-centered holiday season.

If a holiday season full of stress, hectic schedules and exhaustion sounds familiar for you and your family, it is time to re-write your family’s holiday recipe! This year include health, wellness and relaxation to fuel an enjoyable, family-centered holiday season.

People are constantly saying things like, “I have a huge knot in my back” or “I’m all knotted up!”  What does this actually mean? Can a muscle really get tied in a knot? Well, no, not really…

Muscle fibers run in all different directions in our body and muscles are layered on top of each other. Our muscles are meant to be pliable, strong, and challenged. However, when we sit at a computer all day in the same position and if we injure ourselves. The various muscle fibers start to stick to each other and become adhered. This new hard and lumpy feeling is a muscle ‘knot’.

You’ve heard the quote, “Insanity is doing something the same way over and over and expecting a different result.” Your body knows this intimately. Massage can help.

Many people receive a massage for the first time after hearing others talk about how much massage has helped them; sometimes expecting that one massage will fix an issue that’s been lingering for months (or worse, years). Massage is most helpful as part of a routine of self-care. Would you take cholesterol medicine for just one day and expect the problem to be resolved? Of course not!

As counter-intuitive as it seems, it is perfectly normal for your body to feel a little sore the day after a massage. For your muscles, getting a deep-tissue massage is similar to experiencing a tough workout.

If you can recognize your stress signs before your stress feels overwhelming, you may be in a better position to keep it under control. Have you ever looked back on an annoying situation from your past, and laughed about it? What seemed irritating at the time can seem funny later on.