BENEFITS of MEDICAL MASSAGE



Massage can be a powerful tool on your path to optimal orthopaedic health. 

Massage is a general term for pressing, rubbing and manipulating your skin, muscles, tendons and ligaments. Massage therapists typically use their hands and fingers for massage but may also use their forearms, elbows and even feet. Massage may range from light stroking to deep pressure techniques.

Benefits:

Stress relief- Massages should be relaxing and relieve much of the tension and stress we carry with us each day. 

Pain relief- Massage can relieve some pain symptoms by interupting pain signals in nerve pathways.

Stiffness relief- Massage relieves stiffness by manipulating areas of the body that carry tension. 

Sports Injuries - Many sports injuries can be treated with massage,

 

 

MarilynMarilyn Bigney, LPTA

Joined SWOPT in 2007. Marilyn received her Physical Therapist Assistant degree in 1991 from Lehigh County Community College in Pennsylvania. Prior to that, Marilyn was employed as a PT tech for 20 years, focusing her education and clinical skills on myofascial release therapy, in particular, treatment of TMJ and neck disorders.