Massage Therapist Helps Cardiff by the Sea and Encinitas Patients Heal from Back Pain, Neck Pain, and Headaches

Massage therapy is a traditional healing tool that has been used by many cultures for thousands of years to relieve pain and promote internal healing. If you are suffering from lower back pain, upper back pain, neck pain, headache, fibromyalgia or other chronic pain, massage therapy can provide much-needed relief and even speed healing.

At Gold Coast Chiropractic, your Cardiff by the Sea and Encinitas chiropractor offers massage therapy as an important complementary care for pain management and injury rehabilitation such as personal injury or auto accident injuries.

At the start of a treatment, our massage therapist invites you to relax both your body and mind. Touch is a natural human instinct to convey compassion and support and to relax the body. Remember the last time you bumped your elbow or had a sore shoulder? Your natural reaction is to rub the soreness away. Massage therapy takes this natural instinct and combines it with proven science to target muscles, tendons and ligaments in need of healing.

Massage Therapy and Chiropractics Speeds Healing, Relieves Pain

During massage therapy, important physiological and psychological changes occur to the body. Your heart rate, breathing rate and blood pressure levels naturally drop in response to a gentle, soothing touch. Levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, also drop. Scientific experts estimate that 80 to 90 percent of all diseases are stress related. Daily stresses from work and family take a serious toll on our bodies, keeping them in a constant state of high alert. By reducing cortisol levels, we can help our body systems relax and center the mind. Our patients leave feeling calm, focused and centered.

Physically, massage therapy also stimulates the flow of oxygen-rich blood into the muscles. This flushes out harmful toxins and lactic acid, which naturally build up in the muscles over time. Massage also stimulates the lymph system, the body’s natural defense system against injury and illness. In breast cancer patients, for example, massage has been shown to increase the cells that fight cancer.

Following an injury, your joints may be stiff and sore. Massage increases joint flexibility, helping to restore a full range of movement and motion to your body. This also reduces recovery time following a sports injury or strenuous physical exercise. In conjunction with chiropractic care, massage can relieve back pain, neck pain and headache. That’s why your chiropractor may recommend massage therapy in addition to chiropractic.

Our massage therapist tailors each treatment session to your individual injury and wellness needs. A typical treatment session lasts between 45 and 90 minutes. Our massage therapist uses a combination of gentle and deep motions to invigorate soft tissues, stimulate blood flow and relax muscles.

Chiropractic care is helpful for both healing and long-term wellness, regular treatments with our massage therapist can keep your body in an optimal state of wellness. We offer various types of massage for our Cardiff by the Sea and Encinitas pain and rehabilitation patients. Enjoy the physical and psychological benefits of massage treatments – get started today!