How does Deep Tissue Massage help manage Fibromyalgia?

What is Deep Tissue Massage?

Deep tissue massage is a massage technique that is predominantly used to treat musculoskeletal problems, like sports injuries and muscle strains. However, it can also be used to help alleviate chronic aches and pains by focusing on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue. The nature of Deep Tissue Massage includes slower, deeper strokes. This allows more intense pressure to reach deeper layers of muscle and underlying connective tissue. This technique is a popular one with clients due to its wide range of health benefits.

What are the health benefits of Deep Tissue Massage?

Deep tissue massage brings lots of physical and psychological benefits, including muscle relief such as a reduction in muscle pain, improved motion, and reduced stiffness. It can also promote a deep sense of relaxation both during and after treatment, which can significantly reduce levels of stress. Regular deep tissue massage can also improve blood circulation and promote the release of toxins from the body’s tissues. Increased blood flow and reduced inflammation are other notable benefits as part of a faster overall healing process from deep tissue massage.

An extensive list of the benefits is included below:

• Reduced muscle tension and pain
• Relieves lower back pain
• Rehabilitates athletic injuries
• Lowers blood pressure
• Lowers stress and anxiety
• Breaks up scar tissue
• Improves arthritis pain

What is Fibromyalgia?

Fibromyalgia is a chronic disorder that causes widespread musculoskeletal pain in all areas, which often leads to severe fatigue and sleep issues. Fibromyalgia tends to be more common in women between the ages of 30 and 50, but it can develop at any age, regardless of gender or previous health conditions. Sleep-related symptoms can commonly lead to cognitive difficulties, including memory loss and confusion, colloquially known as “fibro fog”. It is estimated that as many as 80% of those suffering from fibromyalgia experience frequent cases of fibro fog. Symptoms of this include extreme difficulty in concentrating and finding it hard to focus on and complete simple, everyday tasks, in addition to other cognitive difficulties.

How does Deep Tissue Massage specifically relieve symptoms of Fibromyalgia?

Our practitioners can relieve the symptoms of fibromyalgia through regular Deep Tissue Massage therapy. This is because the deep tissue techniques help to reduce muscle pain and stiffness. This can promote relaxation and lower anxiety levels, decreasing pain. All of these can significantly improve sleep and eradicate the dreaded fibro fog.

Deep Tissue Massage promotes relaxation of patients suffering from Fibromyalgia because the technique stimulates the Parasympathetic Nervous System. It works by encouraging the body to shift from a “fight-or-flight” state to a “rest-and-digest” state. This decreases tension while increasing circulation of positive hormones known as the body’s natural “feel-good” hormones. These include dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and endorphins. Deep Tissue Massage is also scientifically proven to reduce cortisol, which is the body’s primary stress regulator. Rebalancing all of these hormones helps to increase positivity, while decreasing anxiety and physical tension in the body.

The technique of massaging the deep tissue areas also improves blood circulation and range of motion for the patient because of the firm pressure applied. This induces vasodilation of the blood vessels, a widening effect which increases capillary density and helps to deliver more oxygen and nutrients around the body. Similarly, this specialist massage technique is a great way to help the body flush out metabolic waste like lactic acid more effectively. The friction and pressure from deep tissue massage, therefore, enable practitioners to improve a patient’s range of motion by breaking down scar tissue, gradually reducing muscle tension, and increasing collagen fibre elasticity.

Our Deep Tissue Massages:

We offer award-winning Deep Tissue Massages through several of our in-house therapists, and we are delighted to offer this massage technique as a scientifically proven way to help dozens of clients on a weekly basis who suffer from Fibromyalgia symptoms.

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