Massage Therapy

Muscles don’t move unless the nervous system tells them to. If your nervous system is overactive in an area, so are those muscles. They get tight, cranky and painful. Massage Therapy can ease the pain and relax the muscles that are working too hard or are injured.

Deb also looks at your posture. Postural imbalances are either a contributor or a response to pain. Either way, when these imbalances are present, they give us clues about how best to proceed.

​The imbalances aren’t necessarily bad or wrong. In fact, they may have helped you cope with the pain, which is a good thing. Deb views her job as helping you find ease in the posture that you have.

The jury is still out on why massage works, but we do know that massage reduces stress, helps with injury recovery, and reduces muscle soreness. We also know what it doesn’t do: It doesn’t eliminate toxins or get rid of lactic acid.

A few things to remember, though:

• A good massage does not have to be painful to be effective.
• Bruising from a massage is not ok (although it does occasionally happen).
• Ideally you won’t be sore after a session, but it’s not unusual. However, the soreness should not last more than a day or two. Longer term soreness could mean you’ve been worked too hard.
• During the first session or two a soft-tissue dance occurs: Deb is figuring out the amount of pressure to use that is most effective for you and gets the best response from your nervous system. Therefore, it’s really important that you communicate with her throughout your session so you won’t be sore afterwards and the work is most effective.

Deb uses a variety of massage therapy techniques because one size does not fit all. You are unique. A technique that is best for one person might not be right for you. Those techniques include Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT), Practical Movement, and other modalities.