Albertville, MN

Massage Therapy Albertville, MN

Massage Therapy in Albertville, MN. Do you have lingering neck or back pain you just can't get rid of? Did you suffer soft tissue damage in a recent injury? Or or is there simply too much stress in your life right now that's keeping you from feeling your best? Many people in Albertville, MN are turning to massage therapy for meaningful relief. Total Spine Health & Injury Center is dedicated to helping those in Albertville, MN return to an active, pain-free lifestyle that many thought had passed them by. If feeling great every day is something you want to get back to, call Total Spine today at (763) 568-7869 or schedule an appointment online.

Massage therapy is becoming increasingly popular in Albertville, MN and across the country. In 2021, a quarter of men and 21% of women sought out massage therapy. Through a variety of types of massage, it increases blood flow to a region, and lengthens muscles that have contracted, allowing them to move as they're supposed to. It also sends "feel-good" signals to our brains, which results in that euphoric after-massage feeling. While many people seek out an appointment simply because a massage helps them feel better, they've also been proven to help relieve pain and treat and prevent injuries.

A Brief History of Massage Therapy

Massage therapy dates back to, at the latest, 3000 BCE. It had widespread use in several different ancient civilizations and eventually spread throughout the rest of the world.

The Ancient Origins of Massage

In India, massage was practiced as part of Ayurveda, a healing system based on the idea that disease was caused by imbalance or stress, about 5,000 years ago, at the very latest. Chinese texts documenting the benefits of massage therapy appeared. In Egypt, tomb paintings from around the same time show people massaging each other with their elbows, and the Egyptians created reflexology 200 years or so afterward. Around 3,000 years ago, Japanese monks who had traveled in China brought message therapy back to their homeland, which eventually became amna, or traditional Japanese massage. These ancient practitioners all believed that massage was crucial to optimal balance, whether within their bodies, minds, or with the outside world.

Massage Is Introduced to the Western World

In approximately 800 BCE, massage therapy began to be used in Greece, where Greek athletes found it useful for treating injuring and maintaining peak performance. In the 5th century BCE, Hippocrates began incorporating it into his healthy living combination of proper diet, exercise, and fresh air. He prescribed "friction" or "rubbing", and created the rational and scientific basis for massage therapy in Western medicine by noting the positive effect massage has on muscles. The Roman physician Galen, who practiced with Hippocrates' philosophies, began using massage therapy between 100 and 200 BCE, and the wealthy began having massage therapists brought to their homes, while the lay people would seek massage in the public baths.

Decrease in Popularity and Introduction in the United States

While massage therapy would decline in popularity in the West for many centuries, it started to pick up steam in Europe again in the 17th century. It was introduced in the United States to treat World War I soldiers for nerve injuries and PTSD, and massage slowly grew to become as popular as it is now in the second half of the 20th century.

In contemporary society massage therapy is used around the globe to help patients find relief for a variety of conditions and disorders, from Kathmandu, to Timbuktu, to Albertville, MN. While practitioners of massage may have different reasons for believing in its benefits, patients all over the world have found it to bring them relaxation and eased their pain.

Benefits of Massage Therapy in Albertville, MN

Whether you're receiving one massage, a series of them to help treat an injury, or choose to get massages often, massage therapy has countless benefits that last not only for a handful of days, but that can contribute to long-term positive life changes:

• Less stress and more relaxation
• Lowered heart rate
• Increased range of motion
• Improved circulation
• Reduced severity and length of muscle spasms and cramping
• Reduced need for and use of medications
• Increased immunity through increased lymphatic circulation
• Improved skin condition
• Increased athletic performance

You'll only see more of these benefits as massage therapy becomes a consistent part of your wellness routine.

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Is Albertville, MN Massage Therapy Right For Me?

Massage therapy can help improve the life of anyone in the Albertville area and beyond. Nothing bad will happen to you; when done by licensed professionals, it can help anyone relieve stress, gain more range of motion, get rid of minor aches and pains, and live a more enjoyable and pain-free everyday life. Many people who play sports choose to have frequent massage appointments to help ensure they stay at peak performance. Research has also shown that massage therapy is an effective treatment method for several specific injuries and conditions:

Acute Injuries

Massage therapy can significantly aid the recovery of many different soft tissue injuries, including sports injuries and injuries sutained in auto accidents. Any sudden injury has a tremendous effect on your body, including pain, inflammation, lack of movement, and scar tissue building up over your soft tissue. Albertville, MN massage therapy can reduce the negative symptoms of your injuries and stimulate the body's natural healing process by smoothing over tissue and stimulating blood flow.

Lingering Pain

Some pain and discomfort does not stem from one single event. Frequently, pain and discomfort can come from not performing everyday tasks with the best posture, a lingering injury that gets worse when not allowed to properly heal, or just the general degradation our bodies experience at our employment or do the gardening work. Massage therapy in Albertville, MN can correct these imbalances and help you finally move on from dealing with pain every day.

Depression and Anxiety

Are physical and mental health is intertwined. A negative mental state can wreack havoc on our bodies, and vice versa. The Mayo Clinic lists the following physical symptoms of depression and anxiety:

• Increased heart rate
• Chest pain
• Frequently being tired
• Muscle tension
• Insomnia
• Gaining or losing excessive amount of weight
• Headaches

Massage therapy in Albertville, MN can help eliminate the physical consequences of depressions by reducing sore muscles and headaches, stabilizing your heart rate, and sending out feel-good endorphins and hormones such as neurotensin, oxytocin, and cortisol, which relieve stress-related pain and motivate social bonding.

Massage therapy, as part of an overarching wellness routine, can do wonders for your total well-being.

Prenatal Massage

An expecting mother's body goes under a huge amount of stress as her body undergoes hormone shifts and creates space for the growing baby. Massage therapy can help alleviate many of the physical discomforts women experience while pregnant. It will increase blood flow to muscle groups that have recently had poor circulation, alleviate joint and back pain, help you fall asleep quicker and stay asleep longer, and release endorphins. Some studies have even suggested that prenatal massage may reduce labor time and labor pain.

While massage usually carries little risk for pregnant women, you should still consult with your doctor before undergoing any type of treatment in case the specifics of your pregnancy makes massage less than safe.

Massage therapy in Albertville, MN has also been effective at treating:

• Headaches and migraines
• Work injuries
• Digestive disorders
• Upper back and neck pain
• Temporomandibular disorders

Combining Massage Therapy with Chiropractic Treatment in Albertville, MN

While massage therapy can do wonders for Albertville, MN residents looking to recover and feel better, its full benefits can be unlocked with chiropractic care. Chiropractic and massage offer much of the same benefits, but do so by treating the musculoskeletal system in different ways.

Chiropractic care treats issues from a structural standpoint. Through chiropractic adjustments, chiropractors manipulate the joints and spine in order to improve how your body functions. By increasing the space between spinal joints and targeting specific areas, we allow your bones to move better and reduce the strain they put on your nervous system.

Massage therapy treats the soft tissue component. Soft tissue is comprised of ligaments that connect bones and cartilage together, muscles that power the movement of our bones, and tendons that join muscles to bones. In a general sense, our soft tissue is kind of a "pulley system" that allows us to move. Through micro-traumas, such as incorrect posture or degeneration over time, or acute injuries, our bodies build up scar tissue that affects the integrity of our soft tissue, compromising our body's support structure. Massage smooths out scar tissue so the muscles, ligaments, and tendons can act as they should, which then allows the bones to do their job.

Integrating chiropractic into your massage therapy prolongs the effects of both and ensure both treatments work optimally. Chiropractic adjustments make it easier for tight muscles to relax during and after a massage, and massage therapy relaxes the nervous system, enhancing the effects of chiropractic treatment.

There is no risk to either treatment when they are performed by licensed, trained professionals. Many have found them to be a better alternative to costly prescription medications for pain relief and swelling reduction. At Total Spine Health & Injury Center, we are licensed and experienced in both massage and chiropractic, making us the ideal location for your injury recovery, pain relief, or general wellness needs.

Other services we offer in Albertville, MN include:

• Herniated Disc Treatment
• Work Injury Treatment
• Family Chiropractic
• Auto Accident Chiropractors Near Me
• Chiropractor
• Chiropractic Adjustment
• Whiplash Treatment

Call Total Spine Health & Injury Center for Massage Therapy in Albertville, MN Today

At Total Spine, we take a comprehensive view of your health and wellness; we want to see you feeling good every day. We treat our patients with personalized care, aimed at implementing a successful treatment plan to help ease whatever ailment you're seeking massage therapy for in Albertville, MN. Our certified massage therapist can treat you with deep tissue, Swedish, myofascial, and trigger point massage, as well as cupping. For effective and long-lasting massage therapy in Albertville, MN, reach out to us today at (763) 568-7869 or contact us online.