These days, everybody is looking for a quick fix. But though medication can provide short-term relief, pills fail to address the root issue of somebody’s neck and back pain, and there’s also the risk of addiction. Moreover, over time, our bodies can build up a tolerance to medications and render them less and less effective. As a top provider of massage therapy in Jupiter FL, our experienced team at Flex Spine & Sport have helped alleviate the neck and back pain of hundreds of clients without resorting to medications or invasive treatments. The benefits of massage therapy on relieving neck and back pain have been studied extensively – here’s the lowdown on how massage therapy can help relieve your pain.
Studies On Massage Therapy In Jupiter FL Can Help With Your Pain
Therapeutic massage has been shown to relieve pain through several mechanisms, including:
- Relaxing painful tendons, joints, and muscles. When these tendons, joints and muscles constrict or are constantly under tension, it can cause your body to be very tense and cause fatigue and pain over time.
- Helping to “close the pain gate” through the stimulation of competing nerve fibers, impeding pain messages from traveling to and from the brain.
Research targeting the benefits of therapeutic massage is an ongoing and active field of study. One study published in Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice showed that people who had four weekly hand massage sessions and practiced self-massage at home reported a reduction in hand pain and had better grip strength. Moreover, the studies group also reported less anxiety and depression and better sleep patterns than people in the control group. Clearly, massage helped.
When it comes to chronic neck pain, massage therapy has also been shown to have benefits. A 2014 study published in Annals of Family Medicine showed that 60-minute therapeutic massage sessions two or three times per week for four weeks was able to relieve chronic neck pain more effectively than fewer, shorter, or no massage sessions.
Ways Massage Therapy Improves Back and Neck Pain
Our modern lifestyles directly impact the ways our bodies function. Chronic anxiety and stress from a multitude of environmental factors (hello, work emails) can cause your muscles to tense up. We’re constantly hunched over our phones, computers, and desks, and overall are moving less thanks to desk jobs and car commutes. Massage can reduce both chronic and short-term back and neck pain in a variety of ways, such as:
- Helping to manage stress – Muscle tension is often the result of stress. By providing a temporary respite dedicated to relaxation, your body and mind can stay more relaxed throughout the week.
- Promoting overall health: Massage optimizes soft tissue health, and connects you with your visceral being. This in turn makes you more aware of the way you move and live.
- Improving mood: Massage has been shown to release endorphins that boost your mood, which can help with depression, anxiety, and chronic stress.
- Relieving chronic pain: Massage eliminates muscle tension and increases flexibility by targeting the body’s pain, reducing the need for pain medications
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Massage therapy can help relieve your back and neck pain and reduce your reliance on pain medications. Call Flex Spine & Sport to schedule an appointment for massage therapy in Jupiter FL today!