Here’s How To Find The Right Massage Right Now!

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Heres How To Find The Right Massage Right Now!
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Swedish Massage 
The most common form of massage therapy in the
U.S., Swedish massage is designed to warm up the
muscle tissue to release toxins, tension and
soreness. The strokes are longer and slower than
with many other forms of massage. Its usually
done using the hands, sometimes with the
forearms. Swedish massage can be done using
lighter or deeper pressure, but the strokes are
long from the shoulders to the low back and
back up, for example, or from wrist all the way
up the arm into the neck and then back down again.
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Deep Tissue Massage
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• Deep tissue massage is a combination of various
  techniques used to increase the level of pressure
  applied to the body. Its often done more with
  the forearm or elbow to help exert more pressure
  into the tissue. Two of the most common specific
  forms of deep tissue massage
• Petrissage is a massage movement that is much
  like kneading bread the therapist uses this
  technique to get the blood flow into a
  traumatized area of the body. Its typically
  applied in a specific area of the body rather
  than used as a full-body treatment.
• Friction is another technique that produces heat
  and helps bring more concentrated blood flow to
  an area.
• Tapotement (tah-pot-ment) is often described as
  karate chopping but can be done in other ways as
  well, such as using the fingertips or with the
  hands cupped. The main characteristic of
  tapotement is a rapid, rhythmic tapping motion,
  usually with a higher intensity of pressure
  applied to the tissues than with many other forms
  of massage.

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Trigger point work is designed to get into those
little knots. Its often done using the thumb,
knuckle or elbow to apply static pressure to
those points. The therapist can feel that knot to
detect when its loosening up and is trained to
know what a muscle is supposed to feel like
normally versus what it feels like when its in
knots. Common trigger points like that
nagging area between the shoulder blades are
associated with the fact that toxins commonly
accumulate in certain places in the body. When
the therapist locates a trigger point and applies
pressure, that pain will often refer or travel
to another part of the body. For example, if the
therapist applies pressure to your hamstring or
back of your leg, you might feel it in your lower
back.
Trigger point work
Trigger point work will help get an injured
clients muscle tissue back to a more normal
state, but the initial massage may be about
getting everything around that injured area more
relaxed.
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Hot Stone Massage
A hot stone massage might look and feel too good
to be therapeutic, but these stones do in fact
serve a clinical purpose. The shape of the stones
themselves enable the therapist to use special
techniques that can deliver more therapeutic
benefit benefits youll really feel. A
therapist might use the rounded edge of a stone
around the shoulder blade or in the low back or
neck area to really relax the tissue between the
muscles and the bone. Then theres the heat, of
course.
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Prenatal Massage
If youre pregnant, its very important to work
with a therapist whos trained in prenatal
massage. Prenatal massage training includes
instruction in specific modifications used to
help protect the baby, relieve symptoms like
edema and low back pain that are common during
pregnancy, and make Mom more comfortable both
during and after the massage. Prenatal massage is
typically done with the client lying on her side,
or on her back with a wedge to support the back
and knees to take pressure of the baby off the
moms internal organs.
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Sports massage
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• Sports massage is designed mostly for pre or
  postsports event work. For example, you might
  get a sports massage the day of or the day before
  an event such as a half-marathon to get the body
  really ready for the activity.
• Sports massage is typically not as relaxing as
  other forms of massage the generally more
  fast-action than Swedish massage the techniques
  the therapist uses to apply pressure to the body
  move at a faster pace. Aided stretching is also a
  common sport massage technique and its used to
  help get the lactic acid buildup in the muscles
  to dissipate.
• But you don't have to be a professional athlete
  to get a sport massage. It's ideal for anyone
  whos physically active as well as someone
  whos just starting out with a new workout
  program, running their first 10K or marathon, or
  doing anything else thats outside their normal
  activity routine. Especially if youre more of a
  novice athlete, a pre-event sports massage can
  make that a better event for you. And for regular
  marathon runners, there are specific techniques
  used to help a body thats been through that kind
  of intense event. 

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Our team of experts specializes in massage
therapy for pain and musculoskeletal soft tissue
injury, workplace injuries, injuries that are
caused by repetitive motion, poor posture and
even injuries caused by poor lifting habits. We,
at Massage RX, can help reverse your injuries and
reduce your pain. Each massage therapy program is
designed to best meet the desires of the client.
Our massage therapists adapt the massage using a
Deep tissue, Fascia Work, Trigger Point Therapy,
PNF Stretching, Active Releases, Rehabilitative
exercises, and taping for the programs. Since we
are athletes ourselves, our team of Sport Massage
therapists understands your concerns and focus on
what is needed. Home Massage Los Angeles
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