Massage Therapy is a hands-on manipulation of the soft tissues of the body including muscles, connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and joints. It is also an alternative health option to help alleviate the soft tissue discomfort associated with everyday and occupational stresses, muscular overuse and many chronic pain syndromes. It can also greatly reduce the development of painful muscular patterning, if employed early enough after accidents involving trauma and injury. Massage therapists work to improve the circulation of blood through the body and to speed the removal of metabolic waste products from muscles. Their skilled kneading increases the flexibility of muscles, ligaments, and other soft tissues. Some people visit a massage therapist to relieve pain or to warm up before a sporting event. Others want to relax and reduce stress. 

Bodywork refers to various forms of touch therapies that may use manipulation, movement, and/or repatterning to affect structural changes to the body.

What is the history of Massage?
When should I get a massage?
Will My Insurance Cover It?
Will My Workman's Comp Injury Cover Massage Therapy? 
What happens during a massage?
Where will my massage session take place?
Do I have to be completely undressed?
Do I have to use a drape?
What do I do during a massage therapy treatment?
How will a massage feel? 
What parts of my body will be massaged? 
How long will a massage treatment last? 
How will I feel after the massage therapy treatment?
Will the massage oils used make me break-out?
Is a massage always appropriate?
When should I not get a massage?
Does the gender of the massage therapist make a difference?
What if I'm overweight or embarrassed about my body?
What does a massage therapist's license or certification mean?
Can I talk during a massage?
Will a massage hurt?
What if a massage wasn't quite what I wanted?
Preparing for appointments to make things better/easier/less of a pain for my massage therapist?
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