Massage Therapy
Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related complaints such as headaches, backaches, neck pain, eyestrain, depression, irritability, high blood pressure, heart disease, and ulcers, as well as physical and emotional exhaustion. All of these symptoms may benefit from massage therapy.
Massage therapy has an amazing effect on the body's nervous system. Massage therapy activates the body's parasympathetic nervous system, which acts to reverse the body's negative response to stress, causing the muscles to relax, the heart rate to slow, blood pressure to lower and circulation to increase.
Muscles can become tight and ineffective for many reasons. Stress, injury, poor circulation, overuse, and misuse can all cause you pain and discomfort, as well as restrict your normal range of motion. When left unattended, these conditions can become habitual, hampering the quality of your everyday life. When muscles become tight, the muscle cells cannot hold much fluid nor can the vessels allow much fluid to pass through the muscles. This condition decreases the circulation of blood in the muscles, which can lead to fatigue, chronic pain, nerve tingling or numbness, a weakening of the immune system, and poor sleep.
Bernstein Chiropractic Clinic offers the following forms of massage therapy:
- Relaxing, Swedish
- Hot Stone
- Deep Tissue, Sports, Myofascial Release
- Thai Stretching
- Reflexology
- Reiki
Call for details and pricing.
LouAnn Bozik, NCTMB, LMT
LouAnn Bozik is a board certified massage therapist in addition to being state licensed. She is also a profes-sional member of the American Massage Therapy Association.
In addition to massage therapy LouAnn practices Reflexology and Reiki energy work. She is a Reiki master and teacher.
