Massage for treating injuries
Frozen Shoulder
The upper trapezius, rhomboids and rotator cuff muscles make up the muscles of the shoulder region.
Massaging the shoulder region can help to reduce tightness and pain, and it helps with increasing the blood supply to the muscles by increasing muscle temperature. In turn this aids in muscle relaxation and reduced pain, and can help to increase the range of movement within the shoulder joint.
Try a shoulder massage to help that area's relieve stress, tension and pain.
Bursitis
Your bursa sac may be irritated or inflamed from pressure in your shoulder area.
As people get older, stress on their tendons means they’re less elastic.
Massage therapy applied to the surrounding area can result in decreased muscle tension.
Groin strain
The groin muscles (the adductor muscle group) are six muscles in the groin area, spanning from the pelvis to inner thighbone.
Massage therapy can greatly assist with groin strains.
Massage can assist with relaxing, stretching, and working the groin and the surrounding muscles to assist recovery and in regaining motion and balance.
Massage can release any tension in the muscles and stimulate the blood flow and healing, prevent the formation of scar tissue and help re-align the new healing fibres in the direction of the muscle fibres, and to help flush out any toxins.
Kneading movements manipulate and loosen the muscle fibres.
Pressure can be applied along the muscle, to iron out any lumps, bumps and knots (deep circular friction can work out tight and tender muscle knots).
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Sciatica
The sciatic nerve runs between the lower spine and the foot, through the hip and backside, down the back of the leg.
The term Sciatica describes the symptoms of this nerve path - pain shooting through the legs and sometimes into the feet, and also tingling and numbness.
Help with Sciatica through massage
Massage won’t cure the underlying cause of sciatica pain, but it can help to temporarily relieve the symptom.
Massage therapy techniques such as Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, Hot Stone and Swedish Massage may give some pain relief. These techniques can assist with muscle relaxation, improving the blood circulation, and natural pain relief through endorphin release.
Migraines
Massage won't cure migraines, although a reduction in the intensity and frequency of migraine attacks through massage therapy has been shown.
Both stress and inadequate sleep are some of the known triggers for Migraine attacks. Massage is particularly helpful with anxiety and stress.
Tension-Type headaches
Tension-type headaches can be eased with massage therapy, which can increase the blood flow to the muscle tissue and help reduce muscle tension.
Migraine associated with neck pain may be eased with massage.
Massage therapy can be a way to help alleviate migraines since massage is often linked to nerve pathways and other areas that influence head pain.
Tennis elbow
Tennis elbow is an irritation with the tissue connection between the forearm muscle and the elbow, and can be caused by repetitive arm and wrist motions.
Massage can assist to enhance the elbow area's blood circulation, muscle flexibility and relaxation, and lowering pain.
It can aid in the removal of excess lactic acid from muscles, which may help to decrease the muscle pain and tension.
Golfer's elbow
This is a condition that causes pain in the tendons of the forearm muscles.
Golfer’s elbow is an inverted tennis elbow. Strained tendons and muscles within the inner arm area tend to cause golfer’s elbow.
It's quite common - more than 10,000 cases per year in Australia.
Symptoms include:
Pain starting in the inner arm and extending to the lower arm and wrist
Stiffness around the elbow joint
Tenderness in the inner elbow
A massage can promote icreased blood flow in the affected area. Massage helps blood circulation in the area of the affected veins to speed up the healing process. It can also help decrease pain levels, and reduce muscle inflammation.
