Santa Fe Massage
Santa Fe Massage, providing relief to people from all walks of life. The weekend athlete, the home gardener, the over stressed executive, secretaries, waitresses, laborers, virtually anyone can feel a need for massage therapy sooner or later. Today’s active seniors can expect to live a longer, healthier life than ever, thanks to advances in medical science, nutrition and the desire to remain fit and engaged in life. Massage therapy can play a key and satisfying role in helping clients achieve their health and fitness goals.
Massage reduces the effects of stress.
Massage therapy helps you with stress and provides a way to relax and move through life challenges and transitions more gracefully.
Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress related complaints such as headaches,, backaches, neck pain, eyestrain, poor concentration, anxiety, depression, irritability, anger, high blood pressure, heart disease, ulcers, as well as, physical and emotional exhaustion.
Your Santa Fe Massage therapist can have an amazing effect on your body’s nervous system. When massage therapy activates your body’s parasympathetic nervous system, it counteracts your body’s negative response to stress, relaxing muscle tension and allowing your heart rate, blood pressure and circulation to return to normal. Massage therapy also helps you become more aware of your body and your unconsciously held tension. As you become more aware of your body, you will begin to recognize tension as it builds during the day so that you can consciously release it before it can have a negative effect on your body.
Massage relaxes tense muscles
Massage therapy stretches and loosens tight muscles, and connective tissue, breaking down and preventing further formation of adhesions, freeing your range of motion and reducing the dangers of fibrosis.
Massage therapy releases contracted muscles and pushes venous blood towards the heart, thus easing its strain on this vital organ. This increase in circulation brings energy producing nutrients and oxygen to your cells as well as carries away metabolic waste products that can make you feel listless and drained.
Massage strengthens the immune system
Massage therapy not only improves the circulation of blood and its vital nutrients, but also increases the circulation of lymph in your lymphatic system thus helping your body to fight off infection and speeding your recovery from injuries and illness.
Massage can improve nerve function
Massage therapy relaxes these contracted muscles and calms the nervous system, causing your body’s rhythm to slow down. When this happens, your blood pressure lowers, your heart rate settles, and your breath becomes deeper and more rhythmic, priming you for a perfect night’s sleep.
Massage improves skin tone
Massage therapy dilates the blood capillaries of the skin increasing the uptake of vital skin repairing nutrients and speeding the removal of harmful toxins. This improved circulation and helps to moisturize your skin improving skin texture while relieving dryness and itching.
By committing to care for yourself with massage, you boost the emotional and physical resources that support you in doing all the things you want and need to do.
You may be wondering…
How long is a massage session? A massage session can last from 30 minutes to 1 hour or more depending on the individual.
Who will give me my massage? Your massage will be given by a licensed massage therapist with many hours of training, often in several types of massage.
What is the first appointment like? You will be asked to fill out a form with general health questions. Your massage will take place on a table especially designed for stability and comfort. The room will be warm and quiet, often with soft music to set a relaxing mood.
How much clothing do I need to remove? Most commonly, people remove most or all of their clothing for a massage and are draped with a sheet throughout the session. Undress as much as is comfortable for you. For chair massage undressing is not necessary. Providing specialized treatment for pain relief, healing, stress reduction and overall well-being!
Santa Fe Massage Therapist Christine M Hodges. For appointment please call 505.690.0788
