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Make Time For A Massage

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This month at Pinnacle Health Group we’re offering you all good reason to take better care of yourselves. How are those New Year’s resolutions looking now? Did any of them work out or are they still “on the to-do list”?

We at Pinnacle believe that every day is a new day and that it is never too late to start making little changes that will make a big difference to your health and well-being.

Read on for more information on how our expert remedial massage therapists can help and support you with both your health and well-being.

Why Make Now The Time For Massage?

With so many ideas and beliefs held around massage, it seems today more than ever we need clarification on the benefits of massage. The practice of massage has been documented as a form of medicine as far back as the ancients in Egypt. This is something seemingly forgotten by clinicians or those focused on the idea that invasive procedures are required for results.

The idea of massage being a “luxury” or indulgence is one of the worst myths surrounding this practice. It is an effective way of increasing blood flow, stretching out tight muscle fibres which can form adhesions in the muscle tissue (those “knots” felt most commonly around the neck and shoulders), repairing muscle tears post exercise, assisting in lymphatic drainage, promoting a sense of well-being through the release of the “feel good” chemical oxytocin as a knock on effect of a good massage. Further benefits experienced through the chain reaction of regular massage include, but are by no means limited to: improved immunity, better digestion, improved mental clarity and health, faster healing processes, better posture, less muscular and joint pain, sometimes even full remission of pain, reduction in cellulite and other epidermal issues, and generally improved mood and sense of better health.

So Massage Isn’t Just For Athletes?

Absolutely not! Yes, it is true athletes benefit from post-exercise massage more than those who don’t exercise as much. This is purely because often when we push our bodies physically we experience pain; this pain, until fairly recently, has been considered to be from the build up of a muscle waste product, lactic acid. This is now known to be not strictly speaking true; what is actually happening alongside all the body’s other processes during physical exercise is that as the muscles are being worked hard they often stretch and pull, creating tiny tears in the muscle fibres, and this is what is causing the pain. Lactic acid burn – I don’t think the scientists are quite 100% agreed yet as to whether it occurs yet!

Massage is not just a science, it’s an art. It is of the utmost importance that when it comes to our health we get the right solution for ourselves, as individuals, by the right practitioners at the right time. That’s why you will find here at Pinnacle Health Group we only provide services that are right for you, having done the right assessment. Book with us for an art that can be tailored to the individual, ensuring you get the best possible outcome from the treatment. The precision of this tailored treatment means that you will get the best possible scientifically proven results. Your body will give you this as feedback and our expert practitioners will guide you through what this feedback means!

So you see, you don’t have to be super fit or in bad shape to benefit from a massage. Any time is a good time for a massage; it will more than likely improve your day today and make tomorrow a whole lot better too.