Feel Better and Heal Faster with Massage Therapy

It may surprise you to learn that our Yorkville chiropractic care center places equal emphasis on other healing methods such as massage therapy. But massage actually plays a critical role in helping our patients with pain relief, stress reduction and speedier healing of injured tissues.

Therapeutic massage does more than just relieve the muscle tension that causes pain and stiffness, though it certainly does that. Massage also stimulates the circulation in the afflicted area, enabling your blood to carry more oxygen and nutrients to your tissues so that they can heal more efficiently. At the same time, the improved blood flow helps remove more of the lactic acid and other waste products that cause pain and inflammation. Massage even encourages the release of your body's natural painkillers, endorphins. This combination of beneficial effects has you feeling better and moving more freely so you can return to your normal lifestyle.

Relief for Headaches, Muscle Strains and More

Here at Advanced Physical Medicine of Yorkville we employ massage as a complementary therapy to mechanical adjustment and medical treatment. If you have a spinal misalignment that requires adjustment, for example, therapeutic massage's ability to loosen tight muscles allows the adjustment to proceed more easily and comfortably. If you have torn or strained muscles or ligaments from an auto injury, work injury or congenital physical imbalance, massage paired with our other techniques can help you feel like yourself again and enjoy better overall health.

Once we have helped you achieve pain relief, we may recommend the occasional "maintenance" massage as part of an effective preventative wellness plan. Many people feel so good after a massage that they are more than happy to include it in their ongoing health regimen. The only thing better than prompt relief from aches and pains is avoiding those aches and pains altogether -- and in either case, massage can help.

Have you ever had both adjustment and massage for a particular injury or medical condition? Share your experience with our readers!