Grand Rapids Massage Therapy Restores Balance and Relieves Pain

If you are struggling with chronic pain or recovering from a sports injury, massage therapy is a natural, conservative treatment that can relieve musculoskeletal pain and speed healing. Massage therapy is a traditional healing technique that has been practiced for hundreds of years. Many different styles of massage have developed over the years, including Swedish, sports massage, myofascial release, soft tissue and deep tissue. At Peak Performance Chiropractic, our certified massage therapist provides treatments that are specially tailored to the wellness needs of each patient.

Heal Naturally with Grand Rapids Massage Therapy

Grand Rapids massage therapy complements chiropractic care by speeding healing. Our chiropractor has found that some conditions, such as fibromyalgia or sciatica, respond best to a combination of chiropractic care and massage. This is because massage helps the body naturally relax, release tension and rejuvenate, both mentally and physically. Massage therapy is an important component of whole body wellness, and when combined with chiropractic alignment and nutritional counseling, it can help patients recharge their bodies.

Our Grand Rapids massage therapist begins each treatment with a calm and gentle touch to soothe your mind and relax your body. As our massage therapist kneads your muscles, fresh, oxygenated blood rushes in, flushing out harmful toxins and lactic acid. These toxins naturally build up over time and can block your body’s natural ability to heal. Oxygen-rich blood also improves lymph circulation, which promotes healing and reduces inflammation. Recent scientific research shows that massage therapy increase immune function and reduces recovery time following many musculoskeletal injuries.

During a massage treatment, important physiological changes occur in your body. Your blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate all drop. Levels of cortisol, a stress hormone, also naturally decrease. In exchange, endorphin and serotonin levels rise, helping your to feel calm, relaxed and centered following your massage. Centering your mind is an important mental benefit of massage therapy. At Peak Performance Chiropractic, we believe that healing is as mental as it is physical. Daily stress can spike our blood pressure and leave our bodies in a constant state of high alert. By relaxing the mind, we can reach a deep, restorative parasympathetic state, which is critical to healing.

Depending on your wellness and injury needs, our massage therapist will vary the depth, intensity and pressure of the massage from gentle to deep tissue. Our massage therapist targets specific tendons, muscles and ligaments in your body that are in need of healing. Applying pressure to specific parts of the body also relieves pain. A typical treatment lasts between 25 and 55 minutes, depending on your needs.

Grand Rapids patients choose Peak Performance Chiropractic because of our whole-body approach to wellness. This integrated approach combines care from a chiropractor with massage therapy, nutrition counseling and other complementary treatments to help the body heal naturally from within. Whether you are suffering from pain due to whiplash from a car accident, a sports injury or a personal injury, our chiropractors and our entire wellness team are passionate about helping you on your journey to wellness.