HEALTH-MASSAGE-BODYWORK TIPS
Don’t fret! It is normal to feel “other than normal” or “elevated” emotions during and/or after a massage/bodywork session, which you wouldn’t normally experience in your daily routine. Repressed emotions or unpleasant experiences can get trapped in body tissues that lead to pain, ailments, and disease. Massage/bodywork therapies help release these stored emotions, free the mind of negative thoughts, and restore the body back to health.
If you feel angry or sad during and/or after your massage/bodywork session, don’t ignore it but acknowledge the emotions instead. Really feel it and ask yourself why you feel the way you do. The answer may come to you immediately through past experiences and memories. Other times these emotions surface and you’ll have no clue why. Again acknowledge it. By recognizing these new feelings can help you release muscle tension, old beliefs, past negative experiences, and even disease.
Here’s an informative article that summarizes the connection between body-mind, how massage-bodywork can release emotions, defines an emotional release, and how massage/bodywork is a great complement to the “talk therapy” communities.
Maybe now you are asking, “Well, I always feel great, joyous, happy, elated after my sessions!” This is good too! Go with it! Maybe in the future this could happen for everyone experiencing massage/bodywork sessions!
After all massage/bodywork sessions, ensure you make time to take care of yourself with lots of water, nutritious food, and rest. Journaling, listening to music, sitting quietly, and whatever else you enjoy to relax are all excellent recommendations to heal yourself.
RESOURCES OF THE MONTH
Visit my website, if you have questions on how to prepare before and after your massage/bodywork sessions.
The Center for Non-Violent Communications has great resources in helping improve your communications to managing anger and conflict.
FOR ALL MILITARY
Acupuncture and chiropractic services are now provided at the San Diego military healthcare facilities. Also, you can ask your military healthcare provider about seeing an acupuncturist/a chiropractor “outside” of the military healthcare system. Work within their guidelines/procedures in order to receive these services in the local community.
However, the military healthcare system does not recognized massage-bodywork services as a healing therapy. Share with your military healthcare providers the benefits you received from massage-bodywork therapies, and hopefully, eventually, massage-bodywork therapies will be incorporated into the military healthcare system like acupuncture and chiropractic services.
I have reasonable session rates for active duty, retired, veteran, and government personnel.
INFORMATION ABOUT MY PRACTICE
My practice focuses on stretching contracted connective tissue (muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc.) and deactivating trigger points (hyper-irritable pain spots), which allows your body to release pain and to find its natural alignment so that you can move without feeling pain. I specialize in several modalities from gentle to intense. My website is very informative, so please visit to learn more about my services, session prices, and my schedule along with massage-bodywork benefits and tips for before, during, and after your sessions.
My practice is growing because of your personal referrals! Thank you for sharing the benefits you received from my services with your community of people. For referrals that you send to me, I will give you a $10 discount (for each referral who completes a session) off your next session.
Also, if you have recommendations of dentists, doctors, chiropractors, other physical/verbal therapists, small businesses, etc. in the city of San Diego, where my therapeutic services could complement their services to help facilitate the health and well-being of their clients and/or employees, please, let me know and I would be happy to contact them!
If your company is interested in establishing or maintaining a wellness department to provide pain and stress prevention to its employees for improved work performance, please, contact me. I am available to speak to your company or organization about general health and the benefits of massage-bodywork therapy.
If you have any questions about my services and would like to set up an appointment, please, call or email me. I look forward to working with you at your next appointment!