3 Conditions that a Registered Massage Therapist Can Help You With
Registered massage therapy is one of several therapeutic services we provide at Change Your Pain Kamloops. We will look at 3 conditions treatable by Registered Massage Therapy in this blog.
Registered Massage Therapy can treat and/or relieve symptoms of many conditions. Working with our dedicated team of experts will lead to a greater quality of life and help you to create permanent positive lifestyle changes.
What are a few of the conditions treatable by Registered Massage Therapy?
Fibromyalgia
Fibromyalgia is a chronic medical condition that often causes widespread pain and stiffness, excessive fatigue, emotional distress, and much more. The cause is unknown, and while this condition is not well-understood, patients with fibromyalgia exhibit a dysregulated nervous system and hypersensitivity to touch.
Studies have shown that patients with Fibromyalgia symptoms have more sensory receptors in some areas throughout the body than those patients without Fibromyalgia symptoms. A registered massage therapist has several techniques, tools, and strategies to regulate the nervous system and desensitize the sensory receptors, thereby alleviating and managing Fibromyalgia symptoms.
Have you been diagnosed with fibromyalgia or suspect you may be suffering from the condition?
Do you suffer from chronic widespread body pain? Sleep disturbances? Excessive fatigue? Jaw or facial tenderness? Sensitivity to touch, light, and sound? Depression?
Registered Massage Therapy can help regulate your nervous system. It can reduce your heart rate, relax your muscles, and improve your range of motion in your joints. It also can increase the production of your body’s natural painkillers. RMT also often helps reduce stress and anxiety.
Whiplash
Whiplash is a condition resulting from an acceleration-deceleration transfer of energy to the neck and spine. In simple terms, the cause is an intense, forceful back-and-forth motion of the neck, similar to the motion of cracking a whip. It is also referred to as a neck sprain or strain. It is characterized by symptoms that appear following a neck injury.
Whiplash is commonly caused by rear-end car accidents, but can also result from sports accidents and other types of trauma, such as physical abuse or a fall.
How do I know if I have whiplash?
Have you recently had a neck-jarring incident and are now experiencing symptoms that may include neck and back stiffness and pain, loss of range of motion in your neck, headaches originating from the base of your skull, tingling in your arms, and/or dizziness?
If you are experiencing any of these symptoms, you may be suffering from whiplash. After checking in with your family doctor to get an accurate diagnosis, a visit to one of our Registered Massage Therapists will help you manage your symptoms and speed up your recovery.
RMT treatment often helps decrease muscle spasms and pain that commonly occur with whiplash, restores range of motion, improves muscle strength and tone, reduces headaches, and improves neck spinal function.
Raynaud’s Disease
Raynaud’s is a disorder that most commonly causes diminished blood flow to the fingers. It can also cause less blood flow to the ears, toes, nipples, knees, or nose. It is triggered by cold temperatures along with anxiety or stress.
How do I know if I have Raynaud’s?
Raynaud’s is quite common, and while it’s not a serious threat to health, it can be debilitating and annoying. When triggered by cold, anxiety, or stress, blood vessels go into a spasm. This can cause the blocking of blood flow and cause the affected area to turn white, then blue, and finally red as the blood flow returns. While there is no cure for Raynaud’s it can be treated and managed – and Registered Massage Therapy can help.
Connective tissue manipulation can reduce both the frequency and duration of spasms in the hands and feet, and continued treatments have demonstrated a clear reduction in the symptoms of Raynaud’s.
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