When you hear Massage Therapy, what do you think of it? Most would say “relaxation” and some would say “luxury.” Massage Therapy can help with relaxation but it can do more for your health. Ma
ssage Therapy can help with decreasing stress and headaches, managing chronic pain, post-operative care, and soft tissue injuries, help manage symptoms of anxiety and depression along with many other diagnoses. Physically, Massage Therapy can help improve circulation and strengthen immune response, reduce swelling, decrease muscle stiffness, improve flexibility, increase range of motion, and give you a better quality of sleep. Massage has aided in reducing cortisol and increasing serotonin and dopamine. Massage Therapy addresses your wellness throughout many different systems in your body: circulatory, nervous, lymphatic, immune, and muscular. In life, it usually is not one thing that causes pain, discomfort, stress, etc. Massage Therapy is another tool that can be used to help achieve goals during everyday life.
Health care takes many disciplines to address both mind and body. We take care of our eyes, teeth, bones, and organs. Why not take care of our muscles too? NorthLakes Community Clinic knows Massage Therapy is a tool that can help with overall health and wellness and it integrates with our other services. Park Falls is the first location to offer this service, in addition to also offering Chiropractic care and Behavioral Health Services. Massage Therapy complements both of these services, physically and mentally.
Chiropractic Care and Massage Therapy work together to give you the maximum benefits of wellness because they both address the muscular and skeletal systems to help decrease pain and/or improve mobility and functionality. Behavioral Health and Massage Therapy work together to keep the mind healthy. Massage Therapy lowers cortisol and releases serotonin and dopamine, giving your mind a boost in managing anxiety and depression. The benefits of Massage Therapy complement NorthLakes Community Clinic’s mission; “To respond to the health care needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to wellness.” NorthLlakes Community Clinic is patient-centered care, allowing you to be in the driver’s seat with wellness. No referral is necessary. Try a massage for 30 minutes, 60 minutes, or 90 minutes and let the relaxation and wellness begin!
Tracy Davis is a Massage Therapist at NorthLakes Community Clinic – Park Falls. To learn more about Massage Therapy at NorthLakes, visit nlccwi.org.
