By Kurt Saniel


The majority of Americans experience back pain at some point in life. A Kent WA chiropractor employs massage therapy to alleviate several conditions, including back pain. Therapy is tailored to each patient's unique needs.

Massage and muscular therapies target affected areas to provide relief from musculoskeletal problems. The benefits of massage are many: reducing swelling, relaxing muscles, reducing muscle pain and spasms. Others include improving circulation and range of motion.

Massage has been in use since the ancient times. It is now very specialized and is in use in many countries. The massage technique, which is used depends on the condition a patient is in and his or her injury.

The advantages of massage are documented. Although most of the evidence is anectodal, a study, which was published in the year 2007 in Evidence Based Alternative and Complementary Medicine reviewed research completed in the past concluded that massage effectively alleviates non specific low back pain. A Study completed in 2010 in the University of California in Los Angeles showed that when they undergo massage, people produce low levels of the hormones that are associated with inflammation and stress.

Massage is beneficial, particularly for people who suffer from chronic pain. This pain is recurrent or constant and lasts three or more months. Many people who have back pain experience chronic pain. A Kent chiropractor often performs massage together with spinal manipulation. If a patient has more complicated conditions that require massage techniques, which are out of the scope of chiropractic, he or she can see another holistic professional that works together with a chiropractor to offer optimal therapeutic care.

Typically, massage is performed using the hands, but other devices can also be used to expedite healing. Heat therapy with a warm bath in a bathtub involves the use of water jets that offer a massage experience. Another technique is fluidotherapy. Despite its name, this is a dry technique, which circulates particles of cellulose over the skin.

Similarly, ice massage or a cold whirlpool bath offers many of the same benefits as the aforementioned techniques, while reducing internal bleeding and biochemical reactions that cause inflammation. Cold therapy reduces the likelihood that cells contained in injured tissues will die due to lack of oxygen. The Kent chiropractor uses various massage methods to stimulate recovery.




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