I believe regular self care is crucial to feeling happy and healthy. By finding balance and taking care of ourselves properly we are able to show up more energized, alert, focused, and improve performance and how we interact in our every day lives. Just like proper nutrition, adequate sleep, and exercise help us to maintain optimum health, massage therapy can help to reduce soft tissue pain, swelling, and stress. It can improve range of motion, circulation, and digestion, and help to prevent and treat injuries. I think of the muskuloskeltatl system as a complex system of pullies, levers, and wires. With time and too much tension on the line, eventually something has to give. Massage Therapy and bodywork can help to provide the slack your body needs to have healthy muscles and joints for years to come.