How Massage Therapy Can Help You
There are numerous conditions that massage therapy can resolve,
can have a beneficial effect upon, or be supportive to while receiving other therapies.
Please call Bruce at 541.556.7148 if you have any questions.
Conditions that Bruce has treated (with positive outcomes)
or has provided supportive care for:
Back Pain
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, symptoms resembling -- pain, tingling, numbness, and/or weakness in the hand
Depression -- See what studies say about the effect of massage therapy on depression.
Elbow Pain -- see Golfer's Elbow and Tennis Elbow
Foot Pain -- pain on the sole of the foot (due to plantar fasciitis)
Golfer's Elbow (Medial Epicondylitis) -- pain on the inside area of the elbow
Headache, Tension
Heel Pain -- pain on the bottom surface of the heel (due to plantar fasciitis)
Hip Pain
Hip, Difficulty Flexing -- feeling of weakness or difficulty lifting the leg/knee forward and upward
Fibromyalgia
Insomnia
Muscle Strain
Muscle Spasms/Cramps
Myofascial Pain Syndrome
Neck Pain -- pain and difficulty turning the head to the side
Neck/Shoulder Pain -- constant tightness and pain from the lower neck to the upper shoulder
Numbness/Tingling in Hand -- due to nerve impingement from hypertonic muscle
Sacroiliac Joint Pain -- often experienced as pain in the lower back and/or hip
Shoulder Pain/Weakness -- difficulty lifting the arm out sideways from the body
Shoulder Blade Pain -- pain adjacent to or under the scapula
Sleep Disorders
Stress -- Read Bruce's article about the effects of long-term stress.
Tennis Elbow (Lateral Epicondylitis) -- pain on the outside area of the elbow
Wrist Pain
Other Conditions Reported to Benefit from Massage Therapy
Numerous publications state that people with the following conditions may benefit from massage therapy techniques. The sources used to compile this list below were A Massage Therapist's Guide to Pathology, by Ruth Werner, 2005, Clinical Massage Therapy, by Fiona Rattray and Linda Ludwig, 2000, Traditional Chinese Medicine Cupping Therapy, by Ilkay Zihni Chirali, 2007.
Achille's Tendinitis -- experienced as pain (and possibly inflammation) on the back surface of the heel and/or ankle
Anxiety
Asthma
Bell's Palsy
Cerebral Palsy
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Constipation
Dislocations -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Fatigue
High Blood Pressure/Hypertension -- for borderline or mild cases
Hyperthyroidism
Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Lupus -- treatment administered while Lupus is in remission
Lyme Disease -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Osteoarthritis -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Raynaud's Syndrome
Rheumatoid Arthritis -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Scar Tissue -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Sprains -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Tendinitis -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Tenosynovitis -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome -- treatment is effective if TOS is due to muscle tightness
Torticollis
Whiplash -- treatment administered during subacute stage
Important Note
Please know that outcomes from massage therapy will vary from person to person based on the severity of the condition, the underlying causes, the amount of time the condition was left untreated, any pharmaceuticals currently being ingested, the presence of coexisting pathologies, and/or any congenital issues.
