Massage as a Viable Option for Healing
Wellness isn’t just about our physical bodies; it is also about our minds. That’s why at Kernetics Wellness Center, Little Elm Texas, Dr. Yates believes in a full-body approach to health. She uses a variety of different massage techniques and instruments to not only reduce the tension in your muscles and soft tissue but also provide stress relief and relaxation for your mental wellbeing. We want to ease your aches and pains while also improving your mood.
If you’ve experienced a physical injury or suffered emotional trauma, massage is a viable option for healing.
The body stores repetitive movement patterns in your muscles. Our treatments are focused on unwinding that tension to restore the muscles to their proper state. We’ll work with you based on your pain and comfort level to decide what type of technique and pressure your body needs. Massage is an individualized experience and we are here to customize your care to your specific concerns.
Myofascial release is a manual massaging technique that aims to stretch the fascia to treat myofascial pain syndrome, a chronic pain disorder caused by tightness and sensitivity in your myofascial tissues. Injuries, stress, trauma, overuse and poor posture cause restriction to the fascia.
Fascia tension was rarely considered when trying to determine the cause of tension or chronic pain until recently. We now have a better understanding of how important fascia is in stabilizing function, connecting our musculoskeletal system and keeping our body healthy and balanced. At Kernetics Wellness, we can address soreness, pain and discomfort associated with fascia problems, reducing the risk of severe chronic pain.
Myofascial therapy relieves this pain by applying gentle pressure on the sore muscles over a sustained period of time. This therapy works out muscle tension, relieves pain and increases flexibility. Our doctors will feel for stiff or tightened areas over a broad area of muscle and tissue to find specific trigger points that feel rigid.
It’s then a matter of performing a myofascial massage to stretch those ridged areas repeatedly with manual pressure until the tension is fully released. The areas we massage may not be where you feel pain most prominently or where the pain originates. This is because myofascial release is about working the broader network of muscles that may be causing issues.