What is magnesium and how can it help me? Many don’t realize how important magnesium is for one’s health. Few are eating foods rich in this mineral and fewer are taking supplements. Magnesium is an essential mineral for the human body. The role it plays is so critical that “after air, water, and food,” it…
While many people think of massage as just a feel-good sort of luxury, (although if you’ve visited Michigan Massage and Wellness before you know we don’t do ‘luxury’ as much as we do ‘necessity’ work) there are actually numerous health benefits, one of the many being post-workout recovery. Massage therapy has long been used as…
Sometimes stretching isn’t the best option When your back is hurting, it’s common practice to stretch it. That usually means bending forward at the hips and allowing the low back muscles to stretch a bit. This can also help to stretch out the hamstrings, calves, and with the right arm position, the shoulders and upper…
5 conditions that can be helped with massage While many consider massage therapy to be a luxury or simply for relaxation purposes, you might be surprised to know that massage has many more benefits beyond that. Massage therapy has been shown to improve a wide variety of medical conditions, and here’s 5 that you may…
Do massage and cancer work well together? A cancer diagnosis is scary. There’s no other way to say it. And the treatments can sometimes be as scary as the disease itself. Chemo, radiation, and surgeries can have intense side effects, some that last a lifetime. Many cancer patients experience nausea fatigue pain anxiety depression poor…
Does deep tissue massage have to hurt? To give a short answer, no, deep tissue massage does not have to hurt. There’s a common misconception that massage, especially Deep Tissue, has to be painful in order to be effective. So many of us live in the “no pain, no gain” mentality that we think that…
Headaches are frustrating and can interrupt an otherwise great day. With a mix of work, family, friends, traffic, big projects, and stress, life can take a toll and result in a raging headache, usually at the worst possible time. But do you have to lock yourself in a dark room and take painkillers to get…
Depression is an all-too-common struggle for people all over the globe. According to the World Health Organization, it’s estimated that 350 million people suffer from depression. While there are many treatment options, one you may not have thought of is massage therapy. Massage can decrease muscle tension and ease some of the daily physical stress…
Frozen shoulder! Raise your hands if you’ve got it (or maybe not because it hurts so much, am I right?) Frozen shoulder, also called Adhesive Capsulitis, is a condition characterized by thick bands of tissue (adhesions) forming around the shoulder joint. This can result in severe stiffness, loss of range of motion, and pain in…
Muscle cramps…(I’m not talking about those lovely monthly cramps that us ladies get either) At some point in your life you’ve probably had muscle cramps; when a muscle that normally only does what you tell it to do, suddenly gets a mind of its own and decides to contract, even when you tell it to…
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