A Certified Massage Therapist, at the Straith Clinic in Metro Detroit, Michigan, can provide regular therapeutic massages that will help maintain and improve your strength, flexibility, coordination, and energy. It is a means of taking care of yourself.  Although we offer complementary post-operative massages for most of our procedures, you don’t have to be recovering from surgery at Straith to take advantage of the benefits of our massage therapy program. For surgery patients, post operative massage focuses on lymph drainage techniques to reduce edema and myofacial release to smooth and flatten tissue and suture lines, assisting in the healing process.

Massage therapy is a practice that dates back thousands of years. Typically it enhances relaxation and reduces stress. Stress makes some diseases and conditions worse. Some of the other benefits are lowering blood pressure, improving circulation, reducing anxiety, and pain. There are many types of massage therapy, all involving the manipulating of muscles and other soft tissues of the body. People use this for a variety of health related purposes, from treating specific diseases and conditions to general wellness. There appear to be few risks to if it is used appropriately with the care provided by Straith’s trained massage therapists. The types of massage therapy offered are: Deep Tissue Massage, Myofascial Release, Relaxation, and Trigger Point Myotherapy.

Deep Tissue Massage Therapy

Techniques that utilize deep-tissue/deep-muscle massage are administered to affect the sub-layer of musculature and fascia. These techniques require advanced training and a thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology. The muscles must be relaxed in order to effectively perform deep-tissue massage, otherwise tight surface muscles prevent the practitioner from reaching deeper musculature. It helps with chronic muscular pain and injury rehabilitation and reduces inflammation-related pain caused by arthritis and tendinitis. It is generally integrated with other massage techniques.

Myofascial Release Therapy

Myofascial therapy is any treatment technique or procedure that either prevents or relieves symptoms and signs related to the myofascial tissues. This is a broad-brush use of the term allows for various treatment. Most therapists and patients today use the term "myofascial therapy" as a generic term to describe physical treatment methods applied to skeletal muscles and their connective tissues. These tissues, as a anatomical and function unit are referred to as "myofascia" or "myofascial tissues."

Relaxation Massage Therapy

A smooth, flowing style that promotes general relaxation, improves circulation and range of movement, and relieves muscular tension.

Trigger Point Massage Therapy
Pressure Point Massage Therapy

Trigger point myotherapy is a noninvasive therapeutic treatment for the relief and control of myofascial pain and dysfunction. The goal of treatment is the client’s recovery from or a significant reduction in myofascial pain. The goal is achieved through a systematized approach. Treatment consists of trigger point compression, myomassage, passive stretching, and a regime of corrective exercises. Success can be measured subjectively by the level of pain reduction experienced by the client and objectively through increased range of motion, strength, endurance, and other measures of improved function. Trigger point myotherapy relies heavily on client-therapist interaction, including verbal and nonverbal elements. The therapist encourages the client to be personally responsible for their improvement, with attention to such factors as nutritional intake, stress, proper exercises, mechanical abnormalities, and other physical components. These elements protect the client from delayed diagnosis, delayed treatment, or contraindicated treatment, which are the concerns of first order. Trigger point myotherapy is an integrating approach to myofascial pain and dysfunction.

Clinical Massage Therapy

Massage has also been shown to be effective for correcting body posture and relieving musculoskeletal disorders, improving range of motion, eliminating toxins from the body, reducing swelling and much more. A growing number of Michigan businesses are offering an on-site massage program to their employees as part of their wellness program as a means of reducing stress and enhancing productivity.

Schedule a massage therapy session with one of our certified/registered therapists and discover its unique body healing,  pain relieving, and rejuvenating benefits to enhance your life today.  Call 1-800-401-1212 or fill-in the contact form on the right of the page and a Straith Clinic representative will respond to you promptly.