The Many Health Benefits of Massage Therapy

ByBroadway Wellness
Photo: Anthony Easton, Flickr
Photo: Anthony Easton, Flickr

For thousands of years, massage therapy has displayed roots in many different cultures.  There are a multitude of techniques and styles a therapist can employ using varying degrees of manipulation and pressure to soft tissue and muscles.

Scientific research has proven that massage therapy has beneficial effects on pain and other symptoms associated with a wide range of conditions.  Massage therapy can help tremendously to lower the discomfort of acute and chronic conditions from back and neck pain, sports injuries, and fibromyalgia to stroke, multiple sclerosis, and cancer.

Check out this impressive list of conditions for which massage therapy, when provided by a Registered Massage Therapist, can prove beneficial.

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Broadway Wellness is a friendly, community minded multidisciplinary wellness clinic helping people meet their healthcare needs in the Fairview District of Vancouver, BC.   With strong foundations in Vancouver Massage Therapy, Network Chiropractic Care, and Naturopathic Medicine, we have been in operation for over ten years.

 

 

 

 

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