| There are instances when over-the counter drugs | | | | trigger point therapy, and rehabilitative stretching |
| just don't work and your pain does not merit a | | | | procedures. |
| surgical operation. So what exactly can be done | | | | Medical massage therapy offers many benefits, |
| to alleviate the pain? You must have considered | | | | among which are alleviation of pain and relaxation |
| trying medical massage therapy. Massage centers | | | | of the muscles, improvement of digestion, |
| and spas seem to be in vogue at the moment, | | | | circulation and the nervous system, lessened |
| and yet with the kind of pain you have, you want | | | | activity of myofascial trigger points, greater |
| to make sure that it will be treated instead of | | | | muscular activity and body movement, and a lot |
| worsened. So what massage should you go for? | | | | more. |
| Medical massage therapy is result-oriented and | | | | The length of therapy depends upon the |
| medically-supervised. In fact, the medical therapist | | | | prescription of the physician as well as the |
| coordinates with a physician on the kind of | | | | response of the affected part. Although just like |
| procedure that will be introduced to the patient | | | | other massage therapies, its regularity is required |
| depending upon the physician's diagnosis and | | | | in order to be effective. |
| prescriptions. The therapist limits the procedure | | | | Medical massage therapy, when seriously |
| only to the affected part being examined by the | | | | considered as treatment for pain and injury, would |
| physician. The therapist can employ different | | | | come out as cost-effective because nothing can |
| modalities or techniques on the affected area | | | | be more costly than spending your days in |
| though. He can do muscle testing, myofascial | | | | suffering and in an unproductive state. |
| release, neuromuscular therapy, positional release, | | | | |