Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage is a therapeutic massage that is helpful for stress, bad posture, excessive fitness training, prolonged computer work, and any other overuse of muscles that can cause muscle stiffness, back and neck pain, and headaches. It aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the contracted areas, either following or going across the fiber's of the muscles, tendons and fascia.

Deep tissue masssage penetrates deeper layers of muscles by squeezing and stretching muscles through skillful hand movements and pressure. Stimulating blood circulation, deep tissue massage may sometimes create a little muscle soreness but this reaction is normal as painful adhesions are being mechanically loosened. With regular deep tissue massage treatment, constrained muscles become loose and flexible; thus reducing pain and increasing range of motion.

Is Deep Tissue Massage painful?

It might feel intense but it should always feel good. A treatment starts with gentle Swedish strokes to warm up and soften the muscles, preparing them for more, penetrating work. The technique is slower than Swedish massage and should encompass awareness of client sensitivity to increased pressure. In some cases, ice may be recommended after a treatment to help facilitate healing and prevent swelling.

Who benefits

"This type of massage is both corrective and therapeutic, so it's ideal for people with muscular and skeletal problems such as tendinitis, torn muscles, sprains and some forms of bursitis," says John Katomski, L.M.T. at the Swedish Institute in New York. "But it's not only for athletes," says Gardner. "Deep-tissue massage is wonderful for treating neck and lower-back pain." Therapists believe that after any massage, it's advisable to drink plenty of water to help flush out toxins, but this is especially true for deep-tissue because the work is so much more intense.

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