August 3rd, 2009 . Posted in Massage by Bob | 2 Comments »
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For more than 20 years, Bob has offered his Swedish Massage technique from the same location at 1213 Laskin Rd. in Virginia Beach, VA. Hours of operation are 8:00am to 11:00pm, 7 days a week.
Massages available in studio, your home, or hotel.
Lay back and relax to the soothing sounds of calming music while Bob pampers you using warm oils, and his strong, yet gentle, touch. Feel the tension in your muscles melt away from head to toe. Let yourself go…
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Call today for your appointment (757) 650-0700
August 3rd, 2009 . Posted in Massage by Bob | 4 Comments »
[From Wikipedia]
Peer-reviewed medical research has shown that the benefits of massage include pain relief, reduced trait anxiety and depression, and temporarily reduced blood pressure, heart rate, and state anxiety. Theories behind what massage might do include blocking nociception (gate control theory), activating the parasympathetic nervous system which may stimulate the release of endorphins and serotonin, preventing fibrosis or scar tissue, increasing the flow of lymph, and improving sleep but such effects are yet to be supported by well designed clinical studies.
Massage is hindered from reaching the gold standard of scientific research which includes placebo-controlled and double blind clinical trials. Developing a “sham” manual therapy for massage would be difficult since even light touch massage could not be assumed to be completely devoid of effects on the subject. It would also be difficult to find a subject that would not notice that they were getting less of a massage and it would be impossible to blind the therapist. Massage can employ randomized controlled trials which are published in peer reviewed medical journals. This type of study could increase the credibility of the profession because it displays that purported therapeutic effects are reproducible.
You can read the full article at this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massage#Beneficial_effects