Student Massage Practice Center

Practice Center Mission:

     To provide additional opportunities for students to improve their skills in all aspects of massage management, while in a Professional-type atmosphere under the guidance of a licensed therapist/instructor.

 

Benefits of Massage

     Massage gives you a roadmap of stress areas in your body. Many times people don't know how much stress they're carrying until they have a massage; then they're able to feel it and let go of it. 

 

What can massage really do?

·          Physical Level

Deep relaxation and stress reduction

Relief of muscle tension and stiffness

Reduced muscle spasm and tension

Relief from entrapment of nerves in muscle

Greater joint flexibility and range of motion

Increased ease and efficiency of movement

Promoted deeper and easier breathing

Better circulation of both blood and lymph fluids

Reduced blood pressure

Relief of tension-related or eye-strain headaches

Healthier, better nourished skin

Improved posture

Faster healing from pulled muscles and sprained

     ligaments

Reduces pain, swelling, and formation of scar tissue

     following injury

General health maintenance

·          Mental Level

Relaxed state of alertness

Reduced mental stress: a calmer mind

Greater ability to monitor stress signals and respond

     appropriately

Increased capability for clearer thinking

·          Emotional Level

Feeling of well-being

Reduced levels of anxiety

Increased awareness of mind-body connection

Enhanced self image

A sense of being unified and in harmony

“To Touch the surface is to stir the depths.”

Deane Juhan

Phoenix College

Therapeutic Massage Clinic

OSW107

11 Ave. & Osborn

 

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