At Holten Wellness Center, we believe in a variety of treatments to find one that best fits your individual needs. Massage therapy does more than make you feel good, it can actually help your body achieve balance and health. Like chiropractic care, massage therapy offers a natural treatment approach which actually relieves musculoskeletal pain for many patients. Our office provides specific massage and muscular therapy that is complimentary to their chiropractic and nutritional care. Each massage therapy plan is tailored to meet the patient’s unique pain condition or injury. Some of the benefits of massage therapy include:

– Increase of blood circulation
– Localized reduction in swelling
– Relaxation of muscles.
– Relieves muscle pain and spasms
– Increase a patient’s range of motion
– Helps boost your immune system
– Helps with sleep apnea

Massage therapy can also help straighten out your posture. Poor posture is a prominent cause of muscle and back pain. Massage therapy can relax and loosen the muscles that are strained do to bad posture and allow your body to reposition itself in its natural, pain free posture. In addition to these benefits, massage therapy can be mentally beneficial for the client. Massage therapy as been proven to help relieve stress, reduce anxiety, and promote relaxation. Research has shown that massage therapy can lower your heart rate and blood pressure, relax your muscles and increase the production of endorphins, which are our body’s natural chemical for “feeling good”. Serotonin and dopamine are also released during massage therapy while decreasing cortisol levels which is what causes you to feel relaxed and calm. Although we specialize mostly in the physical benefits, the added mental benefits are a great reason to consider massage therapy.