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by Maricel Galarza | Jul 26, 2018 | Muscle Relief, Special Techniques
If you have participated in any kind of fitness or athletic activity, either on a professional or recreational level, you’ve probably endured the wrath of soft tissue injuries. It often starts off as a minor irritation, and you try to shrug it off. Then it becomes...
by Maricel Galarza | Jan 30, 2018 | Injury, Muscle Relief, Sports Massage Therapy
This Sunday, the majority of America will gather around our televisions to watch two teams take the field and…experience injuries. It’s unavoidable in the athletic professions, especially in contact sports like football. In our practice, we treat muscular...
by Maricel Galarza | Oct 10, 2017 | Muscle Relief, Relaxation, Stretching
Work which avoids physical labor is not absent of sore, stressed muscles. About 80% of jobs in America are sedentary, meaning we’re strapped to our desks for a majority of the day, or our duties don’t involve heavy lifting. We sit hunched over our...
by Maricel Galarza | Aug 19, 2017 | Deep Tissue, Injury, Muscle Relief, Sports Massage Therapy
You’ve just completed your biggest event of the year. You pushed yourself to the limit, played defense or offense as though your life depended on it, ran your personal best, or scored a record number of baskets or touchdowns, and now your muscles are torn to pieces....
by Maricel Galarza | Jul 15, 2017 | Injury, Muscle Relief
While massage therapy can be beneficial as healing for sore musculature caused by common stress and daily wear and tear, it can also help facilitate health benefits for more extraneous injuries. Trauma to muscles can be sustained from numerous sources, especially...
by Maricel Galarza | Jun 3, 2017 | Muscle Relief, Sports Massage Therapy
Sports massage has gained a lot of traction more recently as an integral part of athletic training, even to the extent of many professional teams adding therapists to their regular payroll. It’s known to give relief to the overwrought muscles, tendons, and joints of...
