by Maricel Galarza | Nov 8, 2018 | Muscle Relief, Relaxation
A friend of mine, Jessica, recently told me about her first massage therapy experience a little over a year ago. She had been enduring some chronic pain and tension in her shoulders and upper back from an old tennis injury that was left mostly untreated. When she...
by Maricel Galarza | Jun 18, 2018 | Relaxation, Sports Massage Therapy, Stress, Anxiety and Depression
Not all stress is bad. It’s actually part of our body’s natural fight-or-flight reaction, an indicator of excitement and motivation, and beneficial in small doses. It causes a burst of adrenaline to course through the body, so your heart rate increases, your energy...
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 | Sep 16, 2017 | Relaxation, Stress, Anxiety and Depression
A physically taxing experience isn’t the only way to strain and damage your musculature system. There is so much we don’t know about the brain, but we do know that there is a connection between our mental and our physical health: when something causes a detriment to...
by Maricel Galarza | May 20, 2017 | Deep Tissue, Relaxation
If you’re like most people looking at getting a massage for the first time, you may be looking for some direction on which route to take since there are multiple options. The two most common types of massages people end up settling on are relaxation and deep tissue;...
