"Clinical studies of massage show that it appears to ease not only low back pain, osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, but also other conditions such as cancer-related pain, postsurgical pain and headaches." - Consumer Reports, August 2005
Massage and Bodywork are two of the oldest healing arts known to man. To ancient Greek and Roman physicians it was one of the principal means of relieving pain.
"The physician must be experienced in many things, but assuredly in rubbing [massage] ... for it can bind a joint that is too loose and loosen a joint that is too tight." - Hippocrates, 5 B.C.
While your anatomy and physiology is a bit more complex than that, the basic principle still holds true today.
The staff at Health Alternatives understand how your body is designed to fit together and function. They know how constant stress, repetitive motions, injury and illness can limit you from being your best - and they know what to do about it.
At the same time, no two people are alike, even if their symptoms are, so they are sensitive to your individual needs.
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