Massage Therapy

Vicky Hensley is a Nationally Certified Therapeutic Massage Therapist (NCBTMB) . She sees clients at the Ailanto Group's E98th St. location and also, at Circle City Chiropractics at 75th and Binford Blvd.

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For more information, please visit: http://www.circlecitychiro.com/massage-therapy/

Massage Therapy is one of the oldest healing arts. Chinese records dating back 3,000 years document its use; the ancient Hindus, Persians and Egyptians applied forms of massage for many ailments; and Hippocrates wrote papers recommending the use of rubbing and friction for joint and circulatory problems. Today, the benefits of massage therapy are varied and far-reaching. An accepted part of many physical rehabilitation programs; massage therapy has also proven beneficial for treating many chronic conditions. Massage, bodywork and somatic therapies are defined as the application of various techniques to the muscular structure and soft tissues of the human body. Specifically:

• Massage Therapy is the application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation. The many variations of massage account for several different techniques.
• Bodywork is various forms of touch therapies that may use manipulation, movement, and/or repatterning to affect structural changes to the body.
• Somatic means “of the body.” Many times this term is used to denote a body/mind or whole-body approach as distinguished from a physiology-only or environmental perspective.