How Can Massage Therapy Help with Stress Relief?

Massage therapy is a natural approach to easing the burden of stress, which affects both the body and mind. Through various techniques, such as gentle kneading and focused pressure, massage therapy aims to alleviate muscle tension and encourage relaxation. Stress can manifest physically as tight muscles, fatigue, or headaches, and mentally as anxiety or irritability. By fostering a sense of calm and promoting the body's relaxation response, massage therapy helps in reducing these symptoms. It enhances circulation, lowers heart rate, and encourages the release of endorphins, the body's natural mood lifters. Whether you're dealing with chronic stress or simply seeking a moment of peace, massage therapy offers a therapeutic escape from daily pressures.

Feeling Overwhelmed by Stress?

Stress can manifest in your body through persistent muscle tension, leaving you feeling physically drained and mentally exhausted. It can also lead to anxiety that makes even the simplest tasks feel daunting, robbing you of the peace and relaxation you deserve.

Discover How We Can Ease Your Stress

Our massage therapy is designed to address both physical and mental symptoms of stress, such as muscle tension, fatigue, and anxiety. With a serene environment and skilled therapists, we guide you towards a more relaxed and balanced state.

Three Ways Massage Therapy Alleviates Stress

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Promote Restful Sleep

Therapeutic sessions can improve sleep quality, fighting fatigue.
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Release Muscle Tension

Gentle techniques ease tight muscles, promoting relaxation.
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Enhance Mental Clarity

Calming atmosphere helps clear your mind, reducing anxiety.

Discover a Path to Calm and Comfort

Relieve Muscle Tension: Experience the soothing touch of massage therapy as it melts away knots and tightness, leaving your body feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

Reduce Fatigue: Allow yourself to recharge with each session, as massage therapy revitalizes your energy levels and helps you regain your vitality.

Alleviate Anxiety: Embrace tranquility as gentle massage techniques ease your mind, promoting a sense of peace and emotional balance.

Registered Massage Therapy

Maureens treatment approach is based on combining her knowledge and experience with assessment and most importantly listening to her patients. She honours an integrative path to healing health care and welcomes a collaborate approach to treatment with other health practitioners and disciplines to meet a patient's goals.
Using relaxation combined with a variety of massage techniques to help release body patterns that have developed through repetitive activities, strains, posture and trauma. She uses balancing and alignment techniques such as:
- Myofascial release
- Deep-tissue massage
- Joint mobilization
- Swedish massage techniques
- Hot stone therapy

Maureen enjoys working with active people who have specific joint and muscle injuries as well as helping people with chronic pain and relief. She has had the opportunity to help and welcomes those with:
- Repetitive strain injuries for example, carpal tunnel, thoracic outlet syndrome, epicondylitis, and plantar fasciitis
- Acute, chronic and/or degenerative injuries
- Nerve injuries
- Chronic illnesses such as arthritis, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's, fibromyalgia
- Specific joint or muscle injuries
- injury/surgery rehabilitation

Maureen encourages patients to be proactive in working towards their health and healing goals, where indicated she prescribes specific remedial exercises for her patients to improve health and quality of life. Stretching, strengthening, and postural exercises as well as modifications to daily activities are part of their individualized treatment plans.

Maureen is registered and in good standing with the College of Massage Therapy of BC and is a member of the Massage Therapy Association of BC.

When Maureen is not dedicating her time to the health and wellness of her patients, you can find her at the gym or enjoying time in the great outdoors with her family and dogs, hiking, fishing and camping.

Maureen O'Reilly

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Centered Body Registered Massage Therapy

4275 Todd Road,
Kelowna, BC
V1W 4B8

2507186473

maureen@centeredbody.ca

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