Melissa's Massage & Skin Care

Simple tips to relax your body and ease discomfort:

• If you’ve overeaten, gently massage the highlighted point to support digestion.
• When feeling bloated, press the shown point to help reduce swelling.
• For digestive discomfort, massage the suggested area.
• If you can’t fall asleep, apply light pressure to the marked point to relax.

I love it! 😆
Costa Rica with Eric Dalton has been on my bucket list but I don’t know if I’ll ever make it! ☹️

Erik Dalton’s Costa Rica CE Retreat Massage therapists and bodyworkers, enjoy this technique moment from Erik Dalton’s 30-CE-hour training in Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT). Follow along to see a sampling of the unique methods that make Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques popular with dedicated therapists and clients healing from pain and injury. Visit erikdalton.com/workshops for information about Erik’s Costa Rica workshop coming in June 2025. #erikincostarica #MATcostarica #MATworkshops #puravida

Do you ever wonder where you feel your feelings and why?

Check this out!

Do you enjoy Swedish, Deep Tissue, or Hot Stone massage?
How long of a massage and how often?

💆‍♀️Last call to give "THE GIFT OF MASSAGE" for Christmas! 💆‍♂️

Wouldn't you agree almost everyone is "KNOTTY"?! 🤪

Getting a massage gift certificate is super easy.

🗨Message me and I'll send you the menu of services.
🎁You can gift a massage or a certain amount.
💁‍♀️Send me: Who to write it too and who to write it from.
🚚 I'll get it made for you and you can pick up anytime from now until Thursday December 23rd.

Have a beautiful Thursday!!!!

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I should keep track of all my clients funny comments during their massage!

Note: I do always check on pressure and adjust when needed. 😊💆‍♀️💆‍♂️

"Do you have a leather belt I can bite on"?
"If I scream will someone save me"?
"You know how to torture someone"!
"Are you mad at me"?
"I'm trying not to p*e my pants"!
"Oh no, we're back to holy s**t mode"!
"I hope you have a wheelchair to wheel me out to my truck"!
"Just take me out back and shoot me".
"This makes me want to cry for my mother".
“I am one big sore spot”

Great tip to loosen up the hip flexors!

If you are currently dealing with sciatica. Here are some options to try.

1: Chiropractic Care
2: Massage Therapy
3: Physical Therapy
4: Dry Needling
5: Acupuncture
6: Alternate ice & heat

Sciatic pain either comes from the nerve being pinched within the spine or the nerve being pinched from a tight piriformis muscle in the buttocks.
The sciatic nerve runs through the piriformis muscle in the buttocks & with a tight piriformis it irritates the sciatic nerve.

MORE THAN JUST A BACK RUB

The main purposes of a massage include:

Releasing the tension in the muscles

Promoting healing

Improving blood flow

Reducing blood pressure

Reducing pain and inflammation

Massage can also aid in depression and anxiety, as well as fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

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MORE THAN ONE WAY TO EXERCISE MUSCLES

A massage puts the muscles through a much more vigorous workout than most people realize. A massage therapist works to find all the kinks in the muscles that build up through daily stress and either lack of exercise or a tendency to overtrain. The act of massaging the muscles stretches them, encourages the blood to flow more efficiently through them and stimulates them to work at their optimum level over the long term.

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ITS COMMON TO BE SORE AFTER A MASSAGE

A good quality massage leaves you feeling warm and relaxed, while at the same time rejuvenated and full of life. You may even experience one of the best nights of sleep you have ever had.

On the following morning, however it can be a different story. The muscles ache and feel sore as if you did a full body workout rather than a full body massage. It is easy to begin panicking and assume something is wrong. It is more likely, however, that the massage has done exactly what your massage therapist intended.

Your muscles will often respond with some soreness.

The soreness should only last a maximum of two days. If the soreness lasts any longer, then it is possible that the massage was too intense. The key to getting the intensity level right is good communication between therapist and client. The therapist will adjust the intensity and as the body adjusts to the manipulation, the intensity can be increased to allow the same benefits to be felt.