Muscle Therapy

Are sore muscles or soft tissue preventing you from living the life you desire? Move more freely after experiencing professional muscle therapy with a Certified Massage Therapist. Bensalem Muscle Therapy in Bensalem, Pennsylvania, provides long-lasting pain relief through advanced soft tissue and muscle therapy techniques. Contact Janice Malloy,RN,CMT, Muscle and Soft Tissue Pain Specialist today at (866) 304-9697 to make an appointment.

People with muscle or soft tissue pain due to injuries or chronic conditions can benefit greatly from the services of a Muscle and Soft Tissue Pain Specialist. Unlike medications and modalities that attempt to reduce pain, massage therapy actually corrects the problems with muscles that are contributing to the pain. Thus, instead of masking the symptoms, the cause of the painful condition is eliminated. Most people get lasting relief from all types of soft tissue and muscle pain. Moreover, patients learn how to maintain freedom from pain through specific stretches and other measures that promote proper use of the body.

Choose from FIVE advanced Muscle Therapy options:

The Rossiter System of Workouts

The Rossiter System of Workouts for fast pain relief is a dynamic, powerful means of quickly getting out of pain. It involves 2-person stretching techniques in which the therapist ("coach") applies weight with her foot and then directs the patient ("person in charge") through specific movements and stretches that release both the muscles and the fascia. Fascia is a connective tissue membrane that can get stuck down on muscles, tendons, ligaments, etc., creating discomfort during movements or imbalances that lead to painful conditions.

You, the "person in charge," always determine the level of intensity that is experienced during any of the techniques, which last 10 to 30 seconds. Because fascia responds to pressure, warmth, and movement, the Rossiter System works quickly to unglue fascia from underlying structures and provide amazing pain relief. Specific stretches are taught to help maintain what you achieve in your session. This is a technique in which maximum effort yields maximum results. The harder you work during the session, the better your results will be!

Benefits of the Rossiter System

♦	"Person in Charge" lies fully clothed on a floor mat
♦	Provides fast pain relief for those willing to work for it
♦	Ideal for those who don't like the touch associated with traditional massage
♦	Very expedient way to release fascia & muscles
♦	Complete pain relief can be sometimes be achieved in 1 Session

Soft Tissue Release
Soft Tissue Release is a system of neuromuscular retraining based on the concepts of Swedish osteopathy. The method, employed by a specially trained massage therapist, involves compression of a muscle while you perform precise stretches in various planes. The effects are fast and permanent reorganization of scar tissue, a return of injured muscle to its proper length, restoration of blood flow, and rapid elimination of pain.

Soft Tissue Release (STR) was developed by British sports rehabilitation therapist Stuart Taws. Taws had used the technique in his work with Olympic gold medalists and world-record holders in track and field for more than a 10-year period. He then refined the technique in order to broaden its applicability to chronic painful conditions. STR is so successful that up to 90% of all patients with lower back pain, regardless of the cause, can experience complete pain relief in 3 to 4 weeks.

Benefits of Soft Tissue Release

♦	Promotes optimal muscle health & function
♦	Fast & permanent reorganization of scar tissue
♦	Reduces tightness that contributes to pain, spasms, & cramping
♦	Improves blood flow to muscles, restoring oxygen & other nutrients
♦	Rapidly eliminates pain
♦	Restores injured muscles to proper lengths
♦	Clears toxins (end products of metabolism) from cells via the lymph system

Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy
Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy is a highly refined approach to correcting damaged muscles and soft tissue throughout the body. This unique system utilizes a cross-fiber technique, which is quite different from a Swedish massage in which the strokes flow along the fiber of the muscle. The Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapist concentrates on working across all layers of muscle that have become depleted of their normal blood and lymph flow. The result is a restoration of blood and lymph flow to the injured or damaged area. Blood carries the oxygen and nutrients the body needs to heal itself; lymph acts as a lubricant to tight or adhered muscles and carries away toxins that can contribute to pain when they accumulate in muscles.

The Pfrimmer Technique was developed by Therese C. Pfrimmer in the 1940s. Pfrimmer was a practicing muscle therapist in Ontario, Canada, when she became paralyzed. Her discovery of this method reversed her paralysis and she dedicated the rest of her life to helping others with severe disabilities and muscle conditions.

Benefits of Pfrimmer Deep Muscle Therapy:

♦	Provides access to the deeper layers of muscle without causing pain
♦	Improves blood flow and flow of oxygen and nutrients to all the cells of the body,
♦	Especially the muscles, and thereby relieves pain
♦	Enhances the lymph system's ability to remove toxins from the muscles
♦	Reduces inflammation and congestion-corrects damaged, adherent muscle fibers
♦	Releases entrapment of nerves and blood vessels, thereby alleviating nerve pain
♦	Restores muscles and soft tissues after injury or overuse-provides a deep sense of relaxation

Myofascial Massage
Myofascial massage is a form of bodywork that affects the muscles and fascia of the body. Fascia is a connective tissue membrane that covers muscles and each individual muscle fiber.

Fascia is continuous throughout the body from head to toe and can be likened to the clear membrane covering a raw (skinless) chicken breast.

Damage to the fascia as a result of repetitive use, stress, injury, tension, or poor posture can result in the fascia becoming "glued down" onto the underlying muscle. Such a condition can impair blood flow, thus depriving the muscle of oxygen. Additionally, nerves that normally penetrate the fascia to stimulate the muscle may become entrapped in the fascia, representing another cause of pain.

Indications for Myofascial Massage

♦	Lack of mobility in soft tissue structures	♦	Loss of range of motion
♦	Chronic pain	♦	Distortions in posture or gait

The client is an active participant is sessions where Myofascial Massage is utilized. This participation enhances both the results of the work and the client's sense of empowerment. Fascia can be affected in several ways: pressure, warmth, breathing, and stretching. At times, the therapist applies pressure to create warmth. The client is instructed in breathing techniques and other movements are incorporated simultaneously in the process of releasing the "stuck" fascia.

Benefits of Myofascial Massage

♦	Improves posture	♦	Helps prevent/treat overuse injuries
♦	Reduces chronic pain	♦	Increases range of motion
♦	Improves respiratory functions	♦	Reduces patterns of strain

Orthopedic Massage
Orthopedic Massage is an advanced method ot therapy that facilitates the body's potential to heal. Painful conditions usually arise from muscles or fascia that are tight or adhered, restricting normal movements and pulling bones out of their anatomical position. Structural imbalances occur as muscles become tight due to poor posture, improper positioning of the body, injuries, and repetitive use of muscles. In order to address the structural imbalances that can occur in the body and contribute to chronic painful conditions, Orthopedic Massage provides a unique multidisciplinary approach to restore structural balance throughout the body. The method includes therapeutic assessment, manipulation, and stretches of muscles and soft tissues to reduce or eliminate pain and dysfunction. Included in the technique are myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy, scar tissue mobilization, neuromuscular re-education, PNF stretching, and specific stretches taught to the patient to maintain proper structural balance.

Benefits Of Orthopedic Massage:

♦	Ensures pelvic stabilization to correct imbalances with profound effects elsewhere in the body
♦	Restores balance between tight muscles and those that are overstretched & strained
♦	Enhances blood flow to muscles through a variety of interventions
♦	Eliminates trigger points, tight bands, & scar tissue within muscles
♦	Treats painful musculoskeletal conditions by addressing the cause rather than the symptoms
♦	Improves flexibility & movement with in-session & at-home stretches

Eliminate pain related to muscle problems, soft tissue injury, scar tissue, and back or neck pain with massage therapy from Bensalem Muscle Therapy in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Call: 866.304.9697