Therapeutic Massage:

A term for any massage designed to enhance the body's health and well-being. Sessions can be anywhere from 30 minutes (to address specific areas of injury), to a full hour or hour and a half (to treat the whole body).

The client lies on a massage table and is usually unclothed. Professional draping techniques are used to ensure both privacy and comfort.

A therapeutic massage session with Tri-Scale may also incorporate Swedish massage*, and reflexology** techniques.

*Swedish masssage: One of the most well-known massage techniques, is a system of treatment designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation.

Through techniques such as effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibration, compression and friction, the physical structures of the body are impacted. An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins.

Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. In addition, massage can reduce stress, encourage relaxation and promote better body awareness.

**Reflexology is a treatment applied to the hands and/or feet in order to affect areas of the body normally inaccessible by massage, such as viscera and deep tissue fascia.