Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue massage is an intense massage targeted at the deeper set of muscles. Although the techniques used by deep muscle therapy practitioners are very similar to Swedish massage, the strokes are applied with more pressure in order to stimulate the deeper muscles and surrounding tissues.

A therapy such as deep tissue massage depends largely on client-therapist trust. This is because deep tissue massage is often uncomfortable, compared to a traditional relaxation style of massage (such as Swedish massage), and the therapist will only massage as deeply as the client is comfortable with. This means that the client must keep their massage therapist informed of their pain tolerance at all times during the session.

Many people mistakenly think that the harder the therapist pushes, the more knots the therapist will get rid of. In fact, an integrated program, including regular exercise, posture practice, proper relaxation techniques, is the only way to help you achieve the best results of undoing chronic knots and build up tensions.