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Precision Massage Explained
Abnormal biomechanical stress and trauma.
This is another way of saying you slouch when you sit. You hunch toward your screens. Maybe you sleep on your side (or stomach).
Today the average person spends 10 hours a day sitting, this includes driving and lounging on your sofa. These are abnormal biomechanical positions created by modern living.
The damage is accumulating in your soft tissues when you sit, or sleep awkwardly. When you crane your neck forward. When you slouch. When you have less than perfect form at the gym. Ongoing repetitive stress creates very specific areas of long-term soft tissue damage.
It takes a while for your pain to show up. But it shows up eventually. Most people think pain is a normal part of aging. It isn’t. Pain is the sign that the long-term damage has reached a threshold. You simply can’t tolerate any more damage to the inflamed and painful area.
Now is the time to act! Don’t ignore your pain. Start treating the exact soft tissues at the source of your problems.
Treating your inflamed soft tissues at the first sign of your problem can save you countless hours lost to decreased mobility, limited range of motion, and pain and suffering. Not to mention stopping your problem from advancing to doctor visits and physical therapy and surgery!
Somewhere around 40 years old, sometimes sooner, sometimes later, your aches and pains start showing up — seemingly out of nowhere. And all at once! You can feel like you’re falling apart!
Precision Massage is an instrument-assisted soft tissue treatment modality that identifies and targets the accumulated scar tissue caused by years of abnormal biomechanical stress and trauma.
Gently and effectively, Precision Massage works to reduce scar tissue damage and return soft tissues to better function. This can reduce pain, increase mobility, and let you take back control of your health.
Let the sun set on your soft tissue problems.
You’ve come to the right place for healing.
Precision Massage Works Differently
Most massage therapists offer only a very superficial spa-style oil petting, neither designed nor intended to help you overcome your longstanding issues. At Precision Massage, I listen to you, and target your unique problems.
Michael G.
Graduate: A2Z Masssage School, Los Angeles, CA
Successfully Passed: MBLEx Professional National Licensing Exam
Member: American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
About Me
I have studied anatomy extensively, and received my degree in soft tissue manipulation. I passed the National Massage Licensing exam MBLEx by FSMTB.
Precision Massage uniquely combines the ancient Chinese principles of the Gua Sha modality with cutting edge 21st century scientific discoveries in positive tissue regeneration. This is an instrument-assisted deep tissue therapy designed to bring relief to problem areas.
My treatments are safe, effective and they can be very deep, profound and offer extremely satisfying results.
Contact Me
Call or text (323) 682-0122 to discuss your issues
I’m based in Santa Monica, CA, but have clients who live all over Southern California. Unlike other massage therapists, I work with you to specifically target the source of problems, I do not offer Swedish or Relaxation modalities. My work is unique, you won’t find it anywhere else.
I work 7 days a week by appointment only.
Understanding Scar Tissue
When you damage your muscles, tendons, fascia and ligaments (your soft tissues), your body uses scar tissue to repair the wounds. Most people think of these internal repairs as a “like for like” exchange with your regular injured soft tissue. This is false
The reality is scar tissue acts like cellular level GLUE, just roughly patching together your damaged tissues in 3 dimensions. This means the complex layers of muscle and fascia may become “stuck” and lose their ability to glide as they are designed. Adhesions lack the elasticity, flexibility and the strength of normal tissue. With time (as you age), your mobility begins to suffer.
Damaged and shortened soft tissues don’t function normally. Tight, sore and stiff muscles and joints are a sign of increasing inflammation in your soft tissues.
Groundbreaking studies emerging from 21st century regenerative science show that targeting and breaking down these accumulations of unwanted scar tissue can increase flexibility, decrease tightness and soreness and repair damaged soft tissues at a cellular level.
Scar tissue works silently to limit your mobility
- Your scar tissue creates inflexible, weaker, cement-like adhesions in your internal soft tissues.
- Your scar tissue disrupts normal muscle function because it lacks the ability to expand and contract.
- Your scar tissue can be up to 1000 times more pain sensitive than normal tissue because your nerve endings become entrapped and compressed. This is why your injured areas cause so much pain.
- Your scar tissue is weaker than normal tissue, and tears more easily. This creates a loop of further damage, and even more scar tissue over time.
- Your scar tissue can shorten muscles, tendons and ligaments, restricting the range of motion in your joints.
- Your scar tissue appears like tangled hair when imaged. Healthy fascia and muscle images look like rows of straight, combed hair.
Precision Massage works to break down the chaotic 3 dimensional web of accumulated scar tissue, allowing muscles, tendons, fascia and ligaments to naturally recover function, improve glide, regain normal expansion and contraction, reduce inflammation and address the tyranny of tightness, soreness and pain.
FAQ
Why Does My Hip Hurt?
Your thigh and pelvis securely connect at the hip joint, but even the slightest imbalance in the muscles and tendons located here can cause major problems. Hips (like shoulders) function through a highly movable ball and socket joint encased in soft tissue (ligaments and joint capsule). Hip problems are widespread because tight muscles and tendons (caused by sitting and driving), located above or below the joint can cause uneven wear. You will experience pain faster and more severely exactly where the tight muscles and tendons are jamming the ball and socket. These exact tight muscles can easily be identified and treated with focused Precision Massage and could potentially save you from progressing into chronic pain and surgery. If you’re already facing surgery, you might save yourself a lot of money and recovery time by first attempting to address your existing soft tissue imbalances near the joint.
Why Does My Knee Hurt?
The knee is where the thigh and lower leg meet. The soft tissue above or below or on the side or back of the knee can become tight and cause uneven wear.
A misaligned hip joint, and/or ankle joint can also contribute to repetitive stress damage at your knee joint.
Precision Massage first identifies exactly where your knee or hip or ankle is tight. Then the damaged soft tissues are treated until your symptoms improve. Many clients have avoided knee replacement just by lengthening and strengthening the soft tissues above and below the knee.
Precision Massage also can be very beneficial for your knee to gain mobility post-surgery by gently loosening all the remaining tight soft tissues around the knee.
Foot and Ankle Wear and Tear
Your foot and ankle carry a heavy load — namely, all of your body weight when you are standing, walking or running.
Tightness, pain and loss of range of motion can often occur when scar tissue accumulates around the top or sides of your ankles or the bottom of your feet.
Ankle pain often becomes chronic because the joint can’t get any rest and relief, and is repetitively re-injuried during daily activities.
Precision Massage identifies the tight muscles and tendons, and occasionally tight ligaments surrounding your foot and ankle. With treatment, the looser soft tissues will often provide major relief and healing.
Jaw Issues
The jawbone can become misaligned due to accumulated scar tissue in and around the TMJ. There are many ways your jaw can be damaged, such as:
Teeth grinding, trauma, dental procedures, postural issues, and chronic pain in your neck joints may all contribute to a misaligned jawbone.
All of these contributing factors cause damage to very specific face and neck muscles and tendons, which can be treated with Precision Massage. I have helped many clients, including myself, find relief from chronic jaw tightness and pain.
Some clients who have not found any relief from any other treatment modality have found immediate and lasting improvements through Precision Massage treatments!
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