Massage Therapy

This is a hideous picture of myself with no make up one Saturday morning at 9am ha. I took a little trip to Griffith's Chiro Care in Clay to see Jordan Ray's mother who performs massage therapy for many patients, and told me she would love to be a part of my project as the live interaction. Before starting the massage, I asked Ms. Ray a few questions as she was getting the room I would be in ready. I began asking my questions, the first one being how massages help when dealing with stress.Ms. Ray described massage therapy as more of a relaxer. It loosens up the tension in your muscles which reduces the pain and ache you get in your muscles that causes the discomfort that may have a part in the stress your body is under. I then asked her how bad stress can effect the body and her response was that it could possibly cause the following problems: "heart disease, memory loss, immune function decrease, fatigue, less energetic and not able to enjoy life as much as you could". I also asked if you could tell a person is stressed when giving a back massage but she said no. She explained that everyone has stress in their lives that causes their muscles to tense up, so when giving a massage a back will always be tensed up, hints the job of a massage therapist to work the tension out of the muscles to de-stress a patient.

I learned that I love massages! No, I'm just kidding. Although I really enjoyed getting the massage for my interaction, it helped tremendously! As I have mentioned before, I chose this topic because I am the queen of pressure. I am always putting myself under a whole lot of stress to achieve the best that I can, and the massage I for that day was tremendous! I have to be honest and say that I had my doubts on if the massage would actually help ease my stress, but it honestly did. I had never felt so great the rest of that day and the whole week afterward. I am definitely already planning my next visit to see Ms. Ray! I am not certain that this is the best method for easing stress. They all seem to work about the same. It may be a quick 30 minutes or an hour, depending on which package you get, but in just that little bit of time, you will walk out of the office feeling like a new person and stress free.