Deep tissue massage will work out the knots from stressed, overworked muscles and connective tissue (fascia) to alleviate immediate pain, as well as chronic joint and muscle pain. A Deep Tissue Massage targets the deep layers of connective tissue and muscle throughout the body. A deep tissue massage uses slow, forceful strokes to reach deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue. This type of massage targets on muscle damages from injuries. You may seek deep tissue massages daily, a few times a week, or a few times a month for pain. Using slow strokes to apply pressure, the massage focuses on areas of defined pain and tension. When the muscles are deeply massaged, blood flow throughout the body is increase.
Deep tissue massage centers on realigning the deeper layers of connective and muscle tissue. It aims to release the chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on the tense areas, either following or going across the fiber’s of the muscles, tendons and fascia.
Invented in late ate 1800