Signed in as:. Sign out. Medical Massage Therapy is outcome-based massage, primarily the application of a specific treatments targeted to a specific problem. Each and every massage is tailored to your physical needs and personal goals. Our Medical Massage is backed by science. Read about it HERE. A Sports massage would be included in this category. Medical Massage provides stable clinical results of somatic rehabilitation while addressing causes of pain originating in the different parts of the body.
By resorting proper relations between different layers of the soft tissues, MM eliminates pathological changes formed in the soft tissues as a result of trauma, chronic overload or irritation of spinal or peripheral nerves.
Most soft tissue conditions resolve in treatments. We also provide remarkable relief for conditions like osteoarthritis and scoliosis allowing patients to maintain pain and tension free with continued treatments every weeks. Please book your first appointment as a New Patient Massage. This first appointment will include a 15 min intake to help your therapist customize the treatment towards your issue and goals.
She encourages you to see one of the other amazing therapists at VMM. Oncology massage is the modification of existing massage therapy techniques in order to safely work with complications of cancer and cancer treatment. Anyone who has ever received cancer treatment, from those in active treatment to those in recovery or survivorship, as well as those at the end of life, are best served by our massage therapist who have received training in oncology massage.
Essential aspects of an oncology massage therapist's skill set are an informed understanding of the disease itself and the many ways it can affect the human body; the side effects of cancer treatments, such as medications, surgery, chemotherapy and radiation; and the ability to modify massage techniques in order to adapt for these side effects, as well as for the disease.
