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Massage Therapy

Top 5 reasons to receive a massage today

GIVE YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM A BOOST - when your blood circulation is improved, the amount of disease fighting white blood cells and natural killer T cells is also improved. Since massage also counteracts the effects of stress (which lowers your immune system function) it is a double boost.

LOWER YOUR BLOOD PRESSURE - Massage therapy will stimulate your parasympathetic nervous system and lower your elevated blood pressure, slow your heart rate and your respiration into a harmonious and natural rhythm.

RELAX MUSCLES - We all experience micro-trauma's to our muscles everyday whether it's from sitting at the computer too long, sleeping in a "funny" position, or trying to open the door with an arm load of groceries. Our surrounding muscles act to protect these trauma's by tensing up so that the injured part is "guarded". This causes aches, pains, and "knots" to develop. Your massage therapist detects these problem areas and uses a variety of special techniques to help relax the muscles and allow proper circulation.

HAVE A GOOD NIGHT SLEEP - Massage therapy has been demonstrated to increase the amount of serotonin in your body which moderates sleep and mood among many other functions. With the addition of an increase in endorphins making you feel good, many patients with insomnia report to us that they have a restful night sleep after a massage session with one of our therapists.

BLAST AWAY EFFECTS OF STRESS - We all experience our fair share of stress these days. Stress is actuallly a "fight-or-flight" response that prepares our body to take emergency evasive action or emergency offensive action. This responce was vital to our ancestors if they were being threatened by a predator, but nowadays, sitting in a cubical or the carpool lane - there is no flight and there is no fight - there is just our bodies "coping" with it. we do this by storing all this tension and extra energy in our muscles.

Massage therapy can actually decrease the levels of stress hormones such as cortisol and increase serotonin (sleep modulator) thus significantly counteracting the effects of stress. as mentioned above, massage will lower your heart rate back to normal. It will also stimulate the systems that were shut down to conserve energy such as your immune system, reproductive system and digestion. Your muscles relax and your stress levels have been lowered significantly.
GO BEYOND ORDINARY!

Gerard has been trained in Swedish massage, Medical massage, Shiatsu and Tai massage. He specializes in the art of Japanese massage. The readers of the Long Island Press voted Gerard “Best Massage Therapist” two years in a row.

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One 30 min. massage $45 $50
One 60 min. massage $70 $75
One 90 min. massage $100 $105

Five 30 min. massages $200 $225
Five 60 min. massages $325 $350
Five 90 min. massages $475 $500
Ten 60 min. massages $630 $670

To sign up for a massage call Marcy at (516) 822-3535 x308.

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