Jennifer

Happy Mother’s Day to all Moms! You cook, you clean, you work, and you always put everyone else in your family first. You ladies are amazing and deserve the best, but for some reason you forget to take care of yourself as you are too busy taking care of everyone else around you. This May, take the time to de-stress, relax, and treat yourself to a massage.

As we celebrate Moms and how special they truly are this month, gentlemen and daughters, give your Mom the gift of relaxation through a Massage Therapy gift certificate that you can purchase online or at Jennifer Medeiros, RMT clinic. I can guarantee that an hour of relaxation, peace, and quiet will be on her wish list this year.

Treat the person you love through Massage Therapy! Call or email for more detail!

The difference and how to deal with them

“Sprains” and “Strains” tend to be commonly mixed up when a person describes an injury. There is quite a difference between the two when determining the target injured tissue, but how to deal with either tissue injury is quite similar.

Sprains target ligaments which are flexible, non-contractile tissue. Ligaments hold joints together and keep your bones in their anatomical position. They also limit or control the motion of a joint. When that motion gets past a normal range, a sprain of the ligament holding the joint can occur.

Strains are related to muscles. When a muscle is stretched beyond its possible range of motion, it puts strain on the working muscle which causes an overstretch injury known as a Strain. Weakness, overuse, or unhealthy muscle tissue tends to be a target for potential strains.

Both Strains and Sprains are graded from 1 to 3 in severity; grade 1 being mild and grade 3 being severe. In Severe Sprains and Strains the ligament or muscle can actually be ripped from the bone it was attached to; if this occurs you need to see your doctor immediately. It is important to treat these conditions as soon as they occur.

Even for Grade 1 injuries, resting, icing, compressing, and elevating the injury is very important to improve the condition. When the injury begins to heal, scar tissue may form and cause the injured limb to not work as efficiently as before. This is where massage can help! Even as you are beginning to heal, seek therapy to help decrease the chance of scar tissue to form. It can help your injury to heal faster!