Massage therapy is a viable health option to help alleviate pain and discomfort from everyday life, overuse, habitual patterns, occupational stresses, and many chronic pain syndromes. Care received soon enough after accidents involving trauma and injury can greatly reduce the development of scar tissue and muscular guarding.
Massage therapy is the manipulation of the soft tissues of the body to gain a therapeutic response. Soft tissue includes muscles, skin and connective tissue, tendons, ligaments and membranes. Swedish massage is presently the most common form of therapy practiced; you may think of it more as "relaxation" massage.