Celebrate Spring with Massage Therapy
Spring is On
It’s fair to say that it’s out of sight, out of mind, until…one day…the sun peeps out, and it feels a little warmer. It’s at this point before we decide to attack the weeds in the garden, cut the trees in the yard, or sign up for the marathon we always promised we’d do, that we should do some prep work on our bodies to make sure that our attempts at getting more active don’t lead to back pain, sprained joints or worse.
Preparing for Spring
The first thing you should do is assess your fitness and flexibility levels. Since October, if you’ve spent indoors on the couch, you’re likely to be a bit stiff. Muscles need regular stretching and movement to stay healthy and supple. So, if you dive straight in with three hours of garden maintenance as soon as the clouds break, you could find yourself in a lot of fatigue or muscular pain the day after your efforts.
Massage helps relax and soften injured and overused muscles, but it can also prepare them for running, walks, and sporting competitions. It figures that if you’re going to be using your muscles, tendons, and ligaments for the first long period of time in months, a massage will help loosen the tissues up, ready for action. Massage helps increase circulation around the whole body, which means a shorter recovery time after any prolonged activity.
Plan and book a series of regular massages pre-spring, and you will really feel the difference when you start getting out and about in the great outdoors!
Brilliant Massage & Skin
Burlington, Vermont