DEEP TISSUE SPORTS MASSAGE
available at Leeds Massage Ltd.
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HOW WE HELP YOU:

• Full Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Treatment
• Advice & Self Care
• Maintainence Sessions

Not only do we treat your symptoms, we also find the cause of your problem in order to prevent it recurring. We tailor your care to incorporate recovery, rehabilitation and to teach you how to maintain the optimal health of your body in the future.

Back pain care is all about lifesyle change rather than just visiting us when you are in severe pain. Whether you’re an active sportsman or woman and you want to stay free from injury or whether you spend all day at the office and need to relieve the stress of daily life - Leeds Massage Ltd has a practitioner to suit your needs.

Choose Leeds Massage Ltd, choose Deep Tissue Sports Massage and your back pain and other injuries will be behind you for good.
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MORE ON BACK PAIN...

We've all experienced back problems from time to time -- lower back pain or strain of the neck. In fact, problems from back pain are the most common physical complaints among adults and are a leading cause of lost job time -- to say nothing of the time and money spent in search of relief. Back pain includes sore muscles and tendons, herniated discs, fractures, and other problems. Most often, the causes of back pain have developed over a long period of time.



WHAT CAUSES BACK PAIN?

Back pain ranks high on the list of self-inflicted ailments. Most of our back troubles happen because of bad habits, generally developed over a long period of time. These bad back habits include:

* Poor posture
* Overexertion in work and play
* Sitting incorrectly at the desk or at the steering wheel
* Pushing, pulling, and lifting things carelessly

Sometimes, the effects are immediate, but in many cases back problems develop over time. One of the more common types of back pain comes from straining the bands of muscles surrounding the spine. Although such strains can occur anywhere along the spine, they happen most often in the curve of the lower back. The next most common place is at the base of the neck.

Sometimes backaches occur for no apparent reason. This is called non-specific backache. It may develop from weakened muscles that cannot handle everyday walking, bending, and stretching. In other cases, the discomfort seems to come from general tension, lack of proper sleep, and/or stress.

A condition called fibrositis causes chronic backache from localized muscle tension. Sometimes this original muscle tension comes from stress or other emotional problems. Whether the muscle strain is from lifting heavy objects or from something as innocuous as a sneeze makes little difference -- the pain can be agonizing.

Pregnancy commonly brings on back pain. Hormonal changes and weight gain put new kinds of stresses on a pregnant woman's spine and legs. Injuries from contact sports, accidents, and falls can cause problems ranging from minor muscle strains to severe damage to the spinal column or the spinal cord itself.

TREATING BACK PAIN

The most effective type of massage therapy for lower back pain is Deep Tissue Sports Massage and Neuromuscular therapy. Neuromuscular therapy is also called trigger point myotherapy. Trigger point therapy consists of alternating levels of concentrated pressure on the areas of muscle spasm. The massage therapy pressure is usually applied with the fingers, knuckles, or elbow. Once applied to a muscle spasm, the pressure should not vary for ten to thirty seconds.

Muscles that are in spasm will be painful to the touch. The pain is caused by ischemic muscle tissue. Ischemia means the muscle is lacking proper blood flow, usually due to the muscle spasm.

This in turn creates the following undesirable process:

* Because the muscle is not receiving enough blood, the muscle is also not receiving enough oxygen
* The lack of oxygen causes the muscle to produce lactic acid
* The lactic acid makes the muscle feel sore following physical activity.
*After the muscle is relaxed through therapy, the lactic acid will be released from the muscle, and the muscle will start receiving enough blood and oxygen.