Massage Therapy Village Health offers a variety of massage therapies to improve your health and well being. An increasing number of research studies show massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, increases blood circulation and lymph flow, relaxes muscles, improves range of motion, and increases endorphins (enhancing medical treatment). Although therapeutic massage does not increase muscle strength, it can stimulate weak, inactive muscles and, thus, partially compensate for the lack of exercise and inactivity resulting from illness or injury. It also can quicken the healing process and lead to a more complete recovery from exercise or injury. According to the American Massage Therapy Association: "Often times people are stressed in our culture. Stress-related disorders make up between 80-and-90 percent of the ailments that bring people to family-practice physicians. What they require is someone to listen, someone to touch them, someone to care. That does not exist in modern medicine. One of the complaints heard frequently is that physicians don't touch their patients any more. Touch just isn't there. Years ago massage was a big part of nursing. There was so much care, so much touch, so much goodness conveyed through massage. Now nurses for the most part are as busy as physicians. They're writing charts, dealing with insurance notes, they're doing procedures and often there is no room for massage any more. I believe massage therapy is absolutely key in the healing process not only in the hospital environment but because it relieves stress, it is obviously foundational in the healing process any time and anywhere." Joan Borysenko - Massage Journal Interview, Fall 1999 Beyond Our Walls Massage Therapy at Home Imagine receiving massage therapy or an energy healing treatment in the comfort and privacy of your home. If you either cannot come to our office or want the time convenience of our services coming to you, call us to make an appointment. For more information on massage therapy in general visit our frequently asked questions area. Practitioners: Benjamin Bekker - LMT License #12962, AAS-Massage Therapy, Valerie Willman - LMT License #12969, Jayne Syverson - LMT License #4866, Mike Pooler - LMT License #13902 For more information regarding these treatments and services visit our links page.