Senior Massage Care

Geriatric Massage addresses the psychological and physiological aspects of aging and its associated diseases.  My Senior massage care results in an improvement in range of motion, posture, body awareness, skin color and muscle tone, and provides a social outlet and caring touch for lonely or isolated seniors which can even relieve anxiety and depression.

BENEFITS

Senior Massage Care offers the following benefits:

• Improvement of the patient’s quality of life and self-esteem.
• Improvement in length and quality of sleep.
• Relief of stress, anxiety, depression and loneliness.
• Alleviation of headaches and pain.
• Speeding up of healing from injury and illness.
• Partial restoration of mobility lost due to Parkinson’s disease, arthritis, etc.
• Mental and physical relaxation.
• Improvement in lymphatic flow which increases the excretion of toxic substances from the body.

INCLUDED IN THE SENIOR MASSAGE CARE PROGRAM

This program includes regularly scheduled visits, gentle massage by skilled and caring therapists, post-surgical therapies, and feedback documentation to interested parties.

WORKING WITH YOUR DOCTOR

Robert is happy to work with you  under the direction of your MD, chiropractor, acupuncturist or other health care practitioner. This program speeds recovery from recent injuries and surgeries. Post-surgery programs may include Myofascial Release techniques to break up scar tissue and adhesions that can develop from hip and knee replacement, thus reducing pain and restriction.

There may be times when it is appropriate to refer to other health care professionals .