{"id":1045,"date":"2018-01-09T11:31:39","date_gmt":"2018-01-09T11:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/?post_type=cpt_services&#038;p=1045"},"modified":"2018-02-17T11:55:00","modified_gmt":"2018-02-17T11:55:00","slug":"deep-tissue-massage","status":"publish","type":"cpt_services","link":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/services\/deep-tissue-massage\/","title":{"rendered":"Deep Tissue Massage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A type of massage therapy, deep tissue massage uses firm pressure and slow strokes to reach deeper layers of muscle and fascia (the connective tissue surrounding muscles). It&#8217;s used for chronic aches and pain and contracted areas such as a stiff neck and upper back, low back pain, leg muscle tightness, and sore shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>How Does It Work?<br \/>\nWhile some of the strokes may feel the same as those used in Swedish massage therapy, deep tissue massage isn&#8217;t the same as having a regular massage with deep pressure.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s used to break up scar tissue and physically break down muscle &#8220;knots&#8221; or adhesions (bands of painful, rigid tissue) that can disrupt circulation and cause pain, limited range of motion, and inflammation.<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the massage, lighter pressure is generally applied to warm up and prep the muscles. Specific techniques are then applied. The most common techniques include:<\/p>\n<p>Stripping: Deep, gliding pressure along the length of the muscle fibers using the elbow, forearm, knuckles, and thumbs<\/p>\n<p>Friction: Pressure applied across the grain of a muscle to release adhesions and realign tissue fibers<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 \u2013 100 Minute Sessions ($125 \u2013 132.50 per session)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","class_list":["post-1045","cpt_services","type-cpt_services","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cpt_services_group-special-pricing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services\/1045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cpt_services"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cpt_services"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/personamassage.ca\/en\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}