Corrective Massage

Poor posture, scar tissue, and imbalanced muscles can cause pain. Corrective massage aims to alleviate pain, allowing your muscles to function at their very best and improving your range of motion. 

This form of massage is successful in helping to alleviate the pain of many chronic and acute conditions. As with all therapies, we tailor our treatments to suit your individual needs. 

Before your treatment, our therapists will chat with you about your health and work on the area causing you the most pain. 

Benefits of Corrective Massage 

If you have localized pain in an area of your body, corrective massage is the best form of massage for you. It's a treatment that focuses on damaged, knotted, tense, and immobile muscle groups. By concentrating the massage in these areas, it speeds up healing. 

Corrective massage also provides a range of other benefits, including: 

Helps with Posture and Alignment

As our professional massage therapists stretch and ease the tension in your muscles, it restores the correct position of your bones. 

Helps Alleviate Many Different Forms of Pain

You might be suffering from pain that corrective massage can relieve. Muscle tension and misalignment can result in headaches, muscle cramps, sporting injuries, arthritis, and a frozen shoulder. All of these conditions can be eased through massage. 

Corrective massage also increases soft tissue elasticity, resulting in less pain and further injury.

Stimulates Your Blood Supply and Makes Your Joints More Mobile

Corrective massage increases the return of blood to your heart, making it great for heart health as well as muscles and joints. 

Relieves Anxiety 

Corrective massage helps release the feel-good hormones – endorphins, serotonin, and dopamine. It also reduces cortisol, the primary stress hormone in your body. 

What to Expect During a Corrective Massage

Before starting the massage treatment, our professional massage therapists will chat with you about your health and lifestyle. 

Because this form of massage targets a specific area, we'll carry out a thorough evaluation and assessment before we begin to ensure you get the maximum benefit from the treatment. 

Your therapist will use a range of massage techniques throughout the treatment including compression, wringing, and skin rolling. All treatment focuses on the target area. 

Is a Corrective Massage Painful? 

The end goal of corrective massage is to alleviate pain, not to cause it. However, if your therapist treats injured tissues or an area of your body where pain already exists, it may be a little sore after the massage. Please talk to your therapist and speak up if you experience any discomfort. Your therapist can alter the pressure of the massage or try a different massage technique. 

Staying well hydrated and using a heat pad or warm hot water bottle can help ease any soreness after the treatment. 

Schedule an Appointment

Mantis Massage is open seven days a week, offering convenient morning, daytime, and after work appointments. Give us a call or book online to schedule a corrective massage with the best massage therapists in Austin.