A massage is a great way to deal with back pain that’s due to sore or stiff muscles.  A good massage therapist can use a variety of techniques to relax tight muscles around the spine.   Tight or strained muscles are the cause of many back aches and muscle spasms.  A massage can soothe the tension right out of the muscles and spine.  In fact, much of what a chiropractor does during back therapy has massage elements.

A massage plays another important role in back pain therapy.  It makes you feel mentally relaxed in addition to physically better.  The doctors now believe that many cases of back pain are caused or worsened by mental anxiety.  Your brain sends messages down your spine telling your muscles to tense and your nerves to hurt.  A massage can make you feel calmer so the brain sends a very special delivery – one of peace and calm.  That sounds very good to me.