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Chronic stress can lead to pain, and chronic pain can lead to stress. They feed off of each other!  Chronic stress also leads to or exacerbates all kinds of medical conditions. Sickness, pain, and stress….”Ain’t nobody got time for that!” Massage therapy is an excellent way to help manage stress. It’s also an effective method [...]

Last month, I was stricken with a case of pneumonia and spent five days in the hospital, and another two weeks after that recovering at home. I’m just now easing back into work. I rarely get sick, and when I do, I think of that as a “friendly reminder” that I am not doing enough [...]

Massage therapy can be helpful for a number of things. While some massage therapists want to think it’s good for whatever ails you, we prefer to be more cautious in making claims we can’t back up. In 70+ years of existence, the American Massage Therapy Association has approved 11 position statements about the good massage [...]

Perhaps you have visited another chiropractor and been adjusted numerous times. You feel good for a few hours or even a few days afterward, but for some reason,  you always seem to wind up back in pain again. Chiropractors free up “stuck” joints…and many times, barring a genetic condition, it could be that your shortened [...]

If you’ve been injured in an accident at work, consider seeking Chiropractic and Massage Therapy. The following principles apply to Worker’s Compensation and Chiropractic Care in North Carolina: 1. Chiropractic care IS covered  under the Worker’s Compensation Law in NC, and it would be false and misleading for an insurance company or its representatives to [...]

If you’re like most people, the thought of holiday shopping is enough to inspire a stress attack! In reality, stress is a cause of, or contributor to, many adverse health conditions. This holiday season, save time and the hassle of fighting the crowd to shop for people that are hard to buy for, and give [...]

And to borrow another cliche, Time is Money, right? We give you the best value for your money here at THERA-SSAGE. An hour of massage actually lasts an hour, not the 50-minute sessions that many other places do. We hear that one of the other chiropractors in town sees over 100 patients a day. I’m [...]

Sometimes a massage therapist is the first one to notice a skin cancer…some of our clients may live alone, for example, and we might be the only person to see the back of someone’s body. Annie Powell, a massage therapist and creator of The World Skin Project, credits a massage therapist with discovering a malignant [...]

I’m Laura Allen, the owner of THERA-SSAGE. In the past couple of months, I’ve been privileged to be all over the country teaching classes to other massage therapists. One thing I’ve found out, as I’ve gone from coast to coast, is that no matter where people are, we’re basically all the same. We have aches [...]

Do you have a wellness plan for the New Year? So many of us make New Year’s resolutions that we don’t stick to. I refuse to call them resolutions…I just want to have a plan. Massage is a part of my wellness plan. If I didn’t get it, I’d be taking some kind of drugs, [...]

North Carolina has been licensing massage therapists since 1999. Many members of the public may not realize exactly what that means–other than the fact that we’ve paid for some type of license. What it actually does mean is that we have met certain standards and qualifications that allow us to practice massage in a manner [...]

We have talented, educated staff members here at THERA-SSAGE who perform a variety of complementary health care services–complementary being the key word. Nothing that we do here should be construed as a replacement for medical care. Our massage therapists are not here to take the place of your doctor. We don’t diagnose, and we don’t [...]

Do you actually read the literature that comes with the prescription drugs you are taking? Many people don’t. It was announced on the news last night that Rutherford County, NC has twice the national average of deaths from prescription drugs. Each and every drug has side effects, adverse effects, and interactions when taken with other [...]

Headaches, pain in the jaw, difficulty chewing, clicking, grinding teeth…just some of the symptoms of TMJ Dysfunction. The treatment of TMJD through massage is one of the things we’re best at here at THERA-SSAGE! We receive many referrals from area dentists for our TMJD massage. During a session for TMJD, the therapist will perform deep [...]

Nothing makes the day go better than a massage. Even a few minutes of chair massage can make the world seem like a brighter place! Our staff members are available to come to your workplace to do chair massage. The rate for this service is $60 an hour per therapist within a 10-mile radius, with [...]

THERA-SSAGE is pleased to have Dr. Ezra Edgerton on our staff. We think he’s one of a dying breed–a chiropractor who actually takes his time to listen to you and who isn’t hustling to get to the next patient. Your first appointment with Dr. Edgerton is a full hour. Subsequent appointments are scheduled for a [...]

THERA-SSAGE would like to offer any veteran of the US military returning from a war zone a free massage as our way of saying “Thank you” for your service. All you have to do is call us for an appointment. This is available on an appointment basis only; we regret that we usually cannot accommodate [...]

Are you aware that more than 1000 research studies have been published pertaining to massage therapy? It’s true! One of the more exciting recent studies appeared recently in the July issue of the Annals of Internal Medicine. A Comparison of the Effects of 2 Types of Massage and Usual Care on Chronic Low Back Pain: [...]