Welcome to the Animal Wellness Massage Therapy website
We hope you find this site useful and informative. Please feel free to contact us with any questions or if you would like to schedule an appointment.
What is Massage Therapy & How Can It Help My Pet?
Massage Therapy is a non- invasive way to enhance your animals overall health and well being. Massage is the manipulation of soft tissues to achieve a therapeutic response in the body such as increasing circulation, reducing muscle pain and spasms, enhancing muscle tone, relieving tension, promotes healing and increases range of motion. Massage increases circulation bringing vital oxygen and nutrients to the tissues and cells of the body. Massage provides relief from many common ailments as well as enhances performance. Just as less invasive approaches to health care in humans has gained popularity, so too have these therapeutic methods gained acceptance in the care and treatment of our animal companions.
Whether your dog is a competitive athlete, law enforcement canine, aiding the handicapped, or your beloved family pet, we want and need our animals to be free of muscle pain and ailments that inhibit movement and performance. All animals use and can abuse muscles. Massage relaxes these muscles, reduces strain and helps avoid injuries.
Because of the numerous health benefits of massage, knowledgeable owners and trainers are incorporating this vital therapy as an integral part of their animals complete and continuous health care program.
Benefits of Massage Therapy on all systems in the body
Muscles: Relieves muscular tension, soreness, & fatigue, increases flexibility motor skills, muscular nutrition & range of motion, improves performance, balance & posture , tones weak muscles
Fascia: Elongates & softens connective tissues
Bone: Increases mineral retention of vital nutrients & promotes fracture healing
Cardiovascular: Improves circulation, decreases blood pressure & heart rate, increased white & red blood cells contributing to a strong immune system
Lymphatic: Promotes lymph circulation which helps remove waste from the body more effectively
Integumentary: Increased circulation brings added nutrients to the skin, improving skin condition
Nervous: Reduces stress & anxiety, stimulates the release of endorphins that decrease pain, promotes relaxation, aids in bonding and trust for traumatized or anxious animals
Digestive: Stimulates digestion, relieves colic, constipation, & intestinal gas
Endocrine: Increase serotonin & dopamine levels which are linked to decreasing stress & depression
Respiratory: Strengthens respiratory muscles, improves pulmonary function
Urinary: Promotes excretion of metabolic wastes, aids in kidney fluid filtration
Puppies - for positive reinforcement and building trust
Athletes - for enhanced movement & performance
Geriatrics - for increased comfort levels
Aiding the healing process after an injury or surgery
Early detection of abnormalities
Help in preventing injuries
And for all animals enhanced health for all body systems
Please call or e-mail to schedule your pet's massage therapy session today
animalwellnessmt@comcast.net - (508)-245-9688
