Treatable Conditions

Conditions that can benefit from Therapeutic Massage and utilizing specific techniques and modalities to treat many conditions that may include, but are not limited to:

  •  Asthma
  • Athletic Injuries
  • Arthritis, Bronchitis
  • Buergers’ Disease
  • Bursitis
  • Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
  • Cerebral Palsy
  • Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
  • Chronic Pain
  • Constipation
  • Contractures
  • Contusions
  • Cramps
  • Degenerative Disc Disease
  • Digestive Disorders
  • Dislocations
  • Dupuytrens’ Contracture
  • Dysmennorhea
  • Edema
  • Emphysema
  • Entrapment & Compression Syndromes
  • Facet Lock
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Fibrositis and Fibrosis
  • Fractures
  • Frozen Shoulder
  • Gout
  • Headaches (Migraine, Tension, Cluster)
  • Hemiplegia
  • Herniated Back (disc)
  • Iliotibial Band Contracture
  • Impingement Syndrome
  • Insomnia

  • Knee Injury
  • Low Back Pain  
  • Migraine
  • Multiple Sclerosis
  • Muscle Tension/Spasm
  • Muscular Dystrophy
  • Neuralgia/Neuritis
  • Osteoporsis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Paralysis
  • Parkinson’s
  • Pes Planus
  • Plantar Fasciitis
  • Poliomyelitis/Post Polio Syndrome
  • Postural Deformities
  • Raynaud’s Disease/Syndrome
  • Scars
  • Sciatica
  • Scoliosis
  • Spastic Paralysis
  • Sports Injuries
  • Sprains
  • Strains
  • Stress-Related Disorders
  • Synovitis
  • Systemic Lupus Erthematosus
  • Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
  • Tendinitis
  • Tenosynovitis
  • TMJ Dysfunction
  • Varicose Veins
  • Whiplash

 CONDITIONS THAT REQUIRE TREATMENT ADAPTATION AND/OR MEDICAL CONSULTATION

These conditions and/or pathologies are not contraindications but require treatment adaptation and/or medical consultation. 

  •  ƒ Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome  
  • ƒ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (A.L.S.) 
  • ƒ Asthma  
  • ƒ Chronic Pneumonia 
  • ƒ Hemiplegia 
  • ƒ Cerebral Palsy 
  • ƒ Multiple Sclerosis 
  • ƒ Spinal cord injury  
  • ƒ Parkinson’s 
  • ƒ Radiation therapy site for several weeks post-radiation
  • ƒ Congestive heart failure
  • ƒ Chronic kidney disease 
  • ƒ Patient is immunosuppressed 
  • ƒ Coma – only with Dr. Referral 
  • ƒ Debilitation 
  • ƒ Diagnosed atherosclerosis 
  • ƒ Drug withdrawal 
  • ƒ Chronic Emphysema 
  • ƒ Hypertension 
  • ƒ Hypotension 
  • Inflammatory Arthritides 
  • ƒ Major surgery 
  • Osteoporosis
  • ƒ Osteomalacia 
  • Cancer
  • Moderate Diabetes Mellitus
  • Post-Cerebrovascular accident or myocardial infarction 
  • ƒ Recent head injury 
  • ƒ Chronic Angina 
  • ƒ Severe varicose veins 
  • ƒ Diverticulitis 
  • ƒ Chronic Ulcerative Colitis /Crohn’s disease 
  • ƒ Mastitis 
  • ƒ Endometriosis 
  • ƒ Unexplained hematomas 
  • ƒ Acute disk herniation
  • ƒ Contusion 
  • ƒ Flaccid paralysis or paresis
  • ƒ Fracture, while casted 
  • ƒ Hernia 
  • ƒ Joint instability 
  • ƒ Chronic pelvic inflammatory disease 
  • ƒ Diarrhea / Constipation  
  • ƒ Irritable Bowel Syndrome 
  • ƒ Gestational Diabetes 
  • ƒ Joint mobilizations in pregnancy 
  • ƒ Seizure disorders 
  • ƒ Inflammatory conditions (acute/chronic)

  “Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.” ~ Dalai Lama