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12/01/2025

Cyber Monday is here! For one day only, enjoy an exclusive 20% off gift certificates form us at Stevenson Therapeutic Massage. Whether you’re treating yourself or giving the perfect wellness gift, now is the time to save big on relaxation, pain relief, and self-care. These discounted gift certificates make amazing holiday gifts—simple, thoughtful, and guaranteed to make someone feel better. Sale ends tonight—don’t miss it!

11/14/2025

This Black Friday, give the gift of pure relaxation! Stevenson Therapeutic Massage is offering 60-minute massage gift certificates for only $65—our lowest price of the year. Whether you’re treating yourself or surprising someone special, this limited-time offer makes it easy to share the healing benefits of therapeutic touch. Perfect for holiday gifting, stress relief, and wellness lovers of all kinds. Sale ends soon—grab yours before they’re gone!

11/02/2025

Medical massage can be extremely effective for back pain because it targets the root causes—not just the symptoms. Here’s how it helps:
🔹 1. Reduces Muscle Tension and Spasms
Chronic back pain often results from tight muscles pulling on the spine or surrounding joints. Medical massage techniques such as deep tissue, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release loosen tight muscles and break up adhesions (knots), reducing strain on the spine.
🔹 2. Improves Circulation and Oxygen Flow
Massage enhances blood and lymphatic circulation, helping to bring oxygen and nutrients to sore tissues while flushing out inflammatory waste products. This speeds up healing and reduces stiffness.
🔹 3. Restores Structural Balance
By working on imbalanced muscles (for example, overly tight hip flexors or weak glutes), medical massage helps correct postural distortions like anterior pelvic tilt or rounded shoulders that often contribute to lower and upper back pain.
🔹 4. Decompresses the Spine
Techniques that target the paraspinal and quadratus lumborum muscles help release pressure on the vertebral joints and nerves. This can relieve radiating pain or tension associated with sciatica or herniated discs.
🔹 5. Decreases Pain Signaling
Massage stimulates the nervous system’s pain-gate mechanism, reducing the transmission of pain signals to the brain. It also promotes endorphin release—your body’s natural painkillers.
🔹 6. Improves Mobility and Flexibility
Regular medical massage enhances range of motion in the back, hips, and shoulders, helping clients move more freely and maintain functional strength and stability.
🔹 7. Supports Long-Term Recovery
When combined with corrective exercise, medical massage helps retrain the body to move properly, preventing recurring pain episodes and supporting long-term spinal health.
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10/30/2025

How can medical massage help neck pain?
Medical massage can significantly help with neck pain by addressing the underlying muscular, postural, and neurological causes. Here’s how:
🔹 1. Muscle Tension & Trigger Point Relief
Neck pain often stems from tight or overworked muscles such as the upper trapezius, levator scapulae, and sternocleidomastoid. Medical massage uses techniques like trigger point therapy, myofascial release, and deep tissue work to reduce tension, deactivate trigger points, and restore normal muscle length—helping relieve stiffness and headaches that originate in the neck.
🔹 2. Improved Circulation & Oxygen Flow
Tight neck muscles can restrict blood flow and lymphatic drainage. Massage improves circulation, bringing oxygen and nutrients to the tissues while removing metabolic waste. This helps reduce inflammation and soreness, accelerating healing from muscle strain or postural fatigue.
🔹 3. Postural Correction & Nerve Decompression
Poor posture (like forward head or rounded shoulders) can place extra pressure on the cervical spine and surrounding muscles. Medical massage, especially when combined with corrective exercise, helps realign muscle balance, relieve pressure on nerves, and restore functional posture.
🔹 4. Reduced Stress & Pain Perception
Neck tension is often stress-related. Medical massage activates the parasympathetic nervous system, lowering cortisol levels and decreasing pain perception through natural endorphin release—promoting both physical and mental relaxation.
🔹 5. Support for Chronic & Referred Pain Conditions
For conditions like cervical arthritis, whiplash, thoracic outlet syndrome, or tension headaches, medical massage can help by improving mobility, reducing referred pain, and maintaining healthy soft tissue elasticity around the neck and shoulders.

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10/24/2025

Medical massage can be highly effective for relieving hip pain by addressing both muscular and structural imbalances that contribute to discomfort. Here’s how it helps:

🔍 1. Identifying the Root Cause

Hip pain often results from muscle imbalances, postural distortions, or overuse injuries affecting nearby muscles like the gluteals, piriformis, iliopsoas, tensor fasciae latae (TFL), and quadriceps.
A skilled medical massage therapist assesses which structures are tight, weak, or misaligned and develops a treatment plan to correct them.

💆 2. Releasing Tight Muscles and Fascia

Massage techniques such as deep tissue, trigger point therapy, and myofascial release are used to:

Reduce tension in the hip flexors and rotators

Improve mobility in the glutes and piriformis

Ease compression in the sacroiliac joint and lower back

This can relieve pressure on the sciatic nerve and improve circulation in the hip region.

🦵 3. Improving Alignment and Mobility

By targeting both primary movers and stabilizing muscles, medical massage helps restore balanced movement of the pelvis and legs.
This supports proper hip joint function, enhances gait mechanics, and prevents compensatory strain in the lower back and knees.

⚙️ 4. Reducing Inflammation and Promoting Healing

Massage increases blood and lymph flow to the hip area, accelerating recovery of strained or inflamed tissues.
It can also reduce pain by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and triggering the release of endorphins.

🧘 5. Integrating with Corrective Exercise

When combined with corrective exercise, medical massage helps:

Re-educate muscles for stability

Strengthen weak glutes and core muscles

Improve posture and flexibility

This integration prevents recurring hip pain and supports long-term recovery.

✅ Common Hip Conditions Helped by Medical Massage

Piriformis syndrome

Hip bursitis

Iliopsoas (hip flexor) strain

IT band tightness

Sciatica-related hip pain

Osteoarthritis-related tension

Post-surgical scar tissue and stiffness

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10/19/2025

How can medical massage help poor posture?

Medical massage can play a major role in correcting poor posture by addressing the muscular imbalances and tension patterns that pull the body out of alignment. Here’s how it helps:

1. Relieves Chronic Muscle Tension

Poor posture often leads to tightness in specific muscles — such as the neck, shoulders, chest, and lower back. Medical massage techniques like trigger point therapy, myofascial release, and deep tissue work help release these areas, allowing the body to return to its natural alignment.

2. Lengthens Shortened Muscles

Slouching or sitting for long periods causes some muscles (like the pectorals and hip flexors) to shorten while others (like the upper back and glutes) weaken. Massage helps lengthen contracted muscles, reducing pull on the skeletal system and improving posture over time.

3. Improves Blood Flow and Flexibility

By increasing circulation and lymphatic drainage, medical massage promotes healing and reduces inflammation in overworked postural muscles. Improved flexibility allows joints and muscles to move more freely and comfortably, supporting better alignment.

4. Re-educates Muscle Memory

Through consistent sessions, massage helps the nervous system “reset” habitual tension patterns. The body learns a healthier posture baseline, making it easier to maintain upright alignment without as much effort.

5. Complements Corrective Exercise

When paired with corrective exercises, medical massage helps retrain weak stabilizer muscles and reinforces proper movement patterns. This combination is key to long-term postural correction and pain relief.

Suggested Plan at Stevenson Therapeutic Massage

Initial Phase (4–6 sessions): Focus on muscle release and pain reduction

Maintenance Phase (biweekly/monthly): Combine massage with stretching and corrective exercise

Home Care: Postural awareness tips, ergonomic setup, and gentle mobility exercises

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10/12/2025

How can medical massage help mental health?

Medical massage has powerful benefits for mental health because it influences both the body’s stress response and the mind’s emotional regulation systems. Here’s how it helps:

1. Reduces Stress Hormones

Massage therapy lowers cortisol levels, which are linked to chronic stress, anxiety, and depression. Lower cortisol allows the body to return to a balanced state, supporting calmness and focus.

2. Boosts Serotonin and Dopamine

Massage naturally increases serotonin and dopamine, the brain’s “feel-good” neurotransmitters. This helps improve mood, sleep quality, and motivation—often reducing symptoms of anxiety, PTSD, and depression.

3. Improves Sleep Patterns

Many clients experience better sleep after a session because massage activates the parasympathetic nervous system (“rest and digest” mode). Restorative sleep is crucial for emotional stability and cognitive clarity.

4. Decreases Physical Tension Linked to Emotional Stress

Mental stress often manifests as tight muscles in the neck, shoulders, and lower back. Medical massage targets these areas, relieving both physical discomfort and emotional pressure—creating a feedback loop that promotes relaxation.

5. Supports Mind–Body Connection

Massage encourages mindfulness and awareness of how emotions affect the body. This heightened connection can reduce anxiety, improve body image, and help people feel grounded and present.

6. Complements Therapy and Medication

When used alongside counseling or medication, medical massage enhances results by helping clients release physical tension that traditional therapy alone may not address—creating a holistic mental health approach.

At Stevenson Therapeutic Massage

My approach focuses on integrating medical massage with relaxation techniques to support not just the body’s healing, but the mind’s balance. Whether you’re managing anxiety, burnout, trauma, or chronic stress, therapeutic touch can help you feel calm, restored, and in control again.

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10/05/2025

Opening enrollment for Healthcare is coming, remember to sign up for Flex Spending Account (FSA)or Health Saving Account (HSA). This can pay for your Medical Massage!

At Stevenson Center for Wellness and Recovery we take pride in offering our clients Medical Massage therapy. Medical Massage therapy is different from a typical spa massage because it will focus on the root cause of the issue. Every patient that comes in for a medical massage will have a full ...

10/02/2025

Welcome to Stevenson Center for Wellness and Recovery, where healing meets renewal in a calm, supportive environment. We specialize in personalized care designed to help you restore balance—physically, emotionally, and mentally. Whether you’re recovering from injury, managing chronic pain, or simply seeking a place to recharge, our team offers a range of therapeutic services including massage, holistic treatments, and guided wellness plans. Your journey to better health starts here—where recovery isn’t just about getting back on your feet, it’s about feeling your best every day.

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10/01/2025

Neuromuscular Medical Massage for Joint Pain Relief

Break Free from Stiffness & Discomfort

Joint pain doesn’t always start in the joint itself—tight muscles, nerve compression, and poor alignment can make your pain worse. Neuromuscular medical massage gets to the root of the problem.

Releases muscle tension & trigger points that strain joints

Improves alignment to reduce joint stress

Enhances circulation for faster healing

Relieves nerve compression that radiates pain

Restores range of motion & flexibility

Rebalances the nervous system to reduce chronic pain

Your joints don’t have to hurt every day. With focused, therapeutic massage, we’ll help you move more freely and feel better long term.

Stevenson Therapeutic Massage
1000 N. York Rd, Willow Grove, PA 19090
215-528-4490
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09/22/2025

POOR POSTURE RELIEF

Restore Balance • Reduce Pain • Improve Mobility

Struggling with rounded shoulders, forward head posture, or constant neck and back pain?

Neuromuscular Medical Massage at Stevenson Therapeutic Massage targets the muscles and fascia causing imbalance.

Releases chronic tension and trigger points

Restores alignment of the spine, shoulders, and hips

Activates weak muscles for better support

Improves range of motion and joint health

Enhances body awareness for lasting results

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1000 N. York Rd., Willow Grove, PA 19090
215-528-4490
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HSA/FSA Accepted • VA Community Care Friendly

09/16/2025

What is Medical Massage under VA Community Care?

Medical massage is a targeted, outcome-based therapy prescribed by a physician and performed by a licensed massage therapist. Under the VA Community Care program, veterans can receive medical massage to help address specific conditions such as chronic pain, post-surgical recovery, musculoskeletal injuries, and mobility issues. This specialized care supports healing, pain reduction, and improved function—helping veterans regain a better quality of life.

Eligibility for VA Community Care Medical Massage

Veterans may qualify for medical massage through the VA Community Care Network if certain conditions are met, such as facing long wait times at VA facilities, lacking specialized services locally, or needing care closer to home. A referral and authorization from the VA are required. Once approved, veterans can receive treatment from an authorized community provider, like Stevenson Therapeutic Massage, at no out-of-pocket cost to the veteran.

How to Get Started with Medical Massage Through VA

To begin, veterans should speak with their VA primary care provider about their symptoms and request a referral for medical massage. If eligible, the VA will issue an official referral and authorization, allowing the veteran to receive care from a local, approved provider. Stevenson Therapeutic Massage is a proud participant in this network, offering expert therapeutic care tailored to each veteran’s medical needs.

Benefits of Medical Massage for Veterans

Medical massage provides multiple benefits for veterans, including decreased chronic pain, increased range of motion, reduced anxiety, and improved circulation. It can help manage conditions such as PTSD-related tension, service-connected injuries, and repetitive strain issues. For many veterans, regular massage becomes an essential part of their long-term health and wellness plan.

Stevenson Therapeutic Massage: A Trusted VA Community Care Provider

At Stevenson Therapeutic Massage, we are honored to serve veterans as part of the VA Community Care Network. With expertise in medical massage and a deep understanding of therapeutic needs, we work closely with each veteran’s care plan to deliver results-driven treatments in a welcoming, professional environment. We are committed to helping veterans feel better, move better, and live more comfortably.