Most people know that the social amazing. You will walk out of the massage room looser, lighter, calmer, and more relaxed. When you walk out a massage session you are wondering why you don’t do this more often. The perfect massage frequency depends on your body, physical activity, lifestyle, and wellness goals.
At a step above massage, our therapists work with everyone from a stressed out office workers to athletes, new moms, people who suffers from chronic pain or simply people who just want to treat themselves.
In this article, step above massage Breakdown, how often you should schedule a massage for pain relief, stress, reduction, recovery, better sleep, or self-care.
My massage frequency matters more than what you think
One session massage, specially if you get Swedish massage, feels good and make you relax. But massage is manipulating soft tissue like exercise. Therefore, getting massage in a regular basis is like doing exercise in regular basis. Consistency help your body to maintain better circulation and better range of motion for your body.
Just like exercise, meditation, or chiropractic adjustment, massage work best in a routine not a one time thing.
Getting massage in regular basis help you too reduce muscle tightness and knots, improve your posture, lower your stress and anxiety, increase flexibility, and range of motion, improve sleep quality, and speed of recovery from workouts and injuries.
How often you should get a massage
Most important thing is to keep your routine. if you get massage once a month, it’s important that you keep it once a month. If you get massage every week, it’s important to keep it once a week.
We have some frequency suggestions here based on our therapists opinion, and you need to tailor this with your lifestyle.
Important notice: this is our personal opinion only.
How frequently do you need to get massage for a stress, relief and relaxation?
If your mango is to relax, unwind, and keep as stress level under control Our general recommendation is to get massage every two or four weeks clients who have desk jobs, realtors, parents with young kids, clients with tension headaches can get a lot of benefits of getting massage every four weeks. Regular massage calm your nervous system and make you feel relaxed.
For chronic pain or persistent tension
Chronic pain is not something that appears overnight. It develops over months or years. Lots of tight muscles need to get relax with massage that you get rid of chronic pain. Our general recommendation is getting massage every week or biweekly to get rid of chronic pain. Our therapists think that clients often don’t realize very well how long their muscles have been tight. After a few weeks of consistent sessions, they are shocked at how much mobility and comfort they gain.
For injury recovery
If you’re healing from an injury, massage can support and speed up your recovery. Injuries often caused your body to compensate and tight muscles start to build up. Our general recommendation for massage frequency when you are recovering from an injury is one or two session per week. Your therapist may combine techniques like deep tissue massage, Swedish massage, myofascial release, or hot stone massage to speed up your recovery. The process of healing is faster when the surrounding soft tissues are flexible and healthy.
For pregnant woman
Prenatal massage supports the body through rapid physical changes. Pregnant women shouldn’t get massage in their first trimester. They can get massage in the second and third trimester with the doctor approval. Step above massage doesn’t have any recommendation for prenatal massage. Clients completely need to listen to their doctor recommendations.
For general self-care
A monthly massage is an excellent wellness routine. Gradually by the time we can get a massage more often if you like or if you feel you need it many step above massage clients start monthly and eventually upgrade their schedule because the difference in their daily comfort is so noticeable.
How long should your massage be?
You can choose from 60 minutes massage, 90 minutes massage or two hours massage.
60 minutes massage is good for clients who wants a specific work ( like massaging only upper body) clients need to know 60 minutes. Massage is not enough time for a really good full body massage. 90 minute massage is a perfect timing to get a full body massage.
Two hours massage is very beneficial, but it might be too long for clients who doesn’t receive massage in a regular basis. We suggest not to get two hours massage if you’re not receiving massage often.
Final thoughts
Everyone need to get a massage in regular basis. You are the only one who can choose how frequent you need to receive a massage based on your lifestyle and physical activity. General recommendation for massage frequency is at least once a month. Step above massage suggest every client to try to receive a massage at least every four weeks.
If you’re pregnant, you cannot receive massage in first trimester. In second and third trimester, you need to consult with your doctor about your massage frequency.
