Massage Therapy and Addiction Recovery

When people think of addiction recovery, massage therapy is rarely the first thing that comes to mind. Many still think of massage as a luxury, something one gets at a spa. However, the benefits of massage therapy go beyond relaxation. Massage therapy is a way to reinvigorate muscles, improve flexibility, and reduce stress and strain. More and more rehab centers are beginning to offer massage therapy, realizing now that massage therapy and addiction recovery truly go hand in hand. At Beaches Recovery, we make available a combination of holistic therapies and traditional treatments. Doing so allows our team of addiction treatment professionals to provide individuals with the best options possible to foster their health and wellbeing as they heal.

How Does Massage Therapy Help?

It’s no secret that detox can be a stressful experience. Mentally, detox can cause significant distress as individuals struggle with intrusive thoughts, anxiety, or depression. Physically, withdrawal symptoms don’t just make a person uncomfortable. They can cause the body to carry its stress in muscles and joints. These psychological and physical tensions can derail an individual’s progress or distract them from their treatment. Massage therapy works to ease the tension in that process.

This practice creates an atmosphere for total relaxation and helps the body process a new way to access pleasant hormones. The body tapping into its own bank of emotion stabilizers helps your brain break its dependency on other things.

This form of therapy is often accompanied by additional modalities, such as:

• Acupuncture
• Nutritional counseling
• Meditation
• Chiropractic care
• Yoga therapy

All of these holistic therapies are designed to address all aspects of the individual so that their entire wellbeing is be examined and supported.

Healing the Whole Person

Massage therapy and addiction recovery engage the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of a person. Emotional pain also comes up in the midst of the experience. As all the struggles surface, this is the best time to let the healing of the whole person commence.  Massage therapy and addiction recovery work together as a wholly engaging process to ensure the patient receives healing through the power of all the senses.

Massage and chiropractic therapies for addiction recovery are highly personal experiences. No two people are going to have the exact same experience. Still, there are two common experiences that most people have:

• Connection. You feel a human connection during massage therapy in many cases. That openness will allow you to reconnect with a confusing jumble of emotions that were almost impossible to process when you were battling addiction alone. You also have the option to talk or listen to the provided music. This disconnect from the harmful isolation of addiction helps you reconnect to a healthy social life.
• Bonding and healthy alternatives. You will usually be scheduled to see your massage therapy and addiction recovery therapists regularly. As time goes on, there will be room for bonding. Because the people you meet here will also be trained medical professionals, they can help you find healthy alternatives to the emotional coping mechanisms you may have once sought in your addiction cycle.

Massage Therapy and Addiction Recovery at Beaches Recovery

Beaches Recovery believes that every healing journey is made up of meaningful moments. Experiences as eventful as a dramatic location or an empowering message, or experiences as simple as listening to music. Even something that seems as simplistic as a massage can have great meaning to someone on the journey to sobriety. We offer a variety of therapies to those who enter our programs like:

• Individual therapy
• Group therapy
• Family therapy
• Fitness therapy
• Music therapy
• Equine therapy
• Art therapy

Each of these and more are offered across all our addiction treatment programs. These and our massage therapy are designed to meet the needs of each individual. Are you ready to start massage therapy and addiction recovery? Contact Beaches Recovery in Jacksonville, Florida today at 866.605.0532, or contact us online.