No two bodies are exactly alike. The comfort level of the client should dictate the amount of pressure needed in a given area of the body. When pain erupts, the sympathetic nervous system is triggered as a natural form of protection, stress levels increase and the body puts up defenses similar to the primal fright or flight response. This negates one's intentions of healing. Years of adhesion build-up, lack of exercise, drug use, diet and age are all factors in one's ability to receive deep work. A deep tissue practitioner, although often intuitive through experience, should ask for feedback from his or her client, look for visual cues in the body and adjust pressure accordingly. Years of neglect will rarely be erased in a few sessions and regularity, as with exercise and diet, are the key to good health maintenance.
Deep tissue massage is a broadly used term for the utilization of deep pressure massage- employing a range of modalities or types of massage (specific to those practiced by the therapist) with the goal of accessing muscle groups deeper than the superficial layers.
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