Don’t stress! If it’s been a while since you’ve shaved your legs, or your back, or whatever area your massage therapist is providing treatment for—it’s cool. Don’t be embarrassed.

Stress, trauma, clenching your teeth, or a sudden impact can bring on TMJ jaw pain. It’s uncomfortable, and can also cause headaches, earaches, toothaches, and general throw-off-your-whole-mood pain. But if you’re thinking your only options are to “grin and bear it” or pop a painkiller, let us brighten your day: massage can help!

If you’ve been to physiotherapy before, you’ll know that it’s hands-on. The physiotherapist will move your body into stretches, manipulate your joints, diagnose the source of tightness, pain, weakness, etc. Depending on your circumstances, you may receive passive treatment and/or complete certain exercises alongside your physiotherapist.

We get it: back pain can be a real pain in the—well, you know. Fortunately, lumbar traction is a great option for many who experience back pain. Lumbar traction can relieve bulging discs, herniations, pinched nerves, sciatica, disc generation—even leg pain.