Massage Therapy for West Caldwell, NJ

Where the week ends up

For many people the week collects in the same few places: the back of the neck, the tops of the shoulders and the base of the skull. Hours at a screen, time behind the wheel and stress that never quite switches off all tend to settle there, and the result is a neck that will not turn freely and an ache that climbs into the head by evening. At Montville MedSpa & Pain Center, Maryann Constantino, LMT, our licensed massage therapist, can give a whole session to that upper half of the body.

A session built around the neck and shoulders

• Deep tissue, 60 or 90 minutes. Slow, focused work into the deeper muscle and the connective tissue around it. If the upper back, the shoulders and the neck all need attention, the 90-minute booking avoids rushing any of them.
• Swedish plus trigger point therapy. When the main problem is stress but one knot sits under a shoulder blade, a Swedish massage with the 30-minute trigger point add-on works that spot firmly and keeps the rest of the hour gentle.
• Craniosacral scalp massage. An add-on that concentrates on the head, neck and spine to release tension, ease headaches and leave you clearer-headed.
• Hot stones. Heated stones warm tight muscles first, so they give way more easily under the hands.

Add-ons carry an additional cost, and you can combine more than one.

When to see the doctor instead

Massage may ease muscle tension for some people, but not every sore neck is a muscle problem. Pain, tingling or numbness that runs down an arm points to an irritated nerve, and new weakness in an arm or hand should be checked promptly. Headaches that start at the base of the skull can come from more than one cause, and each is treated differently. Because the practice is also a pain center, Dr. Donna D’Alessio, MD can examine a neck that keeps hurting in the same building, and trigger point injections, small injections of local anesthetic into a tight knot, are one of the options she uses. A jaw that clenches or grinds has its own page too: TMJ treatment.

The drive over

Most of the eight miles from West Caldwell are on Bloomfield Avenue and Route 46, with the last few on Hook Mountain Road and Pine Brook Road up into Towaco. Allow about 16 minutes without traffic, so the drive home afterwards is a short one.

West Caldwell clients ask

Can massage fix a pinched nerve? It may ease the muscle tension around a sore neck, but a nerve problem needs its cause found first. Symptoms running into the arm are a reason to book with the doctor before the therapist.

What should I mention before we start? Where it hurts and how far the pain travels, plus any recent injury or surgery, blood-thinning medicine, earlier blood clot, pregnancy or osteoporosis, because each changes how firm the pressure should be.

Do you sell packages? Ask the front desk for current prices and the packages available.

Is there an evening slot? Tuesday is our late day, with appointments until 7 pm.

Help choosing is in Swedish or deep tissue: which should you book?, and the full menu is on our massage therapy page.

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