Churchill Graham, Labrador Retriever "speaks" from experience !

Back congestion is  common whether being active or inactive! Inactive  without much to do is a serious concern. Aloneness  causes emotional stress,  whereby "barking"  becomes an issue. In addition, inactiveness over a long period of time (month or more), muscles tighten, causing muscle  fatigue, and poor contractual release of the lengthening and shorting of muscles adding more stress and future aged aches and pain.   As for me,  I am active romping, running and swimming!  So to  avoid overworking my muscles that can cause muscle fatigue accompanied with  aches and pains, regular therapeutic massages and treatments have been my  preventive measure  and much kinder for me as age creeps-up!




Usually before the actual therapeutic massage, I receive a comfortable head massage to get me "settled-down" even though I've experienced this massage before.   Yes, I've walked-up the ramp onto this comfortable massage table, but I am a creature-of-the-moment, and to receive a head massage to prepare for treatments of pressure points and muscle spasms, does help me "settle" and am total aware I  will be experiencing 2-hours therapeutic massage comfort and health-care.  So sweet. . . 

I run with deep and long strides in my active lifestyle.  So when I receive shoulder and leg massage treatments it helps to increase my range of motion, most importantly, the contractual release of muscles are much more flexible in the shortening and lengthening of the muscles depending on what rascal-of-an-activity I am doing!  Even when I'm in the ocean I can swim at long lengths.  Once,  I saw another dog's frisbee floating nearby, I swam to capture it!  What can the other dog do in the ocean?  Jump me? Nah....I just swam away fast and took the frisbee to shore to hide it.  But, guess who is running after me?  Mommy! The faster she ran after me, the faster  I ran with deep and long strides. Well, Mommy made my athletic endurance possible through therapeutic massages!  But, with her command of "STOP" I listen.  I am obedient.  Mommy, my Massage Therapist,  returns the frisbee to the dog Gumpi still in the ocean watching us.  Geez. . .  

Churchill Graham