04/15/2025
🌟 New on the PRESS blog: When Emotions Show Up as Aches: The Mind-Body Approach to Healing
We teamed up with .therapy to explore the connection between emotional stress and physical tension — and how a combined mind-body approach can support healing.
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At PRESS Modern Massage, we’ve seen it time and time again: a client walks in for shoulder pain, but the real cause isn’t a pulled muscle — it’s unprocessed stress. Or anxiety. Or grief that never had time to be acknowledged.
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We like to say that tension isn’t just a physical state — it’s a story. And sometimes, it’s a story the body remembers long after the mind has moved on.
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Massage therapy can’t erase the past, but it can help the body feel safe again. Through intentional, skilled touch, we begin to soften the places where stress has taken root: the jaw that clenches during conflict, the upper back that carries invisible loads, the hips that hold years of bracing.
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Our licensed massage therapists are trained to recognize the signs of emotional holding — tightness that resists release, breath that never quite reaches the belly, a body that tenses even in stillness. We meet that with slow, calming strokes and nervous-system-aware care. Because healing doesn’t happen in a rush — it happens in a space that feels safe enough to let go.
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Massage is a starting point. A way in. But what happens when you’re ready to go deeper?
That’s where our friends at Tona Therapy come in.
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Read more on PRESS Blog 💫
