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Alternative Healing

Alternative methods of healing have been used for centuries and may compliment most conventional methods of your wellness treatments. Whether your therapy includes the manual manipulation of the soft tissues or the gentle touch of visceral and craniosacral therapies, the use of natural and energetic elements can do wonders. We offer specialized and advanced body therapies specifically geared towards your alternative approach to healing.

Healing

Healing is one of the cornerstones of our mission here at First Hand Healing in Tucson, Arizona. Our ultimate goal is to provide our clients with the flexibility and opportunity to heal from a variety of ailments. Come in to our office today to experience healing, first hand.

Pain Management

We specialize in helping our clients manage their acute and chronic pain with a tailored bodywork plan specific to their individual assessment and needs. Therapeutic massage is an excellent way to relieve pain that cannot be sufficiently lessened by treating the underlying disease. Don't let pain control your life, let our experienced and caring professionals help you take control.

Massage Therapy

We want our clients to experience the power of massage therapy, first hand. Therapeutic massage is an excellent way to relieve specific aches and pains, relax and promote wellness. Our experienced, compassionate massage practitioners tailor a massage therapy regimen to fit your specific wellness needs.

Health

Health is something so many of us take for granted until we no longer have it. We want to promote health and wellness within the Tucson community, since we live here, too. There has been a marked shift in recent your from reactive to proactive treatments to achieve health. Our wide variety of services and products encourage everyday health and well-being. Your health is precious to us, too.

Rehabilitation

Rehabilitation after an accident can seem daunting. Our experienced and caring staff help our clients overcome injuries by implementing a variety of therapeutic massage techniques. If you were involved in an accident, have repetitive strain injuries or were injured playing sports, a rehabilitation program is key to your recovery. Don't let your injury rehabilitation become an unpleasant experience, come discover the healing power of therapeutic massage, first hand.

Alternative Healing

Alternative methods of healing have been used for centuries. Manipulation of the bodies energy and use of natural elements can do wonders. We offer therapies specifically geared towards your alternative healing. Ask us more about our TenZo, Healing Stone Reflex, Detox Body Wrap and Soy Wax Relief.

Massage

Our licensed and skilled practitioners know just how to massage your body to promote wellness and health. Your individual wellness is our top priority and we strive to provide the best therapeutic massage available. We offer a wide range of massage therapies ranging from Traditional Thai Massage and Healing Stone Therapy to Orthopedic Massage. Whatever your need, we have the massage therapy solution.

Bodywork

Bodywork is a therapeutic method of promoting health, awareness and wellness by interacting with the human body. Our licensed and experienced practitioners help our clients achieve a better physical state by performing proven bodywork techniques.

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Headaches and Migraines

For many migraine sufferers, alternative health care treatments including acupuncture, massage, and shiatsu are effective and doctor recommended.

What are Migraines?

Migraine headaches are one of four main types of headache that also include tension headaches, cluster headaches, and hormone headaches. Typical migraine symptoms include:
  • dizziness
  • nausea
  • loss of vision
  • intense pulsing or throbbing pain in the head
  • sensitivity to light and sound
  • vomiting
Women are three times more likely than men to suffer from migraines.

Migraines can be extremely debilitating and expensive, not only due to time lost from school and work but also because drugs used to treat them are costly and do not always help. Chronic migraine sufferers, especially those with regularly recurring headaches, face a lower quality of life combined with inability to accomplish daily tasks due to extreme pain.

What Causes Migraines?

Doctors do not know the exact causes of migraines, though many now believe that predisposition to migraines is a hereditary abnormality in cell control in the brain. Contributing factors can include stress, food allergies or intolerances, a sudden drop in stress levels, lack of food or sleep, exposure to light, or hormonal imbalances in women. Although these triggers do not cause the migraines, they may activate the process that leads to them.

How Can Migraines be Prevented and Treated?

Doctors are still searching for effective ways to prevent and treat migraines. Many people who undergo traditional cocktails of heavy drug therapy give up on these therapies due to their considerable expense, often poor results, and unpleasant side effects including depression, insomnia, weight gain, nausea, rashes, and occasional abdominal scarring.

For many migraine sufferers, alternative health care treatments including acupuncture, massage, and shiatsu are effective and doctor recommended. An added and significant benefit to these treatments is that they do not have the unpleasant side effects of drugs.

For ongoing prevention of chronic migraines, doctors recommend deep relaxation, including meditation, which involves quiet thought and deep, restful breathing. Other relaxation techniques include massage, craniosacral work, acupuncture, and shiatsu, which not only create relaxation, but also pinpoint and treat areas and problems that may be the triggers for the migraine sufferers (also called "migraineurs"). Massage also can help correct muscle pain and tension caused by the physical reaction of having a migraine. Trigger-point therapy can help release tight muscles in the shoulders, neck, and upper back, leading to a release of tension points triggered during a migraine.

For chronic migraine sufferers, doctors recommend massage once or twice a week for four to six weeks. Doctors also suggest acupuncture 10 times a week in 20-minute treatment sessions, or twice a week for hour-long sessions.

If you suffer from migraines or chronic headaches, set up an appointment today and find some relief.