Massage Therapy Program

Our Standing Oaks residents receive Massage Therapy every three weeks. According to the Massage Therapy Foundation (https://massagetherapyfoundation.org) there are numerous benefits to massage therapy for the medically fragile: It can relieve pain and reduce the need for pain medications; enhance physical comfort; facilitate healing/recovery from wounds and orthopedic surgery; increase tolerance to chronic therapies such as ventilator, gastric feedings and IV nutrition; and increase socio-emotional engagement through the positive sensations generated by human touch. Further benefits include reducing muscle tightness and spasticity;increasing circulation; enhanced mobility and flexibility and reducing stress.

Pictured here is our therapist Andrea Crabtree; RMT who enthusiastically provides the therapy to the residents in the comfort of their own bedroom