🌟 January Reset: Get Your Body Back in Motion with Total Muscle Therapy

January is about rebuilding momentum—both mentally and physically. After weeks of holiday travel, reduced activity, cold weather, and disrupted routines, your muscles often start the new year tight, restricted, and out of balance. At Total Muscle Therapy, we focus on deep tissue and sports massage to help your body recover, reset, and perform at its best.

Undo Holiday Tension & Muscle Imbalances

Long hours sitting, sleeping in unfamiliar beds, and less movement can create deep muscular tension and postural imbalances. Deep tissue massage targets the underlying muscle layers and connective tissue to break up adhesions, restore mobility, and reduce chronic tightness—not just surface-level discomfort.

Prepare Your Body for Increased Training

January often means getting back into the gym, starting new training programs, or returning to sport. Sports massage helps:

• Improve range of motion and flexibility

• Reduce delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS)

• Support faster recovery between workouts

• Decrease the risk of strain and overuse injuries

A well-maintained body performs better and stays healthier longer.

Cold Weather = Tight Muscles

Muscles naturally tighten in colder temperatures, increasing stiffness and reducing circulation. Deep tissue work improves blood flow, warms muscle tissue, and helps maintain elasticity, making movement easier and more efficient throughout winter. Especially on my heated massage table. 😉

Support Recovery, Not Just Relaxation

At Total Muscle Therapy, massage isn’t about zoning out—it’s about results. While sessions can be relaxing at times, the primary goal is functional recovery, pain reduction, and improved performance. Whether you’re an athlete, a weekend warrior, or someone dealing with chronic muscle tension, targeted treatment makes a difference.

Make Body Maintenance a Priority This Year

Instead of waiting for pain or injury, January is the perfect time to establish a proactive approach to muscle care. Regular deep tissue or sports massage can help:

• Keep muscles balanced

• Improve posture and biomechanics

• Support long-term athletic performance

• Reduce recurring pain patterns

Start the Year Strong

Your body carries everything you plan to accomplish this year. Give it the care it needs to keep up. A session at Total Muscle Therapy sets the foundation for strength, mobility, and resilience all year long.

💪 Train hard. Recover smarter. Total Muscle Therapy.

Business Spotlight

Every month I will highlight a trusted business from my website

Loyal Leashes with Laura based in Sutton MA.

My friend and client, Laura, is a woman of many hats. One of them being animal lover. She has a pet service where she can dog sit and dog walk your pets. Her husband affectionately refers to her as Dr. Dolittle and she has pet sat my Gracie girl multiple times. Laura is even Pet First Aid/CPR Certified. There is no one else I would trust more than Laura with my girl. Reach out to her to get the full list of services that she offers! https://www.instagram.com/loyalleasheswithlaura/

Monthly Stretch

Shoulder Stretch

1. Bring one arm across your upper body and hold it straight.

2. Grasp the elbow with the other arm and gently pull toward your chest.

3. Hold for 10 to 20 seconds and repeat on the other side.

Positive Quote

"We spend January 1st walking through our lives, room by room, drawing up a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched. Maybe this year, to balance the list, we ought to walk through the rooms of our lives… not looking for flaws, but for potential."

Ellen Goodman

Here is to finding your potential in 2026!!! 🥂

💙 Mich