Carrying Stress in Your Body, Not Just Your Mind?
Therapeutic massage activates the parasympathetic nervous system — reducing cortisol, releasing physical tension, and helping your body actually recover from stress.
Same-week appointments often available
Stress & Anxiety Relief
Does this sound like you?
If you recognize yourself in this list, massage therapy may help — your therapist will tailor each session to what you need.
Book a session- Persistent muscle tightness related to stress or anxiety.
- Difficulty relaxing even when you have time to rest.
- Fatigue that doesn’t improve with sleep.
- Physical symptoms of stress: shallow breathing, tight chest, tension headaches, or jaw clenching.
- Feeling wound up, on edge, or unable to decompress.
About Stress & Anxiety Relief
What you should know
Stress doesn’t stay in the mind — it accumulates in the body. Chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, leading to sustained muscle contraction, elevated cortisol, shallow breathing, and reduced immune and digestive function. Massage therapy triggers the opposite response: it activates the parasympathetic nervous system, reducing cortisol, lowering heart rate, and allowing the body to enter the restorative state it needs to heal and recharge.
Our approach
How Massage Helps with Stress and Anxiety
Treatment uses a combination of slow, flowing Swedish massage to activate the parasympathetic nervous system and calm the body’s stress response, focused deep tissue and trigger point work for areas where stress is physically stored (neck, shoulders, jaw, chest, hips), breathwork guidance to support nervous system downregulation during the session, and hot stone or other modalities when appropriate to deepen relaxation and tissue release. Regular massage — even monthly — has a meaningful, cumulative effect on baseline stress levels and physical tension patterns.
Massage for stress and anxiety may be appropriate if you carry chronic physical tension related to stress, anxiety, or emotional overwhelm, struggle to relax or decompress even outside of work, experience physical symptoms of chronic stress like headaches, jaw tension, or fatigue, or simply want a consistent, effective way to manage the physical impact of a high-demand life. Massage is self-pay (not billed to insurance).
Other conditions we treat with massage therapy
- Back Pain & Muscle Tension
- Headaches from Tension
- Neck & Shoulder Tension
- Pregnancy & Prenatal Massage
- Sports Recovery & Overuse Injuries
What patients say
Real people, real recoveries
“I was impressed with the compassion and professionalism today. I really appreciated the sense of humor that helps to relax.”
“Every chiropractor and massage therapist I’ve seen here has been exceptional!”
“I couldn’t recommend Chiropractic Remedy more. In fact I have recommended it to many of my friends.”
Your Body Needs to Recover, Not Just Push Through.
Book a stress-relief massage at Chiropractic Remedy in Burbank, CA. Our therapists create a genuinely therapeutic experience — not just a superficial one. Call (747) 245-5421 or book online.
Mon – Thu 8am – 7pm · Friday 8am – 4pm · Saturday 9am – 2pm
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