Dave’s Massage & Health Blog

Welcome to Integration Massage, Hannah Donavant, LMBT! Hannah, a Hatteras Island native, graduated from Casey/Reilly School of Massotherapy in 2003. After a 10 year break to raise a family she is back at it! Her specialties include traditional Swedish massage, deep...

At Integration Massage we are fully committed to our responsibility to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. As we navigate life with additional requirements and modify existing measures due to the coronavirus, please help us to support all of our clients by...

We are open for appointments and ready to help you RELAX and DE-STRESS! Please know that we are taking every precaution to ensure a safe and healthy environment for you, our clients. We are leaving additional time between each appointment in order to allow us...

We've temporarily postponed all appointments due to the "Stay at Home" orders as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. We hope to open the week of June 1. Until then, stay safe and wash your hands! View availability & make a reservation online. Available in any...

We are GROWING! We've recently increased our studio size, going from two rooms to five, including a spacious couples massage room and our new prenatal massage. We're grateful to share our space with Shelley Bea Davis of Windswept Spa who brings...

Integration Massage & Bodywork is excited to announce the addition of our brand new pregnancy/prenatal massage table now available at our Kill Devil Hills massage studio location. We selected the Athena table from Custom Craftworks because...

Stressors may be either of physiological or psychological etiology (Lavallo, 1997; Upledger, 1987). Any threat to the homeostatic mechanisms of the body is considered a stressor (Lavallo, 1997). Physical stressors are events that directly challenge one’s...

Central Nervous System In the brain, a potential stressor is first perceived in the thalamus which relays the sensory information via cortical projections to the pre-frontal cortex. In the pre-frontal cortex the implied stressor is given meaning and is...

The tempormandibular joint (jaw joint or TMJ) is a rather complex aspect of our anatomy. Its complexity leaves it prone to a number of pain responses and histological (tissue) changes. The following is a brief description of its anatomy and how it...