Mid-December, But Not the December We Expect

December in Denver is supposed to bite. Sharp air, tight shoulders, hands shoved into pockets like the body knows what’s coming.. but this year the city is floating through an unseasonably warm spell, and it throws the nervous system just slightly off balance. The calendar says winter but the body says maybe not yet.

Warm days in December invite motion. People walk longer, sit outside, carry tension differently. Muscles don’t lock up the way they usually do, but they also don’t fully relax. The body stays alert, waiting for the cold that hasn’t arrived. That kind of in-between season has its own strain.

When the weather doesn’t match expectations, the body compensates. You move more, stretch less, skip recovery because nothing hurts yet. Then one morning you wake up with a neck that won’t turn or a low back that feels like it missed a memo. That’s December tension wearing a warm disguise.

Massage in a stretch of warm winter weather isn’t about thawing frozen tissue. It’s about recalibration. Letting muscles release before they harden. Letting the nervous system settle instead of hovering. It’s maintenance for bodies that are still moving like it’s October while the year quietly runs out of road.

December always brings motion - travel, gatherings, long drives, late nights - but warm air makes people forget the cost. Massage creates a pause in that forward rush. A reset before winter eventually shows up and asks for payment.

The season doesn’t always look how it’s supposed to. Bodies still keep score. Taking care of them now means fewer problems when January finally decides to behave like January.

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