Massage

Massage is the application of soft-tissue manipulation techniques to the body, generally intended to reduce stress and fatigue while improving circulation.



Benefits of Massage include:

  • Alleviating low back pain
  • Easing medication dependance
  • Enhanced immunity
  • Exercises and stretches weak, tight, or atrophied muscles
  • Helps atheletes of any level prepare for, and recover from strenuous workouts
  • Improves the condition of the body's largest organ--the skin
  • Increases joint flexibility
  • Lessens depression and anxiety
  • Promote tissue regeneration, reducing scar tissue and stretchmarks
  • Pumps oxygen and nutrients into tissues and vital organs, improving circulation
  • Reduces spasms and cramping
  • Releases endorphins (amino acids that work as the body's natural painkiller)
  • Relieves migrane pain

Full Body Massage (Swedish)

 

     60 minutes             $65.00       
  Series of 3 $175.00
   90 minutes $90.00
   Series of 3  $240.00



 

 

This classic European body massage utilizes soothing, relaxing strokes to increase circulation, improve skin and muscle tone, and achieve total relaxation.

Deep Tissue Massage

       30 minutes                 $45.00      
       Series of 3     $120.00
       60 minutes      $75.00
       Series of 3     $200.00
       90 minutes     $100.00
       Series of 3     $270.00



Deep Tissue massage is a type of massage therapy that focuses on tight muscles and trigger points.  These trigger points can be felt through the skin, and can be painful passively or to the touch. Not uncommonly, if a person carries a trigger point for too long, the brain tunes out the pain and can lose the ability to fully stretch or move the muscle as intended. Quite often, tuned out trigger points can make a person feel very stiff. Not to say that it is irreversible; deep tissue massage can greatly assist in relieving trigger points. When a trigger point is located and properly manipulated during a session, the difference is very noticeable.
We advise clients to drink plenty of water after this treatment to aid in the elimination of internal toxins released from muscles affected by the massage. Communication between the client and the therapist is very important to determine the proper level of intensity.
It is especially helpful for chronically tense and contracted areas such as stiff necks, low back tightness, and sore shoulders. Some of the same strokes are used as classic massage therapy, but the movement  is slower and the pressure is deeper and more concentrated on areas of tension and pain.

A Deep Tissue massage is the way to go to help with pain relief !!

Pre-Natal Massage



       30 minutes                 $45.00      
       Series of 3     $120.00
       60 minutes      $75.00
       Series of 3     $200.00
       90 minutes     $100.00
       Series of 3     $270.00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Prenatal massage therapy focuses on the special needs of the mother-to be. While providing emotional support and nurturing touches, it provides relaxation by relieving stress on joints, eases neck and back pain, helps to keep good posture and relaxes and provides flexibility to birthing muscles. Massage can aid the circulator and lymphatic systems, which can keep blood flowing to both the mother and the baby, and reduce fatigue.  It stimulates different glands in the body, which help to stabilize hormone levels, and relieves nervous tension throughout the body. Massage oils and creams with vitamin E included may help with possible stretching of the skin around the belly.  Doctors agree that a relaxed mother will be more likely to have a happier and healthier pregnancy, and perhaps an easier delivery. 



Studies have shown that prenatal massage can:

  • Relieve depression, anxiety, and nervousness caused by hormonal changes
  • Increase blood and lymph circulation, which helps to reduce swelling and improves the oxygen supply to the baby
  • Relieve muscle discomfort such as cramping, tightening, stiffness, and knots
  • Reduce pain and encourage relaxation, which can facilitate labor
  • Improve muscle and skin tone 
  • Provide emotional support through nurturing touch 
  • Promote relaxation and relieve insomnia 
  • Relieve stress on weight-bearing joints such as lower back, pelvis, and ankles 
  • Alleviate neck, shoulder, and back pain caused by muscle imbalance

Hot Stone Massage




           60 minutes                 $85.00       
  Series of 3 $230.00
   90 minutes $110.00
   Series of 3  $295.00



Let your muscles soak in the therapeutic heat of stones. This relaxing massage is great for soothing tires muscles, easing chronic muscle tension, speeding the healing of injured soft tissue, and improving circulation.

Thai Herbal Ball Massage

           60 minutes                 $90.00       
  Series of 3 $240.00
   90 minutes $115.00
   Series of 3  $310.00

Inspired by the practices of 14th century Thai Therapy, this treatment utilizes a unique fabric stamp filled with skin-benefiting ingredients and the power of heat to detoxify, re-mineralize, exfoliate, de-stress and relax. Natural earth clays draw out impurities while Tropical Asian Ginger and White Tea stimulate circulation and smooth skin. The deep manipulations along the pressure points and the meridian of the body relieve aching muscle tissue and work to rebalance the body.

Reflexology

 
    45 minutes          $45.00   
Series of 3      $120.00   

Reflexology aims to bring about greater unity of mind, body and spirit, as well as being an excellent form of relaxation. 

Foot Reflexology is based on the ancient belief that each organ in the body corresponds to a reflex point in the foot.  Using gentle thumb and finger pressure points, the therapist releases blockage and re-establishes the body's energy flow.  Reflexologists believe that cures for ailments such as acne, gingivitis, and even diabetes can be achieved through manipulation of the nerve endings in the foot. You and your feet will feel complete refreshed and rejuvenated.

Lymphatic Drainage Therapy



      30 minutes                 $45.00      
       Series of 3     $120.00
       60 minutes      $75.00
       Series of 3     $200.00
       90 minutes     $100.00
       Series of 3     $270.00



Lymphatic Drainage therapy (LDT) is a gentle, light-touch, noninvasive technique that offers help to conditions related to pregnancy, including engorgement, plugged ducts, wounds, fissures, ulcerations, bruises and dermatitis (eczema). This therapy can also provide relief from chronic inflammation and pre and post surgical applications, and can be used for cosmetic applications, such as mastoptosis, scars and traumas. The lymphatic system absorbs fluid, macromolecules, microorganisms, toxins, waste products and foreign substances from the interstitial tissue. Gravity is the main opposition to lymph flow, and LDT can aid the natural process of removing these fluids and toxins from the body.

Myofascial Release


      30 minutes                 $45.00      
       Series of 3     $120.00
       60 minutes      $75.00
       Series of 3     $200.00
       90 minutes     $100.00
       Series of 3     $270.00

Fascia is a web of tissue that covers and connects the muscles, organs, and skeletal structures, located between the skin and the muscle and bone. Muscle and fascia form the myofascial system. Injuries, stress, inflammation, trauma, and poor posture can all contribute to the restriction to fascia. Since fascia is an interconnected web, the restriction or tightness to fascia at a place, with time can spread to other places in the body like a pull in a knit sweater, causing pain or soreness. Myofascial release is the form of soft tissue therapy that manipulates the fascia intended for pain relief, increasing range of motion, and balancing the body.