MASSAGE & BODYWORK SERVICES
Better Health Massage™
A unique blend, our signature treatment is at once deeply relaxing and intensely therapeutic. From head to toe long flowing strokes are combined with targeted muscle release techniques to provide deep relaxation, renewal, and pain relief. Depth of pressure is firm yet comfortable.
Key benefits: Releases mind/body tension, decreases stress, reduces blood pressure, joint pain and muscle soreness, and relieves headaches. Improves posture, flexibility, circulation and overall skin tone, enhanced sense of well-being.
Deep Tissue / Sports Massage
Treatment relieves specific areas of muscle pain, tightness and imbalances. Techniques include: myofascial release, positional release, trigger point therapy and deep tissue work. Stretching is used to lengthen shortened muscles and increase joint range of motion. Corrective exercises may be incorporated to strengthen weakened areas. Depth of pressure is tailored to individual tolerance.
Key benefits: Softens and restores chronically tight muscles or spasm, breaks up scar tissue and adhesions, and increases healthy blood flows to these areas. Relieves soft tissue injuries such as muscular spasm, strains, and tendonitis. Aids in achieving greater overall flexibility, balance and strength for faster recovery, reduced incidence of injury, and higher participation levels in whatever your "sport."
Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy™
"The deepest most luxurious massage on the planet", this unique deep tissue massage is an adaptation of an ancient form of barefoot massage. Oils and lotions are applied to the body and soft, clean bare feet deliver a rhythmic, deep Swedish massage. Parallel bars are overhead to provide the therapist balance and control.
Key benefits: deeply relaxed state, improved posture and flexibility, reduces chronic lower and upper back pain, sciatica, scoliosis, tight or painful calves and hamstrings.
Pregnancy Massage
A great gift for any mother to be, this relaxing and therapeutic session is specifically designed to target the aches and pains of pregnancy while being 100% safe for mother and child.
Key Benefits: Reduces stress, relieves aches and pains in muscles and joints - specifically low back, neck, hips & legs. Increased blood and lymph circulation help reduce swelling in arms and legs, enhanced pliability of the skin, comforts & provides emotional support during pregnancy.
Active Release Technique (ART)
ART is a patented, state of the art technique in which providers diagnose and treat soft tissue injuries. 30 Minute session combines both examination and treatment, using movement based massage techniques to help resolve injuries such as repetitive strains, adhesions, and joint dysfunction. Providers use hands on touch to evaluate the texture, tightness and movement of soft tissue. Soft tissue is in reference primarily to muscles, tendons, fascia, ligaments, and nerves.
Key benefits: Relief from almost any shoulder, hand or arm injury and pain including swimmer’s shoulder, racquet sport injury, tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, arthritis of the hand, and carpal tunnel syndrome.
Reiki
Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing. It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.
Craniosacral Therapy
CST is a gentle, hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of a physiological body system called the craniosacral system - comprised of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. Using a soft touch generally no greater than 5 grams, or about the weight of a nickel, practitioners release restrictions in the craniosacral system to improve the functioning of the central nervous system.