Swedish Relaxation Massage

Light to medium pressure using long, flowing strokes on superficial muscle tissues. Good for relaxing the mind and body and helps with depression/ anxiety, PTSD.

Benefits:

✓ Improved circulation

✓ Improved skin

✓ Promotes healthy sleep

✓ Lowers blood pressure

Deep Tissue Massage

Medium to firm pressure, focusing on deepest layers of muscle tissue, tendons and fascia (protective layer surrounding muscles, tendons and joints). Pressure is focused with short strokes. Good for chronic pain and injuries, sciatica, fibromyalgia, frozen shoulder, etc.

Benefits:

✓ Reduction of inflammation

✓ Increased blood flow

✓ Promotes healing

Hot Stone Massage

Uses smooth, round stones heated to 110-135 degrees in place of hands to relax tight muscles, relieve pain, and promote emotional wellbeing. Focuses on soft tissues. Muscle adhesions seem to “melt” with this modality.

Benefits:

✓ Reduction of pain

✓ Stress/anxiety

✓ Promotes sleep

✓ May relieve autoimmune disease symptoms

✓ Boosts immunity

✓ May help decrease cancer symptoms

Cold Stone Migraine Therapy

Gentle pressure on specific areas of the face and head. The combined use of cold stones (3 degrees), aromatherapy and massage can relieve headaches before they turn into full blown migraines by relaxing tension and pressure. Good for occasional and chronic sufferers. Clients should try to schedule as soon as they feel a headache that began from their migraine triggers. If they don’t know their triggers, we can help figure them out.

Benefits:

✓ Headache/migraine relief

✓ Tension and stress

✓ May reduce need for medication

Therapeutic Massage

Combines different pressures as well as modalities and is tailored to the individual depending on their needs. The therapist will assess the client’s needs and apply the type of massage she feels is best suited. Can include any of the above therapies as well as stretching, assisted Range of Motion, myofascial release (relaxation of constricted muscles) and/or trigger point therapy (a localized knot or spasm in a muscle that causes referred pain in other areas of the body).

Benefits:

✓ Injuries

✓ Arthritis

✓ Joint issues

✓ Pain reduction

✓ High blood pressure