Practiced as a type of bodywork in Thailand for hundreds of years. Combines yoga-like stretches with treatment of energy lines (similar to meridians in Chinese medicine). It's a whole-body massage designed to increase flexibility and promote relaxation. Wear comfortable workout clothes or sweatpants and prepare for total relaxation.
A Japanese healing art with roots in Oriental massage and Traditional Chinese Medicine. Similar in style to Thai Massage, but this modality works with meridians more closely resembling acupuncture in its' effect. Deeply relaxing yet invigorating massage that gives the participant s feeling of tranquility, balance and energy. Performed on a mat on the floor with the client fully clothed in workout clothes. It's especially effective in focusing in immediate problems of pain and stress.
Spend 75 minutes in the treatment that is the hottest rage of top day spas around the country. Allow the deep, penetrating heat of volcanic basalt stones melt your tension away. Your therapist will use hot stones for key pressure point areas while focusing on deep relaxation techniques. A balance of cold stones may be used to help
the nervous system become balanced and more efficient.
Relax while your therapist adds heat to the muscles which enhances the relaxation, circulation and healing process of therapeutic massage.
A therapeutic approach to induce general relaxation while improving circulation and range of motion.
Therapists use the basic strokes of gliding,kneading. friction pressure. tapping, and vibration. It induces the relaxation response, which aides recovery from stress and helps prevent the onset of illness and injury. Massage can also flush wastes such as lactic acid from tired muscles to relieve aches and pains. Good for helping the body remove toxins, deliver nutrients to tissues and cells more efficient and recover from strains and trauma more easily.
A more specific approach to massage. It is a slow, specific technique that contacts the deeper intrinsic muscles. It focuses on tension, stress, emotional armoring, which affects the muscles connective tissue. and fascial layers. Deep tissue helps to reeducate muscles. nervous system and increase awareness to tension. Good for stress, tension, old injuries, sciatica, lower back pain, muscle spasm, immobility of muscles, limited range of motion, headache.
Pregnancy is a time of many changes and even welcome change can be stressful. Hormonal changes and and an expanding uterus can cause a variety of symptoms including headaches, insomnia, back pain, constipation, sciatica and fatigue. A massage therapist who has specific training and experience with pregnant women uses customized techniques to render relief and support to the expectant mother.
Good for preparing the pregnant woman for the birthing process by releasing chronic tension for minimal resistance during delivery. Breathing, focusing, and relaxation techniques are practiced during the massage.
A gentle, hands-on approach to body work. Craniosacral massage employs a very light touch (only pressure of a nickel) and achieves excellent results. The client remains fully clothed during this session. The massage deals with the bones of the head, spinal column, sacrum and the underlying structures. The main objective of this work is to find restrictions and/or compression in these areas and use specifically designed techniques to release these areas. Good for chronic pain, especially in the neck and back; headaches, tension,migraine, TMJ dysfunction, arthritis,stress-related dysfunction.
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