Your massage therapy session will be tailored to meet your individual needs based upon conversations between you and one of our highly-skilled therapists. While no two massage therapy sessions are the same, a typical appointment combines Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, and Acupressure techniques (to release knots and alleviate pain), with Swedish and Esalen-style (longer, slower) strokes to create a blissful experience that is therapeutically beneficial, relaxing and rejuvenating. A complete and defined list of all the types of massage therapy offered is listed below our rates.
INDIVIDUAL SESSION
30 Minute Session - $55 (to target a specific issue)
60 Minute Session - $100
90 Minute Session - $135
(Please note that we do have a 24-hour cancellation policy.)
COUPLES SESSION
THE BEST MASSAGE EXPERIENCE YOU AND YOUR BETTER HALF WILL EVER HAVE!!
20% Discount off the following couples' rates through 12/31/07!!
(Please mention this discount when scheduling your session.)
One Hour Session - $200 (total for both)
90 Minute Session - $270 (total for both)
Deep Tissue Massage
Massage applied to the deeper, core layers of the body often using the elbow as well as the usual thumb, finger and fist pressure. Greater awareness is often needed to go into the deeper tissues without hurting the client. Deep tissue work helps with chronic pain and injury rehabilitation.
Swedish Massage
A collection of techniques designed for relaxation, using massage oils to reduce friction. Many of the therapeutic effects include increased circulation, increased flexibility, removal of lactic acid and toxins, relaxes nervous system, and stimulates the skin. Techniques can be modified to treat injuries and muscular related problems.
Shiatsu Massage (either on a table or on the floor with a mat)
A Japanese healing modality similar to Chinese acupressure utilizing a Japanese healing philosophy of ki (life energy). Shiatsu literally means "finger pressure". This form of acupressure is a combination of many different techniques including pressing, hooking, sweeping, shaking, rotating, grasping, vibrating, patting, plucking, lifting, pinching, rolling, brushing, and sometimes walking barefoot on the patients back, legs, and feet.
Acupressure Massage
Ancient healing art that uses fingers to stimulate key points along the meridians to activate the healing response. Acupressure and Acupuncture use the same points but acupressure does not use needles. Symptoms are considered to be an expression of the condition of the body as a whole. It is believed that tension in the muscles blocks the flow of energy (chi) not only in the muscles but in the associated internal organs.
Sports Massage Designed to help atheletes prepare their bodies for optimal performance, recover after a major event, or function well during training. Sports massage is also ideal for people with injuries, chronic pain or restricted range of motion. In other words, it's a good choice if there is a specific problem -- a tender knee from running, for instance. Rather than give a full body massage, the therapist generally focuses in on the problem area.
Medical Massage
Generally practiced in relation to a specific goal focused on improving health of patients. Medical massage is helpful to individuals suffering from various health conditions, including repetitive motion injuries, Thoracic Outlet Syndrome, muscle spasms, neuromuscular conditions, Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, chronic headaches, whiplash, rotator cuff injuries, and soft-tissue injuries as well. Medical massage increases blood supply to skeletal muscles and other body components, while stimulating the nervous system as well. Overall, this modality is a noninvasive therapy that produces beneficial health results to those experiencing numerous health-related illnesses and injuries.
Prenatal Massage
Prenatal massage is a special experience of support and relaxation for a pregnant woman, providing a soothing and nurturing touch combined with focused, individualized attention to her physical and emotional concerns. Depending on the client's needs, the massage practitioner will choose from a variety of bodywork modalities such as Swedish massage, manual lymph drainage, deep tissue work, reflexology, passive movements and stretches as well as muscle energy techniques. Combined with guided breathing the benefits of relaxation happen immediately and she will be able to focus inward on her own body and mind.
Postnatal Massage
Postnatal massage can relieve the stress of delivery by facilitating recovery of the postpartum woman and providing emotional support for the transition into motherhood. Swedish Massage and manual lymph drainage contribute to the rehabilitation of abdominal skin and muscles. Reflexive techniques to feet, hands, and connective tissue address common postnatal issues like constipation, difficulty urinating, uterine cramping, and perineal soreness. Regular massage therapy is especially helpful for post-cesarean mothers who are recuperating from major abdominal surgery, as well as the strain of pregnancy. Manual lymph drainage to the incision site may speed healing of scar tissue.
Trigger Point Therapy
Technique that involves the applying of pressure to tender muscle tissue in order to relieve pain and dis-ease in other parts of the body. Oftentimes, massage and trigger point therapy are performed together. Trigger points differ from acupressure points. Acupressure points are concentrations of energy or blockages of the body's energy pathways. Trigger points are physical phenomena that can be felt by touch. The purpose of trigger point therapy is to re-educate the muscles into pain-free habits. After several treatments, the swelling and stiffness of neuromuscular pain is reduced, range of motion is increased, tension is relieved, and circulation, flexibility and coordination are improved.
