Massage

Integrative Therapeutic Massage

Relaxation Massage

Pregnancy Massage

Prenatal care is vital for a happy and healthy mother and baby and massage can offer many benefits in the second and third trimesters.

·   Helping minor aches and pains that come with pregnancy

·   Helping to alleviate anxiety and stress

·   Can help to improve mood and depressive states

·   Can help improve sleep quality and insomnia

·   Offers improvement in circulation which can also help with lymph movement and fluid retention

·   1999 study shared in the Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology found “reduced anxiety, improved mood, better sleep and less back pain among expectant mothers who received massage twice weekly for five weeks”.

Happy mothers can help to make happy babies. Your massage therapist will offer a temperature-controlled room and a comfortable and safe position in which to receive your light pressure relaxation massage. This service can also be combined with healing sounds and light as an add on service. Cost is $25 for 30 minutes/$50 for one hour

Infant Massage

Massage is not just for adult relaxation. Infant massage can be a wonderful health tool with many benefits for growing babies. Numerous studies have revealed that massage can also help premature babies as well are full term. Some of the benefits are:

·  Enhances immune system and muscle tone

·  Increased circulation

·  Improvement in sleep

·  Relief of gastrointestinal difficulties

·  Strengthens parent/child bonding time when done by caregiver

·  Reduces irritability and fussiness

"While infant massage provides innumerable physiologic benefits to infants, it should not be thought of as a therapeutic treatment done to a baby. It is an affectionate interaction experienced with a baby," McClure.

Your massage therapist will be able to demonstrate the strokes and flow for you while your infant is receiving their massage and be able to answer any questions you may have. Massage sessions can run up to 20 minutes or as long as the baby is happy and engaged in the therapy. 20 minute sessions are $15/ 10 minutes for $9

Herbal Rub Therapy

Herbal rub therapy focuses on addressing dysfunction and restoring balance in the pelvic basin and vertebral column. It can ease complaints of arthritic pain, swelling, general muscle aches, PMS or respiratory problems. This is a body work therapy that can be a stand-alone service or part of a full body massage session. This work may be done with moderate pressure at times on trigger points that may or may not be tender to direct pressure. This is done in order to help release knots that hinder circulation due to contraction of the tissue by stretching it and helping to break the cycle of dysfunctional contraction. Focus is along the spine but can also be on the shoulder area, glutes and other points discovered during work.

·       Active trigger points can cause referred pain. Referred pain is pain that is felt in another area of the body when an active trigger point is stimulated by pressure.

·       You may be asked to give your therapist feedback during the session about pain levels and any referral pain you may experience during the applied pressure. Pain response of 5 or 6 out a scale of 1-10 may be experienced during this work but will diminish as the therapy released the points.

·       The herbal rub oils start with the application of peppermint (helps open pores), followed by lobelia (muscle relaxer) and completed with capsicum (for warmth, circulation and absorption).

Lymphatic Drain Massage

The lymph system is a vital part of the body’s immune and waste system. It impacts every organ in the body and helps to improve their function by removing waste products and returning tissue fluid to the blood, plays an important role in intestinal absorption of fats and fat-soluble vitamins, and supports the body’s immune defense against disease. Lymphatic drain massage can assist in enhancing lymph circulation which can be slowed by many factors in day-to-day life.

      Why get a lymphatic drain massage?

·   Help your body remove cellular waste and toxins

·   Support and increase your immune response

·   Increase your oxygen supply

·   Help improve delivery of food and oxygen to all the cells in the body

·   Assist in decreasing chronic inflammation

·   Help to improve hormone delivery

Lymphatic drain massage is light to light but firm pressure and can run 50-90 minutes which includes abdominal work. A breast clearing can also be added to the therapy and can be very beneficial to breast health.

Cost is $50 for one hour/$70 for 90 minutes