Swedish
During a Swedish massage your therapist will use light to firm pressure. This massage involves kneading the muscles as well long, rhythmic strokes on the body. It helps to relieve tension and loosen your muscles.
Deep Tissue
During a deep tissue massage your therapist will use slow strokes with direct pressure or friction movements that go across muscle grain. This technique helps to relieve chronic muscle tension and is especially helpful for stiff necks, lower back tightness, and sore shoulders. Deep tissue massage targets pain and tension that is deep below the skin’s surface.
Shiatsu
Shiatsu is a form of Japanese massage therapy that uses a variety of techniques including pressure, kneading, soothing, tapping, assisted stretching, and joint manipulation. It is known to help increase blood circulation and lymph flow throughout your body. This not only helps your body heal itself, but it also boosts your immune system, so that your body stays healthier overall.
Ashiatsu
Ashiatsu is a massage technique that involves the application of the practitioner’s feet, rather than the hands or arms, to a patient’s body. In Japanese, ashi means foot, and atsu means pressure; so it literally translates to foot pressure. During an Ashiatsu massage, therapists use their bare feet to deliver deep compression, long gliding strokes, and/or assisted stretching.
Thai
Thai massage is an active massage that helps to relieve pain and stress while improving flexibility. During the massage, you will lie on a mat on the floor while your therapist uses a combination of compression, acupressure, and passive stretching during the treatment. Remember to wear loose fitting comfortable clothing when choosing this option.
Hot Stone
Hot stone therapy is a specialist massage that uses smooth, flat, heated basalt stones that are positioned along your spine, in the palms of your hands, along your legs and between the toes. Typically from riverbeds, basalt stones are used for massage as they have a rich iron content that retains heat. Cold marble stones are often used in the treatment to help aid with detoxing and healing the body.
Reflexology
Reflexology uses gentle to firm pressure on different pressure points on the feet, hands, and ears. Reflexology can restore natural energy, improve mood, decrease fatigue, and reduce pain.
Lymphatic Drainage
Lymphatic drainage is a gentle massage that encourages lymph fluids to circulate through the body, removing toxins and improving circulation. Lymphatic drainage can help to improve conditions such as fibromyalgia, edema, digestive disorders, arthritis, and migraines.
Prenatal
This is a mild pressure massage, similar to the Swedish massage focusing on the lower back, hips, and legs. Prenatal massages are only performed after the first trimester and safely reduce pregnancy induced aches and pains, decrease stress, and ease muscle tension.
