Massage Modalities:
Sports Massage:
Sports massage is a form of bodywork geared toward participants in athletics. It is used to help prevent injuries, to prepare the body for athletic activity and maintain it in optimal condition, and to help athletes recover from workouts and injuries. Sports massage has three basic forms: pre-event massage, post-event massage, and maintenance massage.
Lymphatic Drainage Massage:
During a lymph drainage massage, a specially-trained massage therapist uses a series of gliding, compressing, stretching, and cupping motions, to assist the lymphatic system to remove waste and toxins from the bodily tissues. Health conditions can cause lymph fluid to build up, and Lymphatic drainage massages can benefit people with lymphedema, fibromyalgia, post-surgical and other conditions.
Trigger Point Massage:
Trigger point massage therapy is specifically designed to alleviate the source of the pain through cycles of isolated pressure and release. In this type of massage for trigger point therapy, the recipient actively participates through deep breathing as well as identifying the exact location and intensity of the discomfort.
Pre-Natal Massage:
Massage therapy during pregnancy is a wonderful complementary choice for prenatal care. It is a healthy way to reduce stress and promote overall wellness. Massage relieves many of the normal discomforts experienced during pregnancy, such as backaches, stiff neck, leg cramps, headaches and edema (or swelling).
Oncology Massage:
The benefits of oncology massage can continue even after the patient leaves the massage room. Therapists often recommend self-massage techniques patients can perform on themselves at any time for added relief from the side effects they experience from chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
Orthopedic Massage:
Orthopedic Massage consist of a variety of modalities which focus on an injury, deformity or disorder of the musculo-skeletal system. Advanced techniques are applied to achieve the Normalization of Soft Tissue. Massage techniques such as Trigger Point Therapy, Myofascial Release and Cross-Fiber Friction massage are often applied to assist scar tissue release.
Neuromuscular Massage Therapy:
Neuromuscular Massage Therapy applies massage techniques that work with the nervous system to release muscular holding patterns. We use a combination of active, direct techniques that promote muscle relaxation by activating nerve cells embedded in the muscle belly and/or tendon. Their purpose is to gain motion that is limited by restrictions of neuromuscular structures.
Myo-Fascial Release:
Myofascial Release is a highly specialized stretching & deep, manual therapy technique used by massage therapists to treat patients with a variety of soft-tissue problems. This form of bodywork uses long, manual stretching strokes that seek to rebalance the body by releasing tension in the fascia/connective tissue.
Addons:
Dry Cupping:
Cupping therapy is an ancient form of alternative medicine in which a therapist puts special cups on your skin for a few minutes to create suction. Dry Cupping therapy helps with pain- management, inflammation, blood flow, relaxation and well-being, and as a type of deep-tissue massage.
Kinesiology tape:
