The Benefits.
Thai herbal compress.
Technique: Thai herbal compress
Benefits: Combines the anti-inflammatory properties of turmeric, the muscle-relaxing effects of lemongrass, and the soothing benefits of kaffir lime to enhance circulation, relieve muscle tension, and reduce swelling.
Experience: Warm herbal compresses infused with therapeutic herbs are applied to soothe muscles, reduce inflammation, and restore energy.
Nourishing Therapies for Fall 2024
Warm oil massage.
Technique: Warm oil massage
Benefits: Nourishes skin, calms the nervous system, improves circulation, and reduces stress.
Experience: Gentle, flowing strokes with warm organic sesame oil, providing deep relaxation and hydration.
Swedish.
Technique: Swedish Massage
Benefits: Relieves stress, reduces anxiety, helps return body to a balanced state.
Experience: Long, flowing strokes applied at your pressure preference for a relaxing, full body retreat.
Massage Modalities.
Deep Tissue.
Technique: Deep Tissue Massage
Benefits: Concentrated pressure relaxes muscles, fascia, and tendons.
Experience: Slow, deliberate strokes applied to deep layers of muscle tissue providing relief.
Western Combo.
Technique: Combination Swedish + Deep Tissue
Benefits: Reduces pain, releases chronic tension, increases circulation.
Experience: Relaxing touch paired with deeper pressure leaving you feeling renewed.
Shiatsu
Technique: Shiatsu (finger pressure)
Benefits: Restores balance in the whole body by opening up the flow of energy throughout the body.
Experience: Relaxing, invigorating, light pressured treatment applied over client clothing and accompanied with gentle stretching.
Acupressure.
Technique: Acupressure point work
Benefits: Helps relieve stress and anxiety, improves sleep, regulates digestive issues, minimizes headaches.
Experience: Light, energetic pressure applied to designated areas on the body for symptom relief.
Thai.
Technique: Thai Massage Technique
Benefits: Relieves pain and revives energy with compression and stretching.
Experience: Gentle pressure on energy lines and yoga-like stretching provide a relaxing experience for the whole body.
Recovery Applications.
Pneumatic Compression Therapy.
Technique: Therabody RecoveryAir Pro System
Benefits: Boosts circulation & lymphatic drainage, reduces DOMS, decreases swelling & stiffness, relieves muscle fatigue.
Experience: Precise air pressure fills medical grade compression pants beginning at the feet and moving towards the heart, creating maximum circulation.
Percussive Therapy.
Technique: Theragun
Benefits: Scientifically-calibrated device designed to work deep into muscle to provide relief from soreness, tightness and stress.
Experience: Medium to intense vibrating pressure in targeted areas over a short or long duration of time.
Myofascial Stretch Therapy.
Technique: Active & Passive stretching
Benefits: Increases flexibility, range of motion, and neuromuscular efficiency (proper recruitment of the correct muscles to produce/reduce force and stabilize the body's structure in all three planes of motion).
Experience: Therapist will move articulations and stretch muscle to elongate fibers and release myofascial connective tissue.
Infrared Sauna.
Technique: Far Infrared Sauna
Benefits: Reduces the stress response and creates balance in the autonomic nervous system, improves circulation, helps with weight loss, balances blood sugar, and improves detoxification—each of which improves your brain function.
Experience: Warming strokes loosen connective tissue to prepare for light pressure on targeted muscles.
Cupping.
Technique: Glass or silicon cups gently sucks to your skin and lifts underlying soft tissue into the cup.
Benefits: Releases fascial adhesions, reduces painful trigger points, improves circulation, promotes mobility and range of motion.
Experience: Cupping is very relaxing and generally not painful. The sensation that is experienced is a pulling of the skin as the cup is moved in a rolling fashion. Redness or a feeling of warmth is usually experienced after the release of the cup due to increase blood flow to the area.
Scraping.
Technique: Scraping Instruments
Benefits: Breaks up adhesions and restore normal tissue mobility
Experience: The treatment can range from comfortable to slightly uncomfortable and commonly causes redness during the treatment and some soreness the day after.