All massages are an integration of various techniques to provide the optimal treatment experience for each client.
2025 rates:
ear seeding = $75.00
30 minutes bodywork = $75.00
45 minutes bodywork = $100.00
60 minutes bodywork = $125.00
75 minutes bodywork = $157.00
90 minutes bodywork = $188.00
105 minutes bodywork = $219.00 120 minutes (2-hr) bodywork = $250.00
Your individualized session may include:
Therapeutic Massage--long, flowing strokes for relaxation and increased circulation as well as slow, compressive and lengthening strokes to reduce the body's stress caused by chronically shortened muscles and tight fascia. Including strokes directed to encourage realignment of soft tissue and increased joint range of motion.
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF)--gentle, resistive techniques to increase neuromuscular communication, allowing muscles and tendons to return to their optimal position and optimal balance of tension and strength.
In practice this will look like me providing resistance and asking you to "resist my pressure" by pressing into my hand or arm for a few seconds and then telling you to relax. Then I will often ask you to take a breath and remain relaxed while I stretch the muscles for you on your exhale. I will often do this technique on your neck and traps by turning or having you turn your head to the side then resting my forearm against the side of your head and cuing you to "turn your head towards me to provide slight pressure against my arm." I will count off 8-12 seconds silently and then tell you to relax and take a slow/deep breath; then I will stretch your neck muscles on your exhale by bracing one hand on the top of your shoulder and using the other hand to turn your head further in the direction it's already facing. We usually do three repetitions to maximize the increase in joint range of motion. Another area I often use this technique is on the TFL (tensor fascia lata) which is the muscle attached to the upper end of the iliotibial band (IT band) on the side of the thigh.
When someone mentions sciatic nerve pain, I often use the contract/relax portion of this technique without the stretch to help relax the piriformis muscle which is the muscle under the glutes that the sciatic nerve runs through. Relaxing the piriformis decompresses the sciatic nerve and gives it more room to glide back and forth when the body moves. This will look like me bending your leg at the knee while you're face-down and pressing on the outside of your lower leg (between shin and calf) while you press your leg out into my hand creating internal hip rotation and then switching and doing the opposite where I have my hand on the inside of your lower leg and gently pull your leg outward while you press against my hand as if to move your leg back in towards the other leg. Your leg might not move at all, but the effort creates external rotation at the hip.
Trigger-Point Therapy--pressure applied to points on the body (usually within tense muscle) to encourage the release of muscle tension and the associated pain, numbness, and tingling.
In practice this will look like me telling you while you're face-down on the table that I am going to apply firm pressure while moving parallel to your spine from your traps to your lower back. I will ask you to cue me to pause by saying "there" when I reach a point that feels intense. Then I will hold pressure while you take about three slow, deep breaths. That's usually all the time it takes for you to feel the intense sensation diminish significantly or even dissipate completely. Then I will continue slowly moving down your back in the same direction and pausing if and when we find anymore trigger points to work with.
This technique can theoretically be applied anywhere in the body, and the most common areas where I use it tend to be down the length of the back on both sides of the spine, right between the neck and traps, and on the calves.
Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT)--a form of bodywork that uses light touch to facilitate lymph flow throughout the body to transport large proteins, pathogens, and toxins where they can be filtered out of the body; while increasing circulation to deliver oxygen and nutrients and restoring a natural hormonal balance.
I currently specialize in LDT and integrate lymph drainage of the face and neck into almost every session before I massage your neck.
Craniosacral Therapy (CST)--a very gentle, light touch therapy approach that releases tensions in the central nervous system so that every other system in the body can relax, self-correct, and free itself of pain and discomfort. CST releases restrictions in the connective tissue (membranes) surrounding the brain and spinal cord using the bones of the cranium and sacrum as "handles."
Prenatal/Postpartum Massage
Neurotactile Integration
Abdominal Massage (ATMAT--Arvigo Technique of Maya Abdominal Therapy)
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