There are so many different types of massage therapy and treatment. If you’ve ever wondered what the difference between deep tissue and swedish, hot stone and cupping, we’ve put together a few helpful videos that show these various modalities in action and answer some of the questions you might have about what type of treatment is right for you.
Swedish Massage
Swedish Massage is the most common massage technique in the West. It uses long, gliding strokes to gently relax the muscles and body, and is a wonderful starting point for anyone new to receiving massage. It’s lighter pressure and fluid movements create a serene, relaxing experience, and helps relieve stress, anxiety, and minor muscle issues.
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Deep Tissue Massage
Swedish Massage is the most common massage technique in the West. It uses long, gliding strokes to gently relax the muscles and body, and is a wonderful starting point for anyone new to receiving massage. It’s lighter pressure and fluid movements create a serene, relaxing experience, and helps relieve stress, anxiety, and minor muscle issues.
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Ashiatsu
Massage can be an intensive process, not just for the patient but for the therapist as well. Ashiatsu is a massage technique that uses feet, elbows, and forearms, which allows the therapist to increase pressure, spread out the impact area, and can relieve some muscular stress the therapist can feel during a traditional Swedish massage.
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Hot Stone
Hot Stone Massage is a technique that uses lava stones that have been worn smooth by the sea, that are heated, and then placed on the body. The stones are cooled to an appropriate temperature for the client by turning them in cold water.
The stones can be placed directly on the body, on top of towels or sheets, as well as used in gliding motions to deepen the affect of the heat and the massage itself. It is a gentle, soothing technique useful for many different methods of body work.
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Cupping
Cupping is a technique in massage and other therapies where “cups” are placed under suction on the skin, creating pressure, thereby helping with issues such as pain, inflammation, and blood flow.
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Gua Sha
This centuries-old technique uses small, rounded spoons and tools to gently “scrub” the skin, which helps activate capillaries and bring stuck toxins, blood, and chi to the skin’s surface. Though the technique looks painful, it is quite safe and is usually quite comfortable and relaxing.
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