Get in touch with the many benefits of massage therapy
Massage can be a powerful tool to help you take charge of your health and well-being. See if it’s right for you. Balanced You Clinic offers the following styles:
- Swedish Massage: This is a gentle form of massage that uses long strokes, kneading, deep circular movements, vibration and tapping to help relax and energize you.
- Therapeutic Massage: This technique is a customized, goal-oriented bodywork session focusses on addressing specific physical concerns.
- Deep Tissue Massage: This massage technique uses slower, more-forceful strokes to target the deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue, commonly to help with muscle damage from injuries.
- Ashiatsu Massage: Ashiatsu massage therapy involves the therapist using their feet and the support of bars anchored in the ceiling to apply ranges of pressure from medium to deep onto the body. This modality releases deeply held tension, improves posture and circulation, and decreases pain.
Benefits of massage
Massage is generally considered part of complementary and alternative medicine. It’s increasingly being offered along with standard treatment for a wide range of medical conditions and situations.
Studies of the benefits of massage demonstrate that it is an effective treatment for reducing stress, pain and muscle tension.
When people experience routine massgae therapy, they may feel a notable reduction in symptoms associated with the following conditions:
- Anxiety
- Digestive disorders
- Fibromyalgia
- Headaches
- Insomnia related to stress
- Tension in the mind & body
- Myofascial pain syndrome
- Soft tissue strains or injuries
- Sports injuries
- Temporomandibular joint pain
What you can expect during a massage
You don’t need any special preparation for massage. Before a massage therapy session starts, your massage therapist will ask you about any symptoms, your medical history and what you’re hoping to get out of massage. Your massage therapist will explain the kind of massage and techniques he or she will use.
In a typical massage therapy session, you undress to your comfort level or wear loose-fitting clothing. Your therapist will have you lie on the massage table and your body will be covered by a sheet. At Balanced You Clinic, our massage tables are outfitted with table warmers as well, so if you need to be warmer, please let us know so we can adjust the heat settings. If you are too hot, we can make adjustments to cool your body down as well! After reviewing your massage intake form, your massage therapist will perform a consultation before your session begins to determine areas of discomfort or what you are seeking from your massage.
Depending on preference, your massage therapist may use oil or lotion to reduce friction on your skin. Tell your massage therapist if you might be allergic to any ingredients. If a massage therapist is pushing too hard, ask for lighter pressure. Occasionally you may have a sensitive spot in a muscle that feels like a knot. It’s likely to be uncomfortable while your massage therapist works it out. But if it becomes painful, please let your therapist know.
At Balanced You Clinic, we offer 60, 90, and 120-minute massage appointments, depending on the type of massage and how much time you have!
Meet our Massage Therapists
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Lydia Moneyhun, LMT
Stephenie Kurtz, LMT