Deep-tissue massage is a specific type of massage therapy that concentrates on the deep layers of muscle and fascia in the body. By using deep finger pressure and slow, firm strokes, deep tissue massage is used to treat a variety of physical ailments such as chronic pain, improving blood pressure, breaks up scar tissue and stress relief.
Therapeutic Massage is the ideal treatment for injuries or muscle pain stemming from sports or work. Therapeutic massage can also help with the aches and pains of everyday life. Therapeutic massage affects the circulatory, lymphatic, nervous and musculoskeletal systems. Many also find therapeutic massage to be relaxing and relieve stress from tight muscles.
Relaxation massage is a gentle Swedish massage that uses smooth, gliding strokes to help you relax. The massage therapist will move at a slower pace and use pressure that is deeply relaxing, but not painful. This treatment is designed to soothe and relax you, not to relieve chronic pain or other underlying ailments. Let us help you relax.
Prenatal Massage is an amazing way to relax nervous tension, reduce stress and promote overall health during pregnancy. It can also help alleviate stress on weight bearing joints as well as relieving many of the normal discomforts experienced during pregnancy such as edema (swelling), headaches, back pain, etc. Please let your Registered Massage Therapist know how far along you are, so they can customize your treatment.
Cupping is an ancient therapy in which cups are placed on the skin and a pump is used to suction them to the skin. Cupping is a therapy designed to stimulate the flow of blood and Qi within the superficial muscle layers. This treatment is used for sore muscles, tension, neck pain, and soothing the nervous system. This treatment is great for high blood pressure, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, common colds, asthma and other respiratory conditions.
Hot stone massage therapy promotes deeper muscle relaxation through the placement of smooth, water-heated stones at key points on the body. The heat can be both deeply relaxing and help warm up tight muscles so the therapist can work more deeply, more quickly. Hot stone can reduce stress and soothe aching muscles, bringing about a state of deep relaxation.Jade stones differ from regular hot stones in that they can be heated and cooled, this greatly increases the results hot stone can offer. Jade is known as the health, wealth and longevity stone. It promotes relaxation and vitality while releasing toxins and inflammation.
Manual lymphatic drainage is a very specific technique assisting our body to refresh and rejuvenate its fluid, enabling it to establish resistance to all types of stress that our systems are placed under by stimulating the immune system. It is not a muscular massage, but essentially works above the muscle fascia as 70% of the lymphatic fluid is found here. This type of massage stimulates fluid circulation and elimination to assist with detoxification. It encourages the lymphatic system to absorb and transport lymph more effectively, stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system via the relaxation effect, and reduces pain by sedating the sensory nerve endings.
Lymph drainage can be beneficial for the following:
- Pre/post surgery
- Edemas and other post traumatic conditions
- Lymphoedema (both primary & secondary)
- Sinusitis/Hayfever
- Breast Surgery (segmental, simple or total)
- Dermatology (eczema, acne vulgaris, seborrhoea, psoriasis)
- Scarring
- Detoxification
- Edema during pregnancy
CranioSacral Therapy is a light-touch approach that releases tensions deep in the body to relieve pain and dysfunction and improve whole-body health and performance.
CranioSacral Therapy helps relieve a full spectrum of pain, illness and dysfunction, including:
- Migraines and Headaches
- Chronic Neck and Back Pain
- Stress and Tension-Related Disorders
- Chronic Fatigue
- Scoliosis
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Orthopedic Problems And Many Other Conditions
Enjoy a soothing massage utilizing specific thumb and finger techniques that are applied to precise reflex points on the feet causing physiological changes to take place in the body.
Visceral Manipulation is used to locate and solve problems throughout the body. It encourages your own natural mechanisms to improve the functioning of your organs, dissipate the negative effects of stress, enhance mobility of the musculoskeletal system through the connective tissue attachments, and influence general metabolism. This is performed by specific placement of soft manual forces to encourage the normal mobility, tone and motion of the viscera and their connective tissues. These gentle manipulations can potentially improve the functioning of individual organs, the systems the organs function within, and the structural integrity of the entire body.
Massage treatments can be beneficial for children of all ages. Therapeutic Massage is a non-invasive treatment which can positively affect many health concerns children face.
Our kids today are busier than ever. De-stressing and relaxation is important to learn at an early age. Massage is an effective way to teach kids how to calm their minds and bodies in our busy world.
Many sports programs put stress on growing bodies. Unfortunately, even kids get aches & pains from overuse. Massage can help alleviate tired sore muscles.
Children’s massage can also help with:
- Alleviate growing pains
- Relieve stress & anxiety
- Stretch and soothe tired muscles
- Relieve bad digestion
- Calm bad moods
- Promote healthy sleep patterns
Raindrop Technique is a non-invasive, very powerful technique that combines several holistic modalities to bring balance and alignment to the body. The technique draws from Lakota wellness traditions and combines unique, targeted massage and energy approaches with pure, authentic essential oils for a deeply harmonizing, rejuvenating, and relaxing experience.
Brain Therapy is an advanced technique that uses an original paradigm. It moves beyond concentrating on the movement of the cranial bones and membranes and works extensively with the brain tissue (parenchyma), grey and white matter to specifically support proper brain function.
Brain therapy can help patients of all ages, and specifically those with brain and spinal related pathologies including:
- Back or spine-related pain
- Closed head injury/traumatic brain injury
- Cognitive/behavioral dysfunctions
- Dementia
- Headaches
- Postural problems
- Post-meningitis syndrome, post-polio syndromes
- PTSD
- Stroke
In children, these techniques can also be helpful for many conditions including:
- ADD/ADHD
- Auditory, visual or vestibular processing
- Autism spectrum disorders
- Birth difficulties or trauma
- Cerebral palsy
- Down syndrome
- Dyslexia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyspraxia
- Feeding difficulties
- Learning disabilities
- Poor postural control
- Problems with focus and concentration
- Sensory integration dysfunctions
- Speech development disorders
- Social skills issues
A therapist trained in Brain Therapy can most often assess and treat, not only the physical symptoms, but the primary cause of physical dysfunctions ensuring that each treatment is long lasting.
This will be a therapy offered by Natalia in conjuction with any of her other therapies.
Cancellation Policy
Our clinic has a 24 hour cancellation policy. If you are unable to make your scheduled appointment time and do not provide the required notice, we will charge you the full price of your appointment, if we are not able to fill the appointment. If we are able to refill the appointment, there is no charge. In the event that you have an emergency or are sick, please let us know so we can treat your specific situation.
This policy is necessary for our clinic to continue to serve our clients and ensure our therapists have a feasible career. During clinic hours please call to cancel appointments. If you need to cancel an appointment after hours, please call us and leave a message.
