Massage Therapies
Integrative Health Center offers a range of massages and energy therapies.
Therapeutic Massage
Massage therapists will use a number of different massage techniques for achieving stress reduction, relaxation, and pain relief. Techniques may include deep tissue massage, Swedish massage ands trigger point therapy.
Cancer Care offers specific massage techniques for people with bone metastasis and vital organ involvement, and modifications for clients undergoing surgery, radiation therapy, or chemotherapy. Energy therapies such as Reiki, Polarity therapy, Acupressure, and Healing Touch can aid in reducing stress and pain and bringing greater balance and ease. These therapies can help with lifestyle changes and healing on all levels, including finding, facing, and embracing root causes, connecting with inner resources and bringing greater ease and peace to transitions.
Chakra Balancing. Chakras are energy centers which interface with the central nervous system. When you are feeling out of sorts, or have been through a challenging or traumatic experience, chakra balancing can bring a sense of ease and groundedness and can facilitate the healing process. Chakra work after injury or surgery is especially helpful for enhancing well-being.
Heated Stone Massage is a massage using heated smooth basalt stones that become an extension of the therapist’s hands to give the ultimate thermotherapy treatment. The heat from the stone penetrates deeply into the muscle tissue to dissolve stress and tension. Hot Stone Massage is soothing to the body, mind, and spirit.
Low Back Release is a multi-modality approach used to address low back pain. A session may include techniques from acupressure, Polarity Therapy, Healing Touch, Reiki, Craniosacral Therapy, and massage to mobilize the hips and release deep seated pain.
Manual Triggerpoint Therapy. Trigger points are painful concentrations of energy held in the muscles or tendons. They often refer pain to other parts of the body and can limit movement, and range of motion. Sciatica, tennis elbow, headaches, neck and back pain are often caused by trigger points. Using deep pressure, movement and energy balancing, trigger points are gradually released.
Massage for Mastectomy and other Breast Surgeries offers benefit to women who have undergone breast surgeries. Whether life saving or cosmetic, breast surgery may cause swelling or edema, as well as contribute to sore, achy muscles. Massage can help increase range of motion and mobility of the shoulder, alleviate post-operative discomforts and reduce scar tissue. Attentive, caring touch can help to reconnect a woman with her entire body.
Polarity Therapy is a holistic approach to achieving health and balance which includes diet, exercise, lifestyle, attitudes and energetic touch. This gentle yet powerful work uses the natural reflexes of the body to balance and heal the body, mind and emotions. It is highly effective for reducing stress and pain, bringing relief from tense muscles, increasing vitality in the organs and glands and bringing greater ease and peace of mind.
Reflexology is a form of energetic touch which is based upon physiological and neurological study. It works on the premise that reflex areas on the feet, hands, and ears correspond with all parts of the body. Reflexology treatments focus on the whole person with the intention of inducing a state of balance and harmony. This form of body therapy is very useful when massage therapy is contraindicated.
Swedish Massage relieves stress, relaxes muscles tissue and improves blood and lymph circulation. Strokes include kneading, gliding, and brisk tapping strokes applied to superficial and deeper muscle tissues. Pressure is light to medium. Often joint mobilization, assisted stretching, and movement is indicated in Swedish massage.
