This massage was developed by Gabriella Garrisi and incorporates techniques from many massage modalities. Incorporating different massage modalities into one therapeutic massage can bring pain relief to areas of concentrated or adhered tissue, deactivate trigger points, increase the blood and lymph flow, and provide deep relaxation. 

This specialized, highly effective technique, can eliminate pain caused by soft tissue overuse and underuse injuries regardless of when the injury occurred.

 

60 min:

$70.00

90 min:

$105.00

Meaning “foot-pressure”.  Ashiatsu (pronounced "Ah-shee-aht-soo") is performed with the feet.  It is a deep lengthening of the muscles and connective tissue.  Ashiastu is deeply relaxing and beneficial for chronic pain and muscle tension.

This massage specifically addresses areas of injury and/or the areas surrounding an injury to promote shortened recovery time and return an individual to optimal performance.

This modality is geared toward the athlete and the muscles used in specific sports.  Stretching and massage therapy are used to relax and prepare muscle tissue prior to an event and to flush muscle tissue of lactic acid build up after an event.  Sports massage can increase performance and decrease muscle recovery time.

Hot Stone Massage increases blood and lymph flow by using Swedish massage strokes to massage the body with the use of heated stones.  In addition, it encourages energy flow within the body by specific hot stone placement, and the clearing of seven of the bodies chakras. This modality also promotes deep relaxation and pain relief.

Structural Integration was created from the methods of Ida Rolf and is also known as "Rolfing". This modality is designed to bring the body back into the structural objective and create muscle balance over the skeleton.  Structural Integration can address short term or long term chronic holding patterns in the body due to repetitive movement which can in turn increase range of movement and reduce chronic pain.

Enjoy a massage when you need it most!  Receiving massages regularly during pregnancy helps increase energy, regulate sleep patterns, increase flexibility, improve muscle tone, ease the pain of skeletal shifting, reduce the appearance of stretch marks and reduce swelling in the hands and feet.  (Dads-to-be, this is a great way to show how much you care!)

Hydrotherapy involves the use of hot and cold-water treatments to improve muscle tone, circulation, decrease inflammation and promote rapid recovery of injured or stressed tissue in the body.  It is designed to flood nutrients to the specific body areas, push toxins into the lymph system for expulsion, tone and moisturize the skin.  This modality is an excellent modality for injury recovery and pain relief and can also promote deep relaxation.

Acupressure is an energy modality designed to bring energetic balance back to the body by clearing and balancing the bodies meridians.  This modality can induce deep relaxation and bring relief from many different ailments within the body.

Reflexology supports the relationship between areas feet to specific parts of the body.  This ancient modality has been used to effect specific body parts, systems, and organ function through manipulation and clearing of build up in the reflex points of the feet.

Cranial Sacral Therapy focuses on the head, spinal column, sacrum and the underlying structures.  The main objective of this work is to find restrictions and/or compressions in these areas and use specifically designed techniques to release them.  This modality can be beneficial for such things as chronic head and neck pain, migraines, tension headaches, releasing emotional trauma and stress related dysfunctions. It is important to note very little pressure is involved in this technique.