Which Type of Bodywork or Massage Suits You?
At Nurture Your Senses, we offer many different types of bodywork or massage therapies to help enhance your approach to health, wellness, and healing. Interested in finding out which one is best suited for your upcoming session? Learn more about each service below!
Therapeutic Massage
Encompasses a broad approach to massage. Therapeutic Massage is a complementary form of bodywork therapy that utilizes a variety of techniques (such as kneading, rubbing, pressing, etc) to manipulate the muscles for easing tension and knots. Pressure may also vary, depending on client needs. Promotes relaxation, circulation, stress reduction, and relief from muscle and joint pain.
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep Tissue Massage involves deeper and slower strokes that are applied with more force to focus on the deeper tissues and muscles of the body. Pressure may be firmer but can still vary based on client needs and tolerance. It may help certain trouble spots that hold tension or appear stiff, and assist the fascia that encases the muscles to aid in further release of the muscle. This form of massage may be suitable for individuals with chronic pain, underlying conditions, or injuries.
Thai Massage
Thai Massage is an ancient form of massage that works with the body’s energetic pathways by incorporating a yoga-styled approach. Different from traditional massage, no oils are used in this practice. The client lays on a floor mat in comfortable clothing while the practitioner aids in moving limbs, stretching joints, and gently massaging key areas of the body to help stimulate organs and improve flexibility. Promotes a passive form of stretching.
Lymph Drainage Massage
Lymph Drainage Massage may also be referred to as Manual Lymph Drainage or MLD. This practice utilizes rhythmic, light touch – such as tapping and circular strokes – to encourage the flow of lymphatic fluid throughout the body and promote improved immune function. In addition to assisting pain relief and stress reduction, Lymphatic Massage may aid wound healing, improve oxygen saturation, increase range of motion, and more.
CranioSacral Therapy
CranioSacral Therapy or CST may also be known as Sacral Massage or Cranial Osteopathy. It aims to harmonize the nervous system by relieving compression in the bones of the cranial (head), sacral (triangular bone in the lower back), and spinal column utilizing a soft approach to bodywork therapy. Performed by our Registered Massage Therapist, CST may benefit the physical, mental, emotional, and energetic bodies. Suitable for all ages, this may be a wonderful addition to one’s treatment plan for easing: migraines and headaches, sinus and ear ailments, TMJ, neck pain, scoliosis, IBS, mood disorders (like anxiety or depression), and more.
Rapid NeuroFascial Reset (NFR)
Focused on the central nervous system, Rapid NFR includes soft movements of the tissues and may help relieve tension in the muscles, nerves, ligaments, and fascia (connective tissues). Pressure is typically more concentrated, and clients remain clothed. This may be suitable for individuals with chronic pain from sports injuries, whiplash, frozen shoulder, headaches, carpal tunnel syndrome, and more.
Cupping Therapy
With Cupping Therapy, special cups are placed on select areas of the skin. Based on client needs, the practitioner may utilize a placement or gliding technique. This can provide a form of deep tissue massage. The suction action produced is designed to promote healing and well-being, improve circulation, reduce inflammation, assist muscular and fascial mobility, and more.
Orthobionomy
Orthobionomy is a unique and non-invasive approach to bodywork that elicits the body’s inherent capacity to self-correct. It combines the structural principles from Osteopathy with energetic and philosophical concepts from the Martial Arts and Homeopathy. Long-lasting changes through gentle positioning of the body and light compression into the joints can help to re-educate the client’s body so that it can maintain balance and optimal functioning on its own. This may assist a wide range of aliments involving pain or dysfunction.
*Note: our practitioner is a student of Orthobionomy
AromaTouch Technique
The AromaTouch Technique utilizes a soft touch and set sequence of applying essential oils to the back and feet, following energetic meridians and visceral contact points of these areas. It may help stimulate and balance the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems of the body to promote a scentful relaxation.
Still unsure which one is right for you? Ask one of our talented practitioners!
