Massage Therapy
Spectrum Wellness Massage Therapy Programs
It’s Your Choice
Enjoy a relaxing Swedish massage, an invigorating sports massage, the power of a deep tissue massage, or a heavenly hot stone massage. Whatever you choose, we promise to treat you with the highest level of skill, respect and care. Just relax and enjoy!
What is Therapeutic Massage
Massage therapy is a science and an art, with touch as the key ingredient. Our caring practitioners have learned a variety of specific techniques for massage. They will use their sense of touch to determine the right amount of pressure to apply to you and to locate areas of tension and other soft-tissue problems in your body. Therapeutic touch also conveys to you a sense of caring… an important component in the healing relationship.
The primary goal of massage therapy is to help your body heal itself, and to improve your health & well-being.
When your muscles are overworked, waste products such as lactic acid can accumulate in your muscles, causing soreness, stiffness, and even muscle spasm. Massage can improve your circulation (enhancing your blood flow and bringing fresh oxygen and nutrition to your body tissues.) This can assist the elimination of waste products in your body, speed healing any injuries you have, and enhance your recovery from most diseases.
Therapeutic massage can help promote your general well-being while boosting your circulatory and immune systems to benefit your blood pressure, circulation, muscle tone, digestion, and your skin tone.
Massage can work wonderfully as a complementary therapy to your chiropractic care!
Physical Benefits of Massage Therapy:
- Helps relieve your muscle tension and stiffness
- Fosters faster healing of your strained muscles and sprained ligaments
- Reduces your pain and swelling
- Reduces the formation of excessive scar tissue following your inuries
- Reduces your muscle spasms
- Provides you with greater flexibility and movement
- Enhances your athletic performance
- Reduces your blood pressure
- Helps relieve your tension-related headaches and the effects of eye-strain you may have
- Enhances the health and nourishment of your skin
- Improves your posture
- Strengthens your immune system
- Treats your muscle and joint problems
- Complements other therapies and rehabilitation after injury or surgery you may have sustained
Emotional Benefits of Massage Therapy:
- Relaxes your state of mental alertness
- Improves your ability to monitor stress signals and respond appropriately
- Enhances your capacity for calm thinking & creativity
- Satisfies your need for caring & nurturing touch
- Fosters your feelings of well-being
- Reduces your level of anxiety
- Increases your awareness of your mind-body connection
Our Massage Techniques
SWEDISH MASSAGE is a massage technique our therapists can use to work your entire body. Relax as the therapist carefully uses her hands to stroke, knead, and press your tense muscles. Sink into deep relaxation as your sore muscles are lightly grabbed and lifted and your therapist uses her thumbs, fingertips, and palms to precisely work in soothing circles. Experience wonderful relief as your muscle tension melts away.
DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE techniques can provide relaxation for chronic tension that lies deep below the surface of your body. While traditional massage techniques focus on the superficial muscles, deep tissue massage targets the deepest muscles. Our massage therapists are skilled in using their fingers, thumbs, palms, and elbows to apply just the right pressure. Your muscles will be worked deeply as the therapist uses slow strokes, deep friction movements, and precise pressure across your muscles. Experience deep healing and relief from chronic pains.
PRENATAL MASSAGE is designed especially for the pregnant woman and shares many of the goals as regular massage — to relax your tense muscles, ease your sore spots, improve your circulation, enhance your mobility, and just make you feel good. As a pregnant woman, this massage is tailored specifically to your needs and your changing body. Your massage can be done side-lying or face-down with the use of special pregnancy pillows. Rest assured that our therapists are highly skilled and will adjust their techniques accordingly. Your comfort, and you and your baby’s health are our priority.
HOT STONE MASSAGE is extremely relaxing and therapeutic as the stones are used in two ways during your massage. One is to impart a soothing heat onto your body by laying the stones along your back, your legs, your feet, your hands and your arms. The stones become concentrated centers of heat while the therapist begins to simultaneously massage you with oiled, heated stones held in the palm of her hand. Our therapists won’t simply “glide” the heated stones lightly upon the surface of your skin, but rather the carefully heated stones are used as precision tools to deliver effective tissue and muscle massage at a pressure level comfortable to you. Feel free to request light, medium or deep pressure. The therapist will use firm strokes along the muscles of your legs, arms, hips, back, neck, and shoulders as needed. Relax and enjoy your incredible massage!
Hot stone massage allows the heat from the stones to relax your muscles, increases the blood flow to areas of your body, aids in your body’s healing, and fosters mental relaxation.
INFANT MASSAGE CLASSES are being taught by our skilled massage therapists. Early psychological development of infants is directly tied to bonding and touch. Infant massage can be seen as a preventative natural therapy from the earliest stages of life. Understanding the importance of touch and beginning significant touch early in your baby’s life will improve the quality of life for both you and your baby. Infant massage is an excellent way to promote well-being and is the perfect alternative to medicine and drugs by aiding your baby’s immune system. The “BabyBabyOhBaby” DVD are also being sold in the office to provide clients with support and more opportunities to learn infant massage.
At Spectrum Wellness – A Natural Therapy Center, our team of massage therapists are dedicated to helping you experience superior health through massage. Our desire is to provide you with the opportunity to enjoy natural relaxation and healing with massage… and to experience the benefits of regular massage as part of your healthy lifestyle.
To that end, we’ve created very affordable ongoing massage plans for you (perfect for any budget)!
We Provide These FREE Services To Help You Decide If Our Care Is Right For You:
- A Free Introductory Examination & Consultation!
- A Free Half-Hour Massage (Or 50% Off A 1-Hour Massage)!
- A NO-RISK, NO-HASSLE, 100% MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE! - If within 14 days of starting care you are unhappy with the level of care you receive, we will gladly give you all your out-of-pocket expenses back (no hassles, no jumping through hoops, no questions asked either).
Call us at (215) 938-8500 to schedule your appointment!
