Massage Therapy

Massage cupping is ideal for performing deep-tissue massage and helps to drain toxins, loosen adhesions, facilitate blood flow and stimulate the body.

Practitioners: Sergio, Zam, Michaella

Utilizes slow strokes, direct pressure or friction applied across the grain of the muscles with the fingers, thumbs or elbows. Deep-tissue massage works deeply into muscles and connective tissue to release chronic aches and pains; its purpose is to reach the fascia beneath the surface muscles.

Practitioners: Sergio, Kathryn

Reiki is a non-invasive complementary therapy which uses light touch and intention to channel nurturing and healing energy to the recipient bringing balance and harmony to the mind, body and spirit.

Practitioners: Kathryn, Katie

Help alleviate some of the ailments associated with pregnancy, including lower back, neck and shoulder pain; fatigue; joint tenderness; and stretch marks. Prenatal massage can help improve circulation, promote stress reduction and relaxation, and much more. Practitioners should be well-trained in prenatal massage in order to deliver safe and effective care, and practice members should check with their doctors prior to receiving treatment.

Practitioners: Kathryn, Sergio, Katie

Fascia is interconnected to every other part of the body, and actually helps support the body’s very structure, including the musculoskeletal system. When injury, inflammation, physical or emotional trauma occurs; the fascia can become tight and cause pain and/or restricted range of motion. Aims to release the fascia and return it to a state of normalcy by applying gentle pressure to the restricted areas.

Practitioners: Sergio, Zam, Kathryn, Katie

This gentle, hands-on technique involves the craniosacral system – a system of the body composed of membranes and cerebrospinal fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. Practitioners utilize CST to loosen and release restrictions of “blockages” in the body possibly contributing to pain and dysfunction; removing such blockages improves the functioning of the central nervous system and body as a whole. CST is effective at relieving a number of symptoms, including pain, headaches, sciatica, anxiety, depression, concussions symptoms, chronic fatigue syndrome, stress, tension, and more.

Practitioners: Zam, Sergio, Katie

Uses a set of instruments to breakdown scar tissue and fascial adhesion by delivering a controlled microtrauma to the affected area. This in turn, stimulates a local inflammatory response, which starts reabsorption of excessive scar tissue and leads to a cascade of healing activities. This process helps break down lesions that may have developed as a result of surgery, trauma, immobilization or repetitive strain.

Practitioners: Zam

Trigger points are areas of soft tissue in the body characterized by local pain, tightness, and tenderness. Seeks first to identify trigger points, then apply steady, appropriate pressure to the point to “release” it. Thus is usually followed by massage to the surrounding area to help treat the cause of the trigger point.

Practitioners: Zam, Sergio, Kathryn

The temporomandibular joint aka “TMJ” is the hinge joint that allows you to move your jaw. Whiplash, imbalance of the mastication or chewing muscles, tightness of the back of the neck, forward head posture, and myofascial trigger points can affect the integrity and functionality of the temporomandibular joint. The focus of this treatment is the reduction of tension of muscles, eliminating trigger points and releasing tension in the fascia tissue around the jaw area to restore proper function.

Practitioners: Zam, Sergio, Katie