Hands of Healing Therapeutic Massage, Inc. is owned by Jennifer Shideler. Her vision is to make Hands of Healing a place to heal. In this push-button society, we all need a little more TLC. Whether you want to receive a Swedish massage to escape mentally, an injury recovery treatment to aid that kink in the neck or a tight shoulder, improving the golf swing or recovering from a weekend of honey-dos, Hands of Healing therapists know the different treatment modalities to help guide you towards a "feel good" life.
Various treatments include:
Swedish: Soothing long strokes that slowly encourage muscles and joints to release tension and stress
Deep Tissue: Various techniques (i.e., trigger point, myofasial release) directed towards deeper tissues structures of muscle and fascia.
Reflexology: The use of thumb and fingers on reflex points on the feet that correspond to glands, organs, and other structures of the body.
Hot Stone Massage: Hot river stones massage away the world while you melt into the table. The heat from the stones helps release tension and provides deeper relaxation.
Ahh..Shiatsu: The use of weight of the practitioner through the feet to implement deep pressure. The broadness of the foot allows the practitioner to cover more surface area at one time increasing a larger amount of circulation. See About Ahh..Shiatsu for more information.
Whether you use massage techniques such as Swedish, Deep Tissue, Shiatsu, or any number of modalities, the objective is increasingly about good health via a better balance of body, mind, and spirit.
As the industry grows and the range of modalities offered, make sure your therapist is Licensed and Certified in your city or state. Here are some emerging popular techniques:
Prenatal Massage: Helps the Mother-to-be release tension as the body changes and adjusts
during pregnancy. Infant massage helps relieve discomfort from
teething,
gas, colic congestion, and emotional stress.
Elder Massage: As our body ages the increase in injuries and disabilities we incur. Hip and knee replacements, arthritis, and overall joint stiffness are common effects of aging. Massage can help restore flexibility, suppleness of soft tissue, mobility, and strength.
Sports Massage: To help the athletes recover from injury and muscle soreness. More and more sports teams and athletic programs are putting massage therapists on their staffs.
Chair Massage: More and more of us spend so much time hunched over a computer everyday. Add stress to prolonged sitting and you've got a whole new set of soft tissue conditions that cause discomfort and effect productivity. Many employers are providing 10-15 min chair massage for their employees to help relieve the discomfort caused from tension. The individual sits in a chair designed for massage which allows the therapist to massage the neck, shoulder, upper and lower back. Relieving the muscle pain can help prevent the tension from becoming a chronic problem and keeps the employee in a more relaxed state for better productivity.
Hands of Healing therapists do more than just these modalities mention. They are skilled to meet your specific massage needs. Please do contact them if you have any questions.
Our hours are by appointment by calling:
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