Massage

Relaxation massage (also known as Swedish Massage) is focused on helping reduce stress and tension, soothe sore muscles and relax mind and body. The strokes are long and flowing with a firm pressure that doesn’t cause pain or discomfort. The treatment is designed to relax and soothe, but not aimed at relieving or helping correct chronic pain or dysfunction.

Benefits include:

• Relieve stress and tension
• Improve circulation
• Aids elimination of toxins via skin, lungs and kidneys
• Improves Lymphatic flow
• Soothing or stimulating for the nervous system

Aims to decrease painful conditions by treating the cause of chronic or acute pain or dysfunction. It also improves range of movement and restores function to damaged or injured tissue. Remedial massage has a variety of techniques, so during your treatment Paula may use any of the following techniques:

• Trigger Point Therapy
• Myofascial Release
• Positional Release
• Muscle Energy Techniques
• Deep tissue massage
• Cupping
• Acupressure
• Cranio Sacral
• Lymphatic Drainage

Conditions that benefit from Remedial Massage are:

• Upper and/or Lower Back pain
• Shoulder and/or neck pain
• Most soft tissue injuries
• Headaches from tension or stress
• Torticollis (wry neck)
• Frozen Shoulder
• Sciatic pain
• Plantar Fasciitis
• Surgery/ injury rehabilitation and recovery​
• Sporting injuries
• Pain Management
• Fibromyalgia

Aimed to assist with muscular tension, pain or discomfort during pregnancy. Pregnancy massage can relieve stress on muscles and joints, improves circulation, reduces swelling in the extremities, eases varicose veins, normalizes blood pressure, reduces physical fatigue and elevates mood.

A relaxing treatment using warm stones and oil to massage and bring about local and systematic changes in the body. The harmonious use of various massage techniques such as pressure, texture and heat in combination with the therapists hands helps produce energy that assists with reaching deep relaxation and initiate flow to areas of blockages. The result is pure bliss.

This treatment includes ear candling, acupressure on sinus points and lymphatic drainage massage. It is a very relaxing and effective treatment that assists in such conditions as:

• Sinusitis
• Headaches
• Migraines
• Upper respiratory complaints
• Glue ear
• Swimmers ear
• Breathing difficulties