The Massage Garage believes no person should have to make their journey along the great highway of life in pain or discomfort.
Massage Garage clients receive comfortable, relaxing, and therapeutic massage that alleviates pain, tension, and stress and promotes healing, health and well-being.
Offering a wide range of massage modalities, coupled with other therapeutic health services, our trained and certified Body Mechanics tailor every session to your individual needs and goals.
So come give your body the Tune-Up it deserves!
Swedish massage has shown to be helpful in reducing pain, joint stiffness, and improving function in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee and helpful to individuals with poor circulation.
Swedish massage uses five styles of long, flowing strokes to massage. The five basic strokes are effleurage (sliding or gliding), petrissage (kneading), tapotement (rhythmic tapping), friction (cross fiber) and vibration/shaking. Oil and draping are used.
Shiatsu (- shi meaning finger and atsu meaning pressure) - is a Japanese therapy that uses pressure applied with thumbs, fingers and palms to the same energy meridians as acupressure and incorporates stretching.
It also uses techniques such as rolling, brushing, vibrating, and grasping. The benefits include increased blood flow, energy balance, and increased mobility in the joints. No oil is used.
Deep tissue massage is often recommended for individuals who experience consistent pain, are involved in heavy physical activity (such as athletes), and patients who have sustained physical injury.
Deep tissue massage is designed to relieve severe tension in the muscle and the connective tissue or fascia. This type of massage focuses on the muscles located below the surface of the top muscles. Strokes are deep and slow and are in rhythm with the clients breathing.
Acupressure can be effective in the relief of many complaints including arthritis, headaches, neck and shoulder tension, back pain, sciatica and sinus and breathing problems.
Acupressure works as a powerful preventative therapy, stimulating the body's natural curative abilities, and is a safe and effective copmplement to many conventional healing methods
Trigger Points cause pain, anxiety, frustration and lower your quality of life. Trigger Point therapy will help you rediscover the joy of moving freely without pain. It can can help to restore your energy and stamina so you can return to those activities you once enjoyed.
Click on the image to ther right for an interactive chart to help you see where some of your own Trigger Points may be!
The purpose of Sports Massage is to prepare an athlete for peak performance, drain away fatigue, relieve swelling, reduce muscle tension promote flexibility and prevent injuries
Studies indicate that massage therapy performed during pregnancy can reduce anxiety, decrease symptoms of depression, relieve muscle aches and joint pains, and improve labor outcomes and newborn health.
Swedish Massage is the recommended prenatal massage method during pregnancy because it addresses many common discomforts associated with the skeletal and circulatory changes brought on by hormone shifts during pregnancy.
Myofascial Release is very effective technique that provides sustained pressure into myofascial restrictions to eliminate pain and restore motion.
It involves a variety of massages, ranging from gentle massages using only a couple of fingers to deep tissue massage that is also very gentle, but highly effective for things like arthritis. These massages are meant to stretch out the bunched fascia and bring it back to its normal state.
