Services & Treatments
When you visit Holistic Hands Massage Therapy you may have a particular style of massage you would like or you may have a list of situations you would like addressed. In either case there are many options of body work that can suit your wants and needs.
Swedish Massage This is the most commonly known style of massage. It serves as a foundation of many other styles of massage. Usually Swedish massage is used when the request is for relaxation and stress relief and can be applied to the tissue depth you like best. A guaranteed melt on the table experience to relax, restore and balance well being.
DeepTissue/Therapeutic Massage/Neuromuscular These styles of massage, based on Swedish massage principles, are called on when soft tissue components are causing pain or dysfunction. After evaluation of needs, deep tissue work can relax muscle, restoring it to a proper state of function to regain your body’s optimal condition decreasing pain and improving natural movement and aid injury healing. Though it is called deep tissue work, it does not mean painful.
Sports Massage This area of massage therapy was designed with the active individual in mind. However, this is not limited to athletes alone. Specific skills are utilized to address many needs that may arise from activity. Such situations addressed may be reducing muscle soreness or spasm, aid to lengthen muscle and connective tissue, faster recovery from events or workouts as well as helping to prepare for events or training.
Cranio Sacral Therapy This is a wonderful and gentle modality useful for so many conditions. The science behind it is rather complex. To put it simply an internal pulse or rhythm called the cranial sacral pulse is detected and used to gently realign the body’s structures and energies from head to toe. This includes boney structures as well as soft tissues. Cranial Sacral treatment is appropriate for many conditions. Some include headache and migraine, TMJ problems, ADD/ADHD, dyslexia, fibromyalgia and chronic pain, back and neck pain, sleeping and rest disorders to mention a few. Besides helping with “conditions” people have stated after a session this is the most relaxed and peacefully integrated they have felt. This truly unwinds the body from the core out.
Applied Kinesiology This incorporates specific muscle testing techniques to give great insight to whole function. Upon testing over forty specific muscle groups, a whole picture of function is shown to reveal what is going on with the body physically and energetically. To note, each muscle will be evaluated on its own function plus reveal relationship to organ and meridian function. Several techniques may then be called on to bring the whole body into balance. The specific muscle testing is also a great tool to determine what muscles may be the real cause of pain and dysfunction. AK is also a very useful tool to as guidance for nutritional support for diet and supplement usage.
Temporal Mandibular Joint Dysfunction (TMJD or TMJ) TMJ can be a very painful and debilitating condition causing clicking, jaw pain, headaches and more. If you have TMJD or know those who have it you realize how this can greatly diminish quality of life. Many headaches can have their root cause in this dysfunction. Many clients I have seen have been through a whole gamut of treatments for their TMJ problems. But those treatments seemed to only focus on the jaw and did not seem to fully correct the situation. At Holistic Hands Massage Therapy a full evaluation of all factors that may be causing TMJD will be investigated. Many TMJD clients have had other contributing factors including low back or pelvic girdle dysfunction, neck or shoulder problems, and actual misalignment of the bones of the skull besides the musculature of the jaw. These conditions can impact the healthy function and movement of the jaw. It can be a complex puzzle. We will create a treatment plan to help eliminate causative factors of the problem. Modalities as Cranio Sacral Therapy, Applied Kinesiology as well as massage to specific muscles of the jaw and other areas that contribute to this disorder will be applied. The plan is to restore the body to wholeness that will then support the healing process of the jaw, relieve other symptoms and help you regain a pain-free lifestyle.
Aromatherapy Aromatherapy is much more than stuff that smells good. Only therapeutic grade essential oils will be used for you in this ancient practice of healing. Each oil used can have physical, energetic and emotional balancing properties to support your well being and health. The use of aromatherapy with these essential oils may be integrated into your session or used solely for aiding you to recover from what “ails” you. The Raindrop Therapy technique that is very effective and popular is utilized in many cases. You can also be taught how to use oils to support you in your daily needs.
ADD/ADHD/Dyslexia Yes, there are non-pharmaceutical options for these situations that have shown to be very effective with no side effects no matter your age. To help with these often frustrating situations an integrated approach of many options is available. The approach may include cranial sacral therapy, AK, aromatherapy and nutritional support.
Nutritional Support You can learn options for health from nutrition guidance for improving your well being. What you eat and put in your body has a major effect on all health. If you have questions or need support to incorporate the importance of diet in your life the come for the support you are looking for. You won’t be loaded down with bags of supplements. Improving your nutrition doesn’t need to be complicated.
Energy Work Often the path to well being is through this avenue. Though viewed esoteric by some this work may unlock the channels to wholeness. Energetic blocks in areas of our body including chakras may be inhibiting wellness. Stresses and past traumas of life may be healed to allow you to move on to your highest potentials. Many methods may be used per individual situation. Very subtle yet potentially very transforming.
