Massage/Bodywork Add-Ons:
When you schedule a massage/bodywork session with me, you will have the opportunity to include one or more of the below options in your session at an additional cost of $10 each. Please note that each option will take approximately 10 minutes of your scheduled session time.
Exfoliating Foot Scrub
To gently exfoliate and soften your feet, you may choose the Hot Chocolate scent, which is warming to the skin, the Cool Mint Lemonade scent, which is cooling to the skin, or a Pumpkin Pop scent, which does not affect skin temperature. I will apply warm towels to your feet, apply the scrub, apply more warm towels, remove the scrub, and massage your feet with hydrating cream or oil.
Exfoliating Back Scrub
To gently exfoliate and soften your back, and get to those areas you cannot easily get to yourself, you may choose from the same scents as for the foot scrub above: the Hot Chocolate scent, which is warming to the skin, the Cool Mint Lemonade scent, which is cooling to the skin, or the Pumpkin Pop scent, which does not affect skin temperature. I will apply a warm towel to your back, apply the scrub, apply more warm towels, remove the scrub, and massage your back with hydrating cream or oil.
Kinesiology Taping Application
I am a Certified Kinesiology Taping Specialist in the K-Cuts Taping System. I will apply a latex-free, hypoallergenic flexible, cotton rayon adhesive tape to an area of your body to relieve pain, reduce swelling, or provide support to muscles and/or joints. The adhesive is a skin-friendly acrylic in a wave-like pattern.
Kinesiology taping works by lifting the skin and providing sensory input to your brain. It’s like taking me with you for a few days after your session, helping your body self-correct and enhance the beneficial effects of your massage. The taping application should last 3-5 days after your session and you can shower or swim with it on.
The tape can be used for specific conditions, such as golfer’s elbow, tennis elbow, whiplash, plantar fasciitis, shin splints, frozen shoulder, bunions, as well as just general pain or swelling in a specific area of the body.
For a kinesiology taping application, I will begin by clearing the area to be taped of any hair, cleaning the skin with rubbing alcohol to remove any oils or massage cream, and then apply the tape. Heat or intense activity should be avoided for roughly 30 minutes after the application to allow the tape to adhere properly.
As both a coach and a massage therapist, I strongly believe that every body knows deep down how to heal itself and what it needs to function at its optimum level. My job is to provide the time, space, support, and a safe place to allow your mind and body to contact that inner knowledge and heal.