Massage Styles/Types

Styles of Massage and Types of Massage are different, someone may claim to do swedish massage and another person claims what they are doing is swedish and they are night and day different... what it comes down to is a persons energy and STYLE of massage:

Different Modalities will include a few key points, the rest is dependant on the unique rythm of the therapist and her/his personal style.

Ancient writings on Massage can be found in historical artifacts in several civilizations including Greece, Rome, India, Japan, Egypt and Mesopotamia...

Swedish Massage

Was invented by a fencing instructor named per Henrik Ling in the 1830's. It involves 5 basic modalities. Efflourage, Petrissage, Friction, vibration and tapotement.

Sport Massage

Key points with Sports massage is a knowlege which mucles are effected by which excercises. Understanding where the insertion and origon of muscles and ligiments are, working on range of motion, and streaching applied with other modalities such as Neuromuscular Therapy with its cross fiber friction and some swedish modalities such as deep efflourage, petrasage, and tapotement. Pre and post workout massages.  

Deep Tissue Massage

Combined with Triggerpoint, Shiatsu and Swedish modalities, the key points in Deep Tissue would be getting into the deeper layers of muscle tissue to release trigger points/knots and soften muscle tissue and move fluid.

Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage

The lymph system is in your skin, not your muscles. So as much as it may seem, Lymphatic massage is a gentle directional movement of fluid toward and over key lymph systems and nodes (key lymph areas will be in the neck, armpit, groin and behind the knees).  Feet elevation for an extended period is essential in proper lymph drain. (as well as avoiding sugars and alcohol). Lymphatic Drainage massage is a must for post sugery patients!

Reflexology Massage

Reflexology is a complex system that identifies and addresses 7000 nerve endings in the foot, encourages the flow of blood to each organ which correlates to a point on the foot as well as sending pain relieving messages and amino acid endorphin chemical change occurs through the nerves to the specific site of the body.

Longitudinal energy zones discovered and dated back 2500BC in Egypt are the basis of reflexology.

Meridian Refexology Massage

follows and maps the same meridians in the ears, hands and feet (same as above but more detail) The therapist uses a map of each body part to target and pinpoint symptoms based on points where nodules, pain and small crysalized are found. After initial mapping session, it allows the therapist to address what zones to work. 

Aroma Therapy Massage

Can be combined with any other massage modality/style it uses medicinal oils to promote healing and relaxation

NeuroMuscular Therapy Massage

It is distinguished by its application of quasi static pressure to get a release of the muscle also cross fiber friction over insertion and origon of a muscle, its deep directional stripping strokes along the facia of the muscle toward the heart are some of its key descriptors.

Shiatsu Massage

Means finger Pressure. Its origon is Japanese. With 600 acupoints / meridian points, it focuses on energy balance through Finger Pressure. It also usually involves streaching. It is much the same as Acupressure Massage as it is also concidered needle free acupucture.

Trigger Point Massage

Miofacial Massage

Cranio Sacral Massage

Acupressure/Acu-Yoga Massage

Meridian Massage

Remedial Massage

Biomagnetic Repatterning Massage

Prenatal Massage

Polarity Massage 

Esalen Massage

Thia Yoga

Tui Na