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We offer a variety of services to meet the diverse needs of our clients.  Click on the bulleted items below to learn more.

• Therapeutic Massage (relaxation to deep tissue)
• Reiki
• CranioSacral Therapy
• Pregnancy Massage
• On-site chair massage
• Trigger points
• Hot Stone Massage
• Aromatherapy
• Astrology charts
• Reflexology
• Ionic Foot Cleanse

Therapeutic Massage (from Relaxation to Deep Tissue)

Does pain or restricted movement keep you from living the life you want? Sports injuries, household accidents, repetitive actions on the job, and tension from everyday stresses can all cause problems that too often, take up permanent residence in our bodies. Massage can help. Massage is a gentle therapy that can relieve pain and can help heal certain conditions and prevent their return. In some cases massage can reduce or even eliminate the need for medication or surgery.

Massage increases circulation, which removes waste products and brings in nutrients to speed healing of muscle tissue. Massage can also relieve symptoms of conditions that are aggravated by anxiety such as, asthma or insomnia. Because it relieves stress, massage is an excellent supportive therapy for people in psychological counseling or treatment for addiction.

Reiki in Health Care

Reiki can alleviate pain and stress, and promote restful sleep, healing and relaxation. Relaxation in itself promotes a host of benefits for the mind and body including a heightened sense of well being and relief from anxiety and depression. Studies have cited improvement in immune and nervous system functions and increased mobility in patients with conditions such as, multiple sclerosis, lupus and fibromyalgia. Surgical patients decreased their use of pain medications and were hospitalized for shorter periods.

Used by a rapidly growing number of hospitals all over the world, Reiki complements medical treatment, psychological counseling and massage therapy. Reiki is gentle enough to offer support and reduce the discomforts of pregnant women and can help ease the pain of childbirth. Hospitals such as the Tucson Medical Center, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Pennsylvania's St Mary Medical Center have Reiki practitioners available to a range of patients, including those with cancer or recovering from surgery.

CranioSacral Therapy

CranioSacral Therapy shines best at helping to alleviate chronic health problems where other therapy methods have come up short. CranioSacral Therapy is a gentle method of detection and correction that encourages your own natural healing mechanisms to dissipate the negative effects of stress on your central nervous system. You also benefit from better overall health and resistance to disease.

Specific conditions addressed by CranioSacral Therapy include:

• Migraines and Headaches
• Motor-Coordination Impairments
• Chronic Fatigue
• Central Nervous System Disorders
• TMJ
• Chronic Neck and Back Pain
• Stress and Tension-Related Problems
• Scoliosis
• Emotional Difficulties
• Learning Disabilities

Pregnancy Massage

Regular massage during your pregnancy and postpartum period can relieve your physical symptoms and help you cope with stress. Because it supports your physical health and vitality, massage can help you more easily adjust to the many changes in your body and the demands of your new life. Just taking time out for a massage can improve your outlook on life, and promotes optimal health for both you and your baby during this time of so many changes.

In the postpartum period, it is as important to care for yourself as it is during your pregnancy. Massage can help you handle the physical demands of caring for a newborn by reducing tension and increasing energy. If you are nursing, a relaxing massage can help since tension interferes with milk letdown. Emotionally, massage can nurture and comfort you whether or not you are experiencing postpartum "blues."

On-Site Chair Massage (for the workplace and special events)

Stress costs you money! Stress on or off the job costs U.S. workplaces an estimated $200 billion a year in reduced productivity, accidents, compensation claims, absenteeism, employee turnover, health insurance and medical expenses. Recent studies show:

• Up to 90% of all visits to primary care physicians are for stress-related complaints.
• Up to 80% of industrial accidents are due to stress.
• Over 50% of lost workdays are stress-related.
• 14% of workers say stress caused them to quit or change jobs in the previous two years.
• Workers' compensation awards for job stress threaten to bankrupt the system in some states.

For over a decade, on-site chair massage has been effectively relieving stress in the workplace for everyone from CEOs to hourly workers. It works because massage:

• Reduces muscle tension and the pain it causes.
• Calms the nervous system and increases circulation, which boosts energy and alertness.
• Help employees identify and release tension on their own before it becomes a problem.
• Provides a complete change of pace so the body and mind can relax and rejuvenate.

On-Site Chair Massage is also a success at Bridal Showers, Birthday and Graduation Parties, Neighborhood Block Parties and United Way Drives.

Trigger Points

A trigger point is constricted muscle tissue, which is painful upon compression. It can give rise to referred pain, tenderness, visual disturbances, redness and tearing of the eyes.

All of us harbor areas of constricted muscle, which maintain holding patterns in tight, chronically utilized muscles. These patterns can be seen in such common postural habits as holding the shoulders elevated, the chest constricted and dropped, the upper back rounded, or the lower back strongly arched. Whether due to emotional or physical patterns of overuse, our posture, our ability to move, and to function in an optimal manner is all affected by holding patterns of muscular constriction. When the constriction is chronic, other aspects of our physiology, such as blood flow, lymphatic drainage and nervous innervations are eventually affected as well. Our overall health is therefore intimately related to our muscular health.

Patti will be able to locate your trigger points and apply various methods to release them. Once released, you will be instructed on stretching techniques that can help you prevent the trigger point from returning.

Hot Stone Massage

Hot stone massage can be extremely relaxing to both body and mind. The penetrating heat of the stones begins almost immediately to soothe the nervous system and melt the effects of stress. Muscle tension eases under the smooth pressure of the stones, allowing circulation to increase. Irritating toxins are flushed away and healing nutrients flow into the muscles. This process helps to release pain.

Stone massage can be especially helpful for people with fibromyalgia, arthritis and those recovering from injuries. It also helps to reduce the discomforts of premenstrual syndrome.

Aromatherapy

One of the primary ways of using aromatherapy is through touch, which gives the receiver the double effects of therapeutic scent along with the relaxing and pain relieving benefits of massage. Diluted in quality carrier oils or lotions, essential oils nourish the skin and aid the goals of massage-increasing blood and lymph flow, moving irritation waste products from the tissues, and releasing tension from the muscles and other soft tissues. Meanwhile, aromas are released that help balance one's state of mind through the olfactory systems connection to the brain. Regardless of your state of health, aromatherapy combined with touch can comfort, soothe aches and pains, and relieve anxiety. Your practitioner has a wealth of information about a range of essential oils and how to use them. She will choose an oil or blend of oils to suite your individual preferences.

Astrology Charts

Have you ever wondered what your calling or purpose is in this life? Your astrology birth chart has that information depicted in the placement of the planets at the time and place of your birth. How would like to know the clearest path to your happiness? Would you like to break patterns of behavior that keep you from the happiness you deserve? What type of mate are you attracted to? What type of work will bring you the most satisfaction? Let Patti help you answer all those questions and more with your very own personalized Astrology Birth Chart.

Reflexology

Reflexology relieves stress and tension, stimulates deep relaxation and helps balance the body through pressure applied to areas of the feet, hands, and ears.  Reflexology releases blockages that inhibit flow throughout the body, thus enhancing health and well-being.

Ionic Foot Cleanse

The Ionic Cleanse is a gentle and effective way to detoxify, cleanse, and balance the body by drawing the impurities out of the body through the feet.  As your feet soak in the ionic footbath, your body will undergo an amazing cleanse of years' worth of stored toxins.  You will immediately feel more energized and will very likely have the best night of sleep in years!

The Ionic Cleanse treatment works by osmosis.  The ionic generator is placed in the footbath where it releases ions through the water and into your body.  Your cells are then energized by the ions, stimulating the release of toxins, oils, acids, fats, heavy metals, yeast, cellular debris and waste that have accumulated over your lifetime.  The body can also eliminate massive amounts of nicotine from the tissue and joints of people that quit smoking several years ago.  Ionic body cleanse is an innovative technique for facilitating detox and drainage while simultaneously fostering healthy pH changes in the body.