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What if relaxation therapy sounds enticing, but the technique doesn’t bring relief to the hamstring injury that’s been nagging you? Or what if you want to focus on an Ashiatsu treatment but can’t imagine leaving without some heat therapy as well? Don’t worry. At Big Shoulders Chicago, there is no strict menu of massage styles.
Every treatment starts with a conversation around your body and your needs: What parts of you are aching or tense? What styles seem most appealing? How do you want to feel, not just leaving the massage table in an hour or two but when you wake up tomorrow or next week? From this collaborative beginning, your therapist will craft a treatment—and a blend of techniques and modalities—that’s tailored perfectly to you.
There is no strict menu of massage styles, so your therapist can tailor your massage to exactly how you want to feel and what your body needs.
Every treatment starts with a conversation around your body and your needs: What parts of you are aching or tense? What styles seem most appealing? How do you want to feel, not just leaving the massage table in an hour or two but when you wake up tomorrow or next week? From this collaborative beginning, your therapist will craft a treatment—and a blend of techniques and modalities—that’s tailored perfectly to you.
There is no strict menu of massage styles, so your therapist can tailor your massage to exactly how you want to feel and what your body needs.
Ashiatsu The therapist balances using parallel bars suspended from the ceiling and then applies her body weight and foot pressure to perform an amazingly deep massage. This Western take on ancient barefoot massage is known to be an incredibly effective treatment for improving posture, relieving chronic pain and stress, increasing circulation, and treating spinal problems.
Myofascial Release This technique targets pain that can arise from adhesions in the myofascial connective tissue, which wraps in and around your muscles, organs and bones. Slow, sustained pressure is applied to any stiff or fixed areas, helping to eliminate pain and restore range of motion.
Clinical Massage A personalized combination of deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy, Myofascial Release and therapeutic muscle stretching. Clinical massages are designed to reduce pain, stretch tight muscles, and reduce adhesions and chronic areas of strain. Post-treatment self-care measures are provided to maximize the healing process.
Fascial Stretch Therapy Fascia is the interconnected web of tissues that wraps in and around your muscles, organs and bones. Fascial Stretch Therapy focuses on stretching and elongating these connective tissues, to help clients gain optimal flexibility, increase their strength and performance, and experience relief from persistent pain.
Ashi-Thai A unique blend of traditional Thai bodywork and Ashiatsu Oriental Bar Therapy, this technique delivers increased range of motion and fantastic relaxation. Clients remain fully clothed, while the therapist positions the body for deep compression and stretching.
Thai Massage Thai Massage utilizes compression, passive stretching and joint mobilization to create a wholly therapeutic experience. Lovingly nicknamed "yoga for lazy people", Thai Massage helps to improve flexibility, while relieving tension in muscles and joints. Sessions are performed on a comfortable floor mat, fully clothed. Oil is rarely used. Please bring cozy, loose-fitting clothing to wear for your session.
Sports Massage Recommended for pre- and post-event muscle maintenance, sports massage can help minimize injury and repetitive strain. Performed with little or no oil, sports massage targets areas of overuse. Techniques include body mobilization and therapeutic muscle stretching to restore balance and equilibrium.
Relaxation Therapy This massage is like a tune-up for your body—enhancing your health and wellness through therapeutic regeneration. The therapist uses oils or creams to deliver special attention to tired, aching muscles, leaving you with improved circulation and a profound sense of relaxation.
Myofascial Cupping Myofascial Cupping is an amazingly effective therapy which uses negative pressue (rather than tissue compression), to facilitate rigid soft tissue release, loosen and lift connective tissue, break up fascial adhesions and increase blood and lymph flow to skin and muscles.
Lomi Lomi Hawaiian lomi lomi is a soothing massage experience that employs long, wave like strokes, often with the therapist's palms and forearms. Gentle stretching and joint mobilization are woven into rhythmic and flowing massage techniques that run the length of the body. The result is deeply restorative. Traditional lomi lomi includes abdominal massage and coconut oil, though this can be modified for your comfort.
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