West End Healing offers a variety of massage styles to suit your needs. A massage treatment helps an individual to relax and reduce tension in the body and mind. If you are suffering from an injury, stress, or aches and pains, a massage will help you find relief.

Swedish - Swedish massage is the most commonly offered and best known type of massage. It employs long gliding strokes and pressure point work. It is effective for most ailments because massaging the skin, the body's largest organ, sets up a chain reaction that produces a positive effect on all layers and systems of the body. It affects the nerves, muscles, glands, and circulation, and promotes health and wellbeing. The careful attention to the amount of pressure makes Swedish massage great for relaxation.

Sports - Perfect for the active person or the athlete to work specific muscle groups and joints. This massage includes pre- and post-event techniques to allow for greater endurance, lesson the chance of injury and decrease muscle recovery time. Sports massage is also good for people with injuries, chronic pain or restricted range of motion.

Pregnancy - Pregnancy massage begins during the second trimester. It is specifically designed for pregnant women to help relieve common pregnancy discomforts and promote mother and baby's wellbeing. Pregnancy massage is very gentle and effective and has many benefits, such as increasing energy and circulation, alleviating muscle tightness, stiffness, tension, and cramping, slowing the process of varicose veins, reducing fluid retention and releasing stress. Pregnancy massage can also help labour preparation by teaching the mother to consciously release tension and focus on relaxation breathing techniques, as well as releasing tension in the lower back and abdomen. Support is used on the massage table to provide support and protection for mother-to-be and her baby.

Thai - The body is taken through a series of stretches that works the muscles and opens the body’s range of motion. It has been known to be called "lazy man’s yoga".This massage is done on mat on the floor. It is required that the client wears flexible clothing.

Therapeutic - While still relaxing, this massage is designed to relieve muscles that are in spasm, resulting in reduced pain and a more relaxed, comfortable state. It can be full body or focused on specific areas of discomfort. A variety of advanced massage techniques may be used as the client and muscles require. These may include light to medium to deep pressure, compression, friction, trigger point therapy, directed energy, facilitated stretching, and heat/ice therapy.

Deep Tissue - Deep tissue massage is for those who want a deeper pressure massage. It can be full body or focused on specific areas of the body. Provides exceptional relief for chronic muscle tension and highly effective for stress reduction. Deep tissue massage requires pressure point work and deep muscle stroking, Deep tissue massage is a type of massage aimed at the deeper tissue structures of the muscle and fascia, also called connective tissue. Deep tissue massage uses many of the same movements and techniques as Swedish massage, but the pressure will generally be more intense. It is also a more focused type of massage, as the therapist works to release chronic muscle tension or knots.

Reflexology - Massage of the reflex areas of the feet and hands that correspond to glands, organs and parts of the body. Stimulating these reflexes properly can provide stress relief, improve blood and nerve impulse flow, creating a more balanced sense of well-being.

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Rates:
60 min ..... $70
75 min ..... $85
90 min ..... $100
outcalls (60 min minimum) ..... $100/hr

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All treatments are by appointment only.
If you are unable to keep an appointment, please call 530.448.9014 as soon as possible.