Massage Services

CBD Massage

Intergrating CBD into massage offers extended pain relief for chronic areas.

I use the highest quality full spectrum, spagyric CBD cream I could find. Clients have noticed a remarkable difference. Spagyric CBD extracts use a special process to bring out the full value of pain relief and anti-inflamitory properties, with 500 mg per oz

Take home CBD tins are availible. $40 for 2 oz 1,000 mg CBD

Cupping

The benefits of cupping include local pain relief and muscle relaxation. Cupping improves overall health by removing the energy blockages that TCM practitioners identify as barriers to the flow of healthy energy or qi. For athletes, cupping may help increase blood flow to a particular muscle region or help reduce pain.

Unlike cupping you may recieve from other treatments - I generally do not leave marks. I use a technique that involves moving the cups as I feel necissary to release a specific area. This reduces the duration of cups in a particular area, thus preventing the marks you may have seen researching cupping online.

Auto Insurance Claims

A Little Zen accepts clients with auto insurance coverage for massage. 

Injuries from auto accidents require a more specific treatment plan.

More treatment time before and after a session is sometimes needed to reach client goals. 

Included with each session is consideration for the extra time that someone would need who is receiving special medical care. A post massage plan is offered to further help the client at home, such as stretching and other valuable self care tips.

Hand, foot or back scrub

Slow down and let go with a detoxifying hand, foot or back scrub. Purify and renew your skin with a detox scrub, while restoring moisture balance of warm oils to top it off. Crafted with an all-natural blend of essential oils.

Choose between coffee, salt, sugar or a signature scrub.

Standard Massage

Each massage includes special extras unique to A Little Zen - Such as red light & full spectrum light therapy & full length, heated biomat. Hot towels and light aromatherapy are also complimentary in standard massage. Jade eye masks are an option as well. You can even choose your own music if you'd like :) 

Biomat technology is a revolutionary boost in the heated massage table. It has negative ionic charge which promotes relaxation and healing. Negative ions are also said to improve lung function. Infrared rays help relieve joint pain including arthritic symptoms. The mat is also infused with tourmaline and others stones which promotes healthy circulation. 

Years of experience in aromatherapy has brought wonderful blends to the therapy room where you will enjoy not just great scents but also the range of benefits that essential oils offer.  

Hot and cold therapy is wonderful in promoting well being and balance. At A Little Zen each massage offers the option of hot towels on the back and cool stones for your eyes.

A Little Zen is continually striving to learn about and incorporate modalities that deliver the best massage you can receive. You are unique. Your massage should be too. 

You are also welcome to take home some Zen with hand crafted products that nourish body and mind.

Deep Tissue Massage

Deep Tissue Massage is a form of bodywork that aims to relieve tension in the deeper layers of tissue in the body. Deep Tissue Massage is a highly effective method for releasing chronic stress areas due to misalignment, repetitive motions, and past lingering injuries. Due to the nature of the deep tissue work, open communication during the session is crucial to make sure you don't get too uncomfortable. Keep in mind that soreness is pretty common after the treatment, and that plenty of water should be ingested to aid with the flushing and removal of toxins that will have been released from the deep tissue during the session.

Add-ons

At A Little Zen pricing is simple

All add-on are $10 each

The Services page give an indepth overview of add-ons offered. The basics...

Cupping

CBD

Foot or Hand Scrub

KT taping

Aromatherapy

Hot or cold stones (or a combo of both)

Salt Stones

Thai Stick

Other add-ons such as deep tissue and lyphatic drainage are included in a regular massage at no extra charge

Sports Massage

Sports Massage is a type of massage designed for highly active people who engage in athletics. Engaging in sports is harsh on the body and can often lead to injuries in both the short and long term. Sports Massage enhances performance and prolongs a sports career by helping to prevent injury, reduce pains and swelling in the body, relax the mind, increase flexibility, and dramatically improve recovery rates. Sports Massage is also highly effective in aiding the rapid recovery of an athlete from an injury by encouraging greater kinesthetic awareness and in turn promoting the body's natural immune function.

Lymphatic Drainage

Lymphatic Drainage Therapy aims to gently and rhythmically move the lymph through the body, especially swollen areas of the body, relieving pressure and enhancing the functioning of the immune system. As both a preventative and remedial technique, LD can be used for a wide range of purposes including faster recovery from injury, reduction of swelling and discomfort from pregnancy, and strengthened resistance to illness.

Hot Stone Therapy

Hot Stone Therapy is a style of massage where heated stones are placed at specific sites on your body to deepen relaxation and promote circulation in your muscles. Muscles that are heated with these stones release tension and stress much more deeply and quickly than with a traditional massage. The overall experience is very relaxing, nurturing, and rejuvenating.

Thai Massage

Thai massage is more energizing and rigorous than most other forms of massage therapy. It's also called Thai Yoga massage, because I use my hands, knees, legs, and feet to move you into a series of yoga-like postures and stretches. My clients say Thai massage is like doing yoga without doing any of the work. No oil is applied, so you are fully dressed during the session. A single Thai massage session will help you release stress and relieve pain, and help you function more effectively at work and home.

Myofascial Release

Myofascial release is a form of soft tissue therapy intended to eliminate pain, increase range of motion, and rebalance the entire body. It does this by using massage techniques to stretch the fascia and release the bonds that exist between the fascia, muscles and bones. Fascia is the connective tissue that connects and covers all muscles, organs, and skeletal structures of the body. Direct myofascial release is sometimes known as deep tissue work. Indirect release applies light pressure and gently stretches the fascia; this allows for increased blood circulation and relief from pain.

Kinesiology tape

Kinesiology tape is a thin, stretchy, elastic cotton strip with an acrylic adhesive. Therapeutic kinesiology tape that can benefit a wide variety of musculoskeletal and sports injuries, plus inflammatory conditions.

Kinesiology tape is almost identical to human skin in both thickness and elasticity, which allows kinesio tape to be worn without binding, constricting or restriction of your movement.

Kinesiology tape is an that is used for treating athletic injuries and a variety of physical disorders. For the first decade after its introduction practitioners in Japan were the main users of the therapeutic kinesiology tape. By 1988 the tape had been adopted by Japanese Olympic and professional athletes before spreading across the world.

You would have noticed that more an more professional athletes use kinesiology taping improve their sporting performance, prevent injury and allow them to return to sport quicker.

Massage is performed first and then afterward the tape is applied.

Structural Integration

Structural integration employs soft tissue manipulation with the goal of realigning the body in relationship to the force of gravity. The theory underlying structural integration asserts that often the body's connective tissue is "bound up," thus restricting opposing muscles from working independently of one another. Thus, we aim to loosen the restricted connective tissue by using a practice very similar to deep tissue massage. Practitioners typically prescribe a specific sequence of ten sessions lasting between 75 and 90 minutes in order to "unlock" the whole body.

Active and passive stretching

Human movement is dependent on the amount of range of motion (ROM) available in synovial joints. In general, ROM may be limited by 2 anatomical entities: joints and muscles. Joint restraints include joint geometry and congruency as well as the ligamentous structures that surround the joint. Muscle provides both passive and active tension.

In an active and passive stretching session either I am moving your joints or assisting you in moving yours with techniques applied to improve ROM.