Services

Current Pricing for All Services:

½ Hour Massage

$30

1 Hour Massage

$50

90 Minute Massage

$70

* $5 off for Reiki Services

Save 10% by prepaying for 5 appointments

Gift Certificates are available and can be purchased in units of time or for certain dollar amounts. Specials are run periodically through out the year, so check the website Home Page often and watch for the ads in the East Lycoming Shopper.

The first Reiki Level 1 Class was held at the Clinic in April 2010, and a second in April 2011. A Level 2 class is being planned for sometime late Fall 2011 or early Winter 2012.

Check back often for updates.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF MASSAGE SERVICES

OFFERED AT

MUNCY MASSAGE CLINIC

WHAT IS CLINICAL MASSAGE THERAPY?

Clinical Massage Therapy is typically defined as manual manipulation of soft tissues of the body to relieve complaints of pain and limitations of movement. Physicians are more frequently prescribing massage therapy to relieve the stress, pain and muscular symptoms of a wide variety of illnesses, including cancer.

At Muncy Massage Clinic, clinical massage is what we are all about. We do not offer spa services such as facials or body wraps. If the modality does not have a highly therapeutic benefit, we do not offer it.

New clients complete health intake forms. A few minutes are spent at the beginning of each appointment discussing the client’s needs and expectations for their massage that day. Files are kept on every client with SOAP notes being completed for each session.

The following are the modalities we use while implementing clinical massage therapy at Muncy Massage Clinic.

THERAPEUTIC SWEDISH MASSAGE - gets its name from Swedish physiologist, Pehr Henrik Ling (1776–1839), who also developed his own system of medical gymnastics/exercise, now known as Physical Therapy.

Swedish massage is the foundation of all Western massage (as opposed to modalities developed in ancient China, Japan and India), including Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, and Sports Massage. Swedish is the systematic and scientific manipulation of the soft tissues of the body for the purpose of establishing or maintaining good health and improving or restoring range of motion. The strokes used in Swedish are effleurage (long, firm strokes), petrissage (kneading), friction, tapotment, and vibration.

Swedish massage can produce deep relaxation, rehabilitate muscles, prevent injury, improve circulation, or slow the progression of an illness.

Swedish Massage is the basis of all massage offered at the clinic, with deep tissue and trigger point therapies integrated as needed or requested.

DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE - 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 chronically tense muscles, knots and adhesions.

It shouldn't hurt, but it's likely to be a bit more uncomfortable than a classic Swedish massage. Your massage should not cause you more than what we call a “feel good hurt”. You should always feel free to speak up if the pressure is too much for you. Pain is subjective, so there is no constant, measurable amount of pressure to which every person will have the same response.

Deep Tissue Massage is performed as needed during massage at the clinic, unless the client specifically requests strictly a relaxation massage with no deep tissue work.

TRIGGER POINT THERAPY – also known as neuromuscular therapy, is a specialized form of deep tissue therapy that treats trigger points. Trigger points are tiny areas of irritation within strained bands of muscle present in most cases of chronic muscular pain and always manifest in tight, shortened muscles.

Trigger points are self-perpetuating because of the stress-tension-pain cycle. This cycle generates a downward spiral of dysfunction and pain that requires therapeutic intervention to be stopped.

Treatment for trigger points/neuromuscular therapy attempts to disrupt the stress-tension-pain cycle by deactivating trigger points with manual pressure applied directly to the trigger point to disrupt the flow of nerve impulses that activate the pain zone.

Trigger Point Therapy is performed as needed during massage at the clinic, unless the client specifically requests strictly a relaxation massage with no deep tissue work.

REFLEXOLOGY – is based on the theory that pressure applied to specific spots on the feet and hands stimulates corresponding areas in other parts of the body. Maps of the feet and hands help practitioners identify which part of the body is being stimulated as they press different spots on the foot. Reflexology can be part of a full-body massage or performed as a separate 30 or 60-minute session.

Reflexology is derived from zone therapy, in which the body is believed to be divided lengthwise into 10 zones, five on each side of the body that have endpoints in the feet, hands, and top of the head.

When performed as a separate session, the client is fully clothed and sitting in a reclining chair.

REIKI – pronounced “ray-kee” is a Japanese word meaning universal life force energy, which is found in all things—people, animals, plants, rocks, trees, even the earth itself. The Usui System of Reiki Healing, or Usui Shiki Ryoho, applies this energy through gentle touch for the purpose of healing.

Human beings are energy systems and life energy is the most essential and basic element of the human energy system. When our energy is depleted, or our energy is out of balance, we suffer physically, emotionally, mentally or spiritually.

Reiki practitioners channel or transfer Reiki energy to the recipients who only accept or absorb what they need. Reiki can do no harm. Documented benefits of Reiki treatments include less pain and faster healing times after surgeries or injuries, and relaxed muscles. Reiki also eases the mind, calms anxiety, improves spiritual outlook and rebalances energies.

Reiki is becoming more widely accepted by the medical field and Reiki practioners are increasingly seen in medical practices, hospitals and operating rooms as part of integrated medicine.

In a typical Reiki session the client is fully clothed on a massage table or chair while the practitioner places their hands on the client, usually starting at or near the head. Clients should not wear metal jewelry during the session or have a heavy meal right before their session.

What Reiki is NOT:

- Reiki is NOT a religion. It is not affiliated with any particular religion or belief system, and receiving Reiki will not conflict with any spiritual beliefs you may possess.

- Reiki is NOT a substitute for necessary medical treatment.

- Reiki is NOT a massage, although many massage therapists are also Reiki practitioners, and Reiki can be incorporated into any massage session.