Massage Service
A massage is not only a tool of relaxation or a way of treating a specific problem but it is also a gift of wellness to yourself because massage positively effects every system in our body. And, in our stress filled world every body could be well served by having a massage on a regular basis rather than just once in a while. The following chart gives you an overview of the effects of massage to each system of the body:
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM (SKIN)
- Increases skin temperature
- Improves skin condition
- Increases mineral retention in bone
- Stimulates sudoriferous glands
- Improves skin pathologies
- Promotes fracture healing
SKELETAL SYSTEM
- Stimulates sebaceous glands
- Reduces superficial keloid formation
MUSCULAR SYSTEM
- Relieves muscular tension
- Relaxes muscles
- Reduces muscle soreness and fatigue
- Reduces trigger point formation
- Manually separates muscle fibers
- Increases range of motion
- Improves performance (balance & posture)
- Improves motor skills
- Lengthens muscles
- Increases flexibility
- Tones weak muscles
- Reduces the creatine kinase activity in the blood
- Improves muscular nutrition
NERVOUS SYSTEM
- Reduces stress
- Reduces anxiety
- Promotes relaxation
- Decreases beta wave activity stress
- Increases delta wave activity
- Increases alpha wave activity
- Decreases pain
- Reduces analgesic use
- Activates sensory receptors
- Shifts EEG activation from right frontal to left frontal
- Decreases H-amplitude levels during massage
ENDOCRINE GLANDS AND HORMONES
- Increases dopamine level
- Increases serotonin level
- Reduces cortisol level
- Reduces norepinephrine level
- Reduces epinephrine level
- Reduces feelings of depression
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM
- Promotes lymph circulation
- Reduces Lymphedema
- Decreases the circumference of an area affected with lymphedema
- Increases lymphocyte count
- Increases the number and function (or cytotoxicity) of natural killer cells
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Reduces respiration rate
- Strengthens respiratory muscles
- Decreases the sensation of dyspnea
- Decreases asthma attacks
- Increases fluid discharge from the lungs
- Improves pulmonary functions
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
- Promotes evacuation of the colon
- Relieves constipation
- Relieves colic and intestinal gas
- Stimulates digestion
URINARY SYSTEM
- Increases urine output
- Promotes the excretion of nitrogen, inorganic phosphorus, and sodium chloride in urine
At The Tranquility Center our therapeutic massage may include techniques from several of the massages mentioned at the right (please click on the buttons for a brief description of each massage) or you can request a specific type of massage.
The price of a massage is as follows unless otherwise stipulated on the description page of a particular massage:
- $75 for 60 minutes
- $90 for 75 minutes
- $105 for 90 minutes