Deep Tissue Massage

A technique that releases chronic patterns of tension in the body through slow strokes and deep finger pressure on contracted areas, either following or going across the grains of muscles, tendons and fascia.

Swedish Massage

A system of long strokes, kneading and friction techniques on the more superficial layers of the muscles combined with active and passive movements of the joints. The four strokes of Swedish Massage are:

Effleurage: a soothing, stroking movement typically used at the beginning and end of a massage.

Petrissage: movements with applied pressure which are deep and compress the underlying muscles. Kneading, wringing, skin rolling and pick-up-and-squeeze are the petrissage movements.

Friction: strokes that create heat, thereby promoting healing to tendon pathologies.

Tapotement: rhythmic percussion, most frequently administered with the edge of the palm or the heel of the hand. It is primarily used as a stimulating stroke, or for cramped muscles.

Active Isolated Stretching

This specialty technique was developed by Aaron Mattes, a kinesiotherapist who not only directed a highly successful physical therapy practice in Sarasota, Florida, but also studied and researched stretching for over 30 years and is a world renowned expert on flexibility. The Active Isolated Stretching (AIS) method of muscle lengthening and fascial release is a type of Athletic Stretching Technique that provides effective, dynamic, facilitated stretching of major muscle groups, but more importantly, AIS provides functional and physiological restoration of superficial and deep fascial planes.