Our muscles help us tackle daily tasks such as sauntering, using utensils, and preventing our bones from unionizing and demanding we eat eggshells until they've had their fill of calcium. Reward hardworking tissues and tendons with today's Groupon: for $29, you get a 60-minute massage at Ability HealthCare in Oak Park (a $70 value).
Dr. Julie Klarich and Dr. Meghan Zack-Bell have more than 35 years of combined heath-care experience. They and their dedicated staff provide thorough, healing massage treatments targeted to a patient's individual needs. Choose from five massage options: hot stone, sports, deep tissue, Swedish, or a custom massage. A hot stone massage employs smooth, heated stones to soothe away tension. Olympic-level leap froggers can unwind from a tough training regime with a sports massage. Surrender to an hour of deliberate strokes and direct muscle grain pressure in a deep tissue massage, or melt muscles like beeswax and awaken a slumbering lymphatic system with a Swedish massage. Your treatment can also be customized to your health condition, lifestyle, and pinball-related stress level.
Ability HealthCare's massage room is bathed in a pleasant spring green hue accented by soothing, bee-free floral arrangements. Ability HealthCare also houses an herbal remedy and wellness shop, and Groupon users are entitled to 15% off any product on the day of their massage. The office offers convenient late evening hours on Mondays and Wednesdays, making it easy to schedule a massage around business lunches and NASA launches.
Reviews
Although there aren't many online reviews, Ability HealthCare has testimonials from satisfied clients:
- I've seen Dr. Julie for years and, following her treatment program, my pain is totally gone. I have more energy, and whenever I leave her office I feel like I'm walking on air, both physically and emotionally. – Erik M
- Dr. Julie and her team assisted me before, during and after one of the most difficult times of my life and I couldn't have asked for a better team. – RM
Groupon Says
Deeply Hidden Body Parts
A deep-tissue massage goes past the superficial and relaxes the layers deep below your skin. Here's a look at the parts of your body hidden underneath your skin:
Blood: Although movies and TV often depict the oxygenating liquid sprayed all over the place, blood is actually more useful inside the body, where it transmits wishes from the heart to the brain. Blood is nature's Gatorade, and can be drunk in a pinch for a boost of energy.
Bones: You don't have a Dracula living inside you, but you do have a freaky skeleton in there. Don't be afraid! Your skeleton is actually just comprised of harmless bones that, while they serve no purpose, cannot hurt you.
Muscle: Muscles aren't reserved just for body-builders and cute guys. Even lazy slobs have muscles! Your muscles must be relaxed by means of massage at least once a month or all of your body's muscles will crawl out of your mouth while you sleep and into someone else's mouth.
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