Beauty & Spas in Ames

Massage therapist Megan Smith pays careful attention to her clients' ailments and cossets each sinew with tailored techniques. After consulting with clients about their most problematic areas and least problematic knock-knock jokes, Megan goes to work, leveraging a variety of massage modalities, such as deep tissue, prenatal, lymphatic drainage, and reflexology.

When licensed therapist Danielle Robison-Engeman opened her own massage practice, she wanted to brighten her clients' lives. So rather than opt for a bland or typical business name, she borrowed her daughter's moniker: Sunshine. Danielle totes along her cheeriness when she renders massages such as hot stone, reflexology, and deep tissue, which can help subdue stress, tension, and pain from injuries and everyday wear. She also specializes in trigger-point therapy and myofascial release, which she employs while listening to her clients and adjusting her approach according to their requests. Danielle goes beyond the borders of her office to knead tense shoulders at events such as bridal parties, health fairs, and shoulder-pad-assembly-line workers' conventions.