Massage in Cambridge

The second word in Essence Naturopathic Organic Medical Spa refers to the naturopathic doctor who helms the spa’s licensed staff. A holistic practice that informs many of the spa’s treatments, naturopathy is based on the idea that the body can best heal itself with proper food and exercise, rather than with medicines that merely treat each ailment’s symptoms. This is not to say that the spa’s services are not medically informed; the doctor oversees a wide range of herbal-medicine, weight-loss, nutrition, and infertility treatments designed to aid and stimulate the body’s own healing powers. The rest of the staff—comprised of a spa therapist, a laser technician, a makeup artist, and an anthropomorphic terrycloth robe with a penchant for bear hugs—supplements the doctor’s treatments with more traditional spa services, such as organic peels, hot-stone massages, facials, and body wraps.

The registered massage therapists of Progressive Sports Medicine have worked with numerous athletes from the NHL, AHL, CFL, and NLL, but athletes aren't their only clients. They also treat individuals who have undergone repetitive strain injuries, back pains, and headaches, which the clients perhaps received by working in office jobs or straining too much to lick jam off their elbows.

The clinic's team—which includes chiropractors, a sports physician, and a physiotherapist in addition to massage and athletic therapists—doesn’t just address injuries that have already occurred. They also attempt to prevent these injuries from happening in the first place, in both sports and everyday life. They work with individuals to identify issues in workout regimens or lifestyles and to head the issues off with massage therapy, custom orthotics, conditioning, and acupuncture.

Credit Valley Wellness Centre’s team of health and medical professionals assists patients in developing lifelong habits to attain better physical, emotional, and nutritional health. Specializing in the effects spinal health has on the entire body, including the shadow, treatments focus on chiropractic care complemented by massage therapy and posture-refining foot orthotics. Acupuncture and reiki channel the energy principles of eastern medicine to relieve pain and combat various maladies, and nutritional specialists bolster healthy eating habits with weight-loss programs and holistic-nutrition education.

The diverse team of practitioners at Eternal Balance helps to tune out the chatter of the outside world and rejuvenate the mind, body, and spirit with reiki, massage, and private yoga services. The intimate healing studio, tucked away in the Cummings Center, contains a private massage treatment room where the therapist tenderizes sore muscles and unties braided tendons with Swedish, deep-tissue, and prenatal techniques. 

A nearby classroom hosts groups of students during life-enhancing workshops, such as The Art of Natural Breathing. The studio's owner, Olga, a trained reiki practitioner and yoga instructor, concludes each session with an improvised haiku to brighten each client’s aura.

Wading barefoot through a muddy swamp has no noteworthy health benefits, but Footopia's mud footbaths are a different story. Infused with natural herbs and crystals, they rejuvenate toes and draw toxins from the body. The holistic health facility’s team specializes in these treatments as well as other foot-centric services. During foot reflexology, they apply pressure to specific points on the feet that may correspond with other parts of the body to improve one’s overall well-being. Footopia'a highly trained massage therapists can also ply the whole body with deep tissue kneads that are more effective than rubbing your back against your barn.

Ever since elementary school, Yugoslavia native Zdenka Jovic yearned to practice massage therapy for a living. She followed her passion to Canada, where she studied at the Canadian College of Massage and Hydrotherapy. With the opening of Zdenka's Divine Therapeutics in 2008, she transformed her passion for massage and its many benefits into a profession. Her practice focuses on massage techniques such as trigger-point release, deep tissue, and relaxation, which makes the body feel as comfortable as a kitten napping in a baseball glove. Her therapeutic services also include wellness procedures such as lymph-node drainage, rehabilitation therapy, and myofascial-release therapy.