Massage in Homewood

Certified by Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, licensed massage therapist Brooke Ballard eases tension from beleaguered bodies through an array of massage therapies. Soft music helps Brooke foster a nurturing environment for patients as she treats achy adults to the soothing ministrations of Swedish, deep-tissue, and neuromuscular massage, or mixes them into a customized session to address individual needs. A former kindergarten teacher, she also adapts her services for youngsters through pediatric massage therapy, which is tailored to suit children ranging from toddlers to young adults and helps them improve concentration and decrease anxiety ahead of an important interview with Santa.

After years spent working in customer-service-oriented fields, licensed massage therapists Kristina and Lee Palmer learned a thing or two about easing tension. Today, the therapists at Full Spectrum Therapy and Bodywork continue to make customer satisfaction a top priority, customizing every massage to address the particular ails of any back they meet. Swedish massage stimulates circulation and provides general relaxation to muscles that may be new to massage, and deep-tissue and neuromuscular techniques delve deeper to relieve the chronic aches and pains that muscles only mention in their journals.

Located inside of Go Natural Herbs for Health, Valleydale Massage houses massage experts ready to restore bodies to their natural balance with nine different types of customizable massage therapy. Therapists begin each visit with a consultation designed to suss out clients' reasons for visiting, determine their physical condition, and identify any individuals who happen to know the location of Carmen Sandiego. Next, clients recline upon padded massage tables before heated sheets wrap them in a steamy embrace and deft hands knead away stress and soreness. Therapists are proficient in a number of therapeutic modalities, unleashing Swedish strokes for massage beginners, prenatal techniques for mothers-to-be, and sports massage for athletes and those suffering from muscular pain.

Though she had never experienced a massage of her own, Janice Amyson knew that she had found her calling as soon as she entered massage school. She carried this initial passion through her courses and into her career at The Amazing Hands Therapeutic Massage, where today she strives to empathize with her aching clients. To make sure that she understands and addresses their individual aches, Amyson never begins treatment without a brief consultation. This all-important sit-down, during which she inquires about areas of particular soreness, allows her to customize sessions that may incorporate modalities such as deep-tissue massage, TMJ treatment, repetitive-use therapy, and medical massage.

The treatment room’s low lighting, aromatherapy candles, and lush green plants join together to soothe frazzled nerves. Arbonne lotions and a heated table aid Amyson’s nimble fingers as she unkinks knotted musculature and rewires cybernetic limbs. Other therapeutic elements include Mentholatum, which opens sinuses to allow for easier breathing, and foot warmers to comfort cold toes. In this same room, Amyson also treats bodies with soothing spa treatments such as mud-mask facials and paraffin dips.

Advance Muscle Therapy’s licensed massage therapists sweep away stress with classic massage techniques. The relaxation massage’s light–medium pressure gently coaxes pockets of tension and painful clusters of magic school busses from muscles, and the deep-tissue modality reaches the body’s buried kinks with the aim of ousting chronic pain. To round out the treatments, a small slate of spa services includes hydrating facials and body wraps.