Red Bank, TN Spa and Massage

Using a pair of bars to keep her balance, licensed therapist Melissa Bond climbs atop the massage table and uses the pads of her feet to relieve tight muscles in her client’s back. This practice is known as Ashiatsu Oriental bar massage, in which Melissa has earned certification—along with three other modalities—during her eight-year tenure as a therapist. In a calming treatment room, she unravels stressful knots with gentle Swedish massage or firmer deep-tissue treatments, rooting out tension and rare coins buried in musculature.

At Pink Sparkle Spa, young girls can add a dash of glitter to their medley of sugar, spice, and everything nice. These glamorous transformations take place at the spa or clients’ homes—with technicians providing everything from sweet-smelling mani-pedis to fancy makeup and updos. Pink Sparkle Spa also combines these services in an array of packages, with most including balloon bouquets, sweet bags, and a secret decoder ring for deciphering Parent Speak.

Salon La Vie’s stylists—many of whom have trained with professional brands such as Schwarzkopf, Redken, and Dikson—keep up with the latest trends and techniques to provide clients with contemporary looks to fit all lifestyles. Men’s and women’s haircuts, feather extensions, and keratin hair-smoothing treatments are just a few of the studio's specialties, which extend all the way to elegant updos and makeup for special events such as weddings or formal trips to the dry cleaners. A certified massage therapist rounds out the salon’s offerings with 30- to 90-minute massages that draw on Swedish, deep-tissue, and sports modalities.

Before she launched Bodyworks Massage, Jennifer Snelgrove racked up 900 classroom hours at Georgia Career Institute—that's 400 hours above the state requirement. During these hours, she fine-tuned her skills and honed her intuition, becoming a master of massage therapy. Snelgrove works alongside Melanie Ward, a fellow overachiever who possesses more than 900 hours of anatomy and hands-on education. They practice modalities that range from long, soothing Swedish strokes to targeted deep-tissue manipulations. Regardless of technique, their bodywork sessions induce a deep sense of tranquility and cause muscles to slacken like carolers after New Year's.

The two licensed massage therapists at Daily Kneads Therapeutic Massage induce blissful reverie and relaxation in bodies of all kinds, including moms-to-be and people with disabilities. Inspired by Christian teachings, they aim to induce a thoroughgoing sense of comfort in clients, while also keeping a lookout for ailments that would be best treated by other health-care providers or mechanics.