Saint Augustine, FL Spa and Massage

Family Massage owner Andrea Voegeli honed her craft in her native Germany and then in Switzerland before touching down on American soil to unburden tense bodies. With a specialized focus on women struggling with infertility or the physical discomforts of pregnancy, the licensed therapist administers deliberate strokes that utilize creams, lotions, and oils in order to encourage reproductive self-healing. She also silences the tense muscles of all genders with Swedish massage, and calls upon her role as part of the FSMTA sports-massage team to alleviate physical aches resulting from injuries or the mental anguish of being mocked by a Jumbotron. True to her business's name, Andrea also welcomes infants and children to her pristine facility for therapeutic massage.

Cheryl M. Thacker draws on 15 years of experience as she soothes sinews and relaxes tense musculature. Her nimble fingers travel over skin using an array of unique massage styles, such as raindrop aromatherapy massage, which uses pure steam and essential plant oils to kill bacteria and restore the body's electrical balance. During her Himalayan hot-stone sessions, Cheryl rests 250-million-year-old salt crystals along backbones to absorb toxins, impart nutritious minerals, and prevent her thinnest and driest clients from blowing away.

Education is important. And the team at Advanced Healing Therapies knows it. Anke Cacciola, the business's founder, graduated from the Florida School of Massage in 1992 and holds a total of seven professional licenses and certifications, making her seven times more qualified for her career than the degree-lacking Ben Franklin was for his. Her partner, John Neumann, has 15 years of massage therapy experience, and a master's degree in metaphysics. They leverage their wide and deep pool of knowledge to foster overall wellness via myriad traditional and alternative therapies.

Their medical massages focus on relieving pain, and the use of hot stones on the back relaxes bodies, unlike the use of hot stones on someone's touchscreen computer monitor. The team also augments the effectiveness of their treatments with reflexology sessions or reiki therapy, which uses healing energies to impart calm and balance.