Shawnee, KS Spa and Massage

Dr. Kirk Johnson says no to drugs. Inside his holistic practice, he only uses natural therapies to remove pain and discomfort. Through chiropractic, nutrition, and acupuncture, he treats all manner of disease and even helps overcome infertility. Meanwhile, massage therapy manipulates the body’s soft tissue structures to improve circulation and range of motion while releasing toxins. The office also houses a hyperbaric oxygen chamber, which creates higher atmospheric pressures to help increase the brain’s oxygen supplies and heal athletic injuries, such as tearing a muscle while trying to hit a home run using only your forearms.

As a child, aesthetician Erica Engler loved going to her grandmother’s beauty salon. She'd watch the ladies walk in looking one way and eagerly awaited seeing them leave all dolled up and ready to tackle the day. She noticed that with their physical makeover came also a mental transformation of increased confidence and relaxation, inspiring her to become a makeup artist.

Along with her team, Erica strives to make women feel more attractive and less stressed. In addition to her makeup services, she smoothes complexions with facials enhanced by Dermalogica products and hand and arm massages. Armed with Satin Smooth and NuFree wax, she swiftly removes hair from faces, arms, legs, and vestigial tails with waxing services. The massage therapists soothe aches and tension with sundry techniques including Swedish and deep-tissue massage, reflexology, and manual lymphatic drainage. With all of their services, Erica and her team aim to send clients back to their day-to-day activities feeling refreshed and more beautiful than a shimmering butterfly fluttering through a misty rainbow.

Just as its name indicates, NiNi Nails & Spa envelops fingers and toes in soothing and relaxing treatments. During sessions, technicians push back overgrown cuticles and shape nails into perfect parabolas before embellishing them with vibrant polish or no-chip Shellac gel. Indulgent pedicures soothe weary dogs, slough off calluses, and return misplaced fingers to their rightful home. The spa also treats feet with specialty jelly pedicures, which put a twist on a plain-Jane footbath by introducing a soft jelly substance made from essential oils and soothing aloe vera.

Stylist and nail technician Lucy Grothusen works from a cozy corner of Aspen Salon and Spa where she frees nails from scraggly cuticles and daubs them with durable Shellac gel. She can also affix Tammy Taylor acrylics to add length and style. With the Rockstar nail treatment, she brushes nails with Shellac, dots them with glitter, and teaches them to play the solo in "Free Bird." In addition to her signature nail services, Lucy performs cuts and colors on tresses, spritzing heads with Kenra and alcohol-free Pureology products.

Zen Massage's facility provides 10 private rooms to about 20 licensed massage therapists, a staff that is versed in many individual massages or therapy techniques. For tried-and-true relaxation, the long stroking ministrations of a Swedish massage ($39.95) will melt your tense and tired muscles into buttery bliss. If your legs are exhausted by kick-ball played during recess at the office, Zen's sports massage ($49) will relieve tired tendons and promote flexibility. Preggo patrons will enjoy Zen's pregnancy massage ($54.95), specially designed to relieve pain and aches in the back, neck, hips, legs, and weight-bearing joints, while the momentarily lazy can outsource their daily yoga to one of Zen's Thai massage ($59.95) practitioners, who will use their entire body (knees, legs, hands, feet) to stretch your body for you with a series of yogic positions. Other options include deep-tissue therapy, neuromuscular therapy, hot-stone therapy, reiki therapy, and Esalen.

Stress Medics is helping people find the self-care they need. They offer affordable and yet life enhancing therapies in a comforting and elegant setting. It's more than an indulgence, it's more than pampering. It's about helping you feel, look and live life to its fullest.