Massage in Stallings

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Lead licensed massage therapist Summer Plum will use her years of experience and superhero name to seek and destroy ailments of the muscle and mind. You'll receive a deliberate Swedish massage, a light- to medium-pressured technique, which also happens to be the most popular type of knead. It uses long, connected strokes and kneading to improve blood flow, stimulate the lymphatic system, relieve physical tension, and melt stress into a puddle of biodegradable papier-mâché.

Healing Touch Charlotte offers seven modalities of massage therapy for Charlotte's rotten muscles and blown tissues. A Swedish massage relieves tension and stress throughout the body like the summer winds sweeping through Stora Sjöfallet National Park, while a deep-tissue massage attacks adhesions within muscles, tendons, and ligaments. The medical massage is a rehabilitative service tending to areas affected by accident or injury, while neuromuscular massage remedies posture problems and structural dissymmetry. Prenatal massage alleviates aches within expectant mothers, reflexology kneads at nexuses 'neath the knees with its focus on feet and concentration on calves, and myofascial release uses muscle contractions and light tissue stimulation to clear up tension.

April Ann Arigoni is an experienced muscle manipulator who supplies the magical hands behind Massage By AAA. April expertly coaxes stress from the backs and shoulders of professional athletes (she once worked for the WNBA's Charlotte Sting and ECHL's Charlotte Checkers) and amateur achers. The deep-tissue hot-stone massage is a hybrid technique, combining the strategic pressure and kneads of Swedish and deep-tissue therapies with the warmth and relaxing effects of heated stones. The application of hot stones to the back during massage causes tight muscles to relax, while the connective strokes of more traditional massage techniques help expel toxins and lactic acid from the body. If you opt for a 90-minute combination massage, you will be treated to a comforting stew of Swedish, deep-tissue, sports, movement therapy, and acupressure techniques, with the exact combination of treatments customized to suit your individual needs.