ROPHEKA MASSAGE

Services

Relax, Recover, and Restore

with massage therapy designed to meet your body's needs

Myofascial Cupping Massage

Myofascial Cupping Massage Therapy can treat a variety of conditions such as muscle pain and tension, reduced joint movement, headaches, back pain, stress and anxiety. The suction and negative pressure provided by the suction cups allows new blood to flow into that area of tissue providing several benefits as well such as: providing relief from physical and emotional tensions, aiding in the healing and regeneration process of cells, enhancing circulation, reducing inflammation and softening tissues by warming the skin. A Myofascial cupping massage can be therapeutic emotionally and physically. Getting blood flowing in the body is naturally healing and detoxifying. The vacuum produced from the cup causes a local expansion of tissue therefore increasing circulation to painful localizes constricted areas.

Therapeutic Massage

Therapeutic Massage has many health benefits, whether you are dealing with a specific injury, or have a certain medical condition, a massage by a trained professional can improve your health in numerous ways. This type of massage is great for stress relief, pain relief, reducing inflammation, improving blood circulation, improving digestion, increasing sense of calmness, helping treat specific injuries, improving posture and alleviating heachaches. Therapeutic Massage, or Clinical massage techniques may include myofascial treatment, deep tissue massage, cross-fiber friction, neuromuscular “trigger point” technique and muscle energy technique. This specialized type of massage is often included in a comprehensive treatment including physical therapy or other pain-relieving strategies.

Hot Stone Massage

Hot Stone Massage is one of the most relaxing Massages you can experience, very similar to a Swedish Massage or a Deep Tissue Massage. With the additional layer of heat, this adds a different element to the massage experience. The heat allows the tissue to loosen up and therefore the therapist can access the fascia on a much deeper level without too much pressure. Hot Stone Massage soothes, relaxes and de-stresses your entire body, elevating your mood and strengthening your circulation with the aid of the warm stones creating more blood flow. In addition to deep relaxation, there are many benefits to having a Hot Stone Massage including pain relief, alleviating sciatica, decreasing scar tissue, stress relief, increase joint flexibility, decreased muscle tension and promotes better sleep. Hot Stone Massage helps you relax and ease tense muscles and damaged tissue throughout the body. One study has been found that people with rheumatoid arthritis benefited from a hot stone massage experiencing less pain, greater grip strength a greater range of motion after a month of massage treatments.

Deep Tissue Massage

Most people find the Deep Tissue Massage as the most effective in relieving joint and muscle related pains or injuries. Deep Tissue is a very powerful modality in aiding injury rehabilitation, improving postural problems, releasing chronic muscle tension, lowering spasm, lowering blood pressure, reducing anxiety and relieving chronic back pain. Whether you are a placing daily high demands on your body, recovering from an injury or suffering from chronic pain, deep tissue massage has many benefits. This form of massage helps to lengthen and release muscles which might get frequently tense during highly stressful or intense activities. Deep Tissue Massage can help lower cortisol levels and boost oxytocin, which relaxes the body. It can improve athletic performance and recovery, by delaying the onset of muscle soreness and muscle fatigue. Other benefits include facilitating toxin removal, eliminating scar tissue and boost immune function.

Swedish Massage

Swedish Massage, being the most common massage modality, has numerous benefits. It helps rehabilitate muscles after an injury by the therapist working on specific areas of the body and working with specific muscles to “work out the kinks”. This form of massage is great for increasing flexibility, improving immune system, pain management, and soft tissue strains and injuries. Swedish Massage is best known to reduce stress as this modality is used to maximize relaxation. Lowering stress levels help as well with reducing tension headaches, giving you more energy and allowing you to get a better night’s sleep. It is said that an hour of massage is said to be equivalent to 8 hours of sound sleep.

Sports Massage

Sports Massage is a specialized form of Massage specifically geared towards athletes of any kind, from the World-Class professional to the weekend gym novice. Sports massage was specifically developed to prepare your body for optimal performance before, during and after an athletic activity, manipulating the soft tissue in order to prevent or improve sports injury. Sports Massage is usually given at 3 specific times; before a major event, to increase circulation, flexibility and mental clarity and to improve performance; in between workouts, to flush out toxins and take away aches and pain; after an event, to relax the muscles and speed up muscle recovery time. Sports Massage emphasizes prevention and healing of injuries in the muscles and tendons for athletes of all levels. It is also excellent for people with chronic pain or restricted range of motion.