Movement is Life
About Us
At Movement is Life we believe that the body is at it’s peak performance potential when it is healthy, able and agile. Studies have shown that active healthy movement leads to a happier and more relaxed daily life and it is our highest ambition to provide a pathway to wellbeing and self-healing by improving the emotional and physical lives of those around us through multimodal body therapy treatments.
Each of our licensed massage therapists are versed and well-trained in a variety of modalities, and even though we are ready and capable to administer spa-based massage treatments, our focus lies in the condition of the body and the true healing that comes from our therapies.
A growing body of recent medical studies has found that inactivity can lead to twice the risk of death as obesity. Studies have also shown that inactivity has been linked to the increase in certain cancers, and has long been associated with feelings of anxiety and depression.
We believe that living an active lifestyle is the pathway to full physical and emotional health. We believe in the agility that comes with the preparedness for whatever life may have in store for each of us. We believe that we can each improve and sustain a healthier and happier existence through consistent therapy and body work. We believe that an inactive lifestyle is not just a neutral life, but a detrimental one. We believe in the power of presence and in living a healthy active existence.
We believe movement is life.
Services
Structural Massage
Posture, posture, posture! Holding patterns exist in all of us. Let us help you get your body back into its natural posture and alignment. Help aliviate chronic pains and re-educate your muscles.
Myofascial Release Massage
This modality applies gentle sustained pressure into the Myofascial connective tissue restrictions to eliminate pain and motion restrictions caused by trauma, surgical procedures or inflammation.
Deep Tissue Massage
Very similar to a Swedish massage, but with added pressure. If you have a chronic muscle pain this is likely a good suit for you. This will get to the deeper layers of muscle and fascia.
Swedish Massage
This massage focuses on relaxation of the whole body, and has a wide span of health benefits. Improve circulation, increase levels of oxygen in the blood, decrease muscle toxins, improve flexibility and overall health.
Trauma & Recovery Massage
A physiological, neurological and even emotional approach to recovery from physical trauma is at the heart of this multimodal massage technique. Recovery from major and minor physical traumas can take time in order to heal more than just the muscles and tendons affected and a series of massages can do more restorative work than years of non-therapy.
Athletic Performance Massage
Athletes work hard to keep their bodies not just in great shape but ready for a challenge and with that in mind we've crafted the perfect massage for the consummate runner, the workout aficionado, or CrossFit loyalist. The Athlete Performance Massage, often referred to in the massage community as Sports Massage, is a full body massage that focuses on specific areas athletes may need to dedicate extra time and care to and is dedicated to sustaining an active and athletic lifestyle.
Cupping
Cupping is used for the loosening and relaxation of soft and connective tissue, circulation, indigestion, pain, cough, asthma, and migraines amongst many others. It is absolutely safe, and we give you the option of traditional fire cupping or the more recent air suction method.
Gua Sha
The foundation for today’s IASTM (instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization) Gua Sha in oriental medicine, refers to the redness that appears on the skin with this procedure.
Using a tool usually made of jade, we are able to get to some stubborn and deep points of adhesion. Gua Sha is used to help remove scar tissue, pain, remove deep adhesions or “knots”, improve soft tissue range of motion and function, musculoskeletal pathology related impairments, increases blood flow to facilitate the supple of blood oxygen to the tissues and therefore promoting healing.
