Signed in as:. Sign out. In addition to the modalities listed on our spa menu, Zen Massage also offers some special services such as Trigger Point, Cupping, and Tui Na. These types of massages may be more difficult to book because there are only a few therapists on staff that specialize in them. Chi Nei Tsang encourages the internal organs to detox and work more efficiently. Practitioners work mainly on the abdomen with deep, soft and gentle touches, to train internal organs to work more efficiently.
It is recommended that you not eat anything heavy before your Chi Nei Tsang session, though a light meal or snack is perfectly fine and even encouraged. Cupping therapy or negative pressure , rather than compression, is a great bodywork modality to release the muscle and fascia layers, and do Deep Tissue work as well. Cupping therapy rapidly relaxes soft tissue, loosens and lifts connective structures, breaks up and drains stagnation and toxins.
The therapist uses cups that glide over your skin giving you a very strong, vigorous but relaxing massage with attention to imbalances of your acupressure meridians , and points. Cupping is good for anyone with very tight muscles, or injuries, athletes, and office workers. Cranial Sacral Therapy CST is a type of bodywork that relieves compression in the bones of the head, sacrum a triangular bone in the lower back , and spinal column. CST is noninvasive.
It uses gentle pressure on the head, neck, and back to relieve the stress and pain caused by compression. Useful applications of this modality include: chronic headaches , chronic and recent stress , neck injury both chronic and recent, TMJ , recovery from recent dental work, low back pain both chronic and recent, trauma, recent surgery, digestive dysfunction , and trouble sleeping.
During and after a session, generally expect relaxation, enhanced sense of well-being, improved ease of function and possible gentle release of physical and emotional blockages. When addressing specific issues, a series of sessions may be most effective. Trigger Point Therapy is a bodywork modality that directly addresses tightly wound nodules and bands of muscle tissue, allowing them to unwind to provide relief from referred pain and discomfort for long-lasting results.
