Swedish Mobile Massage

Swedish massage can be deep tissue, but deep tissue is not Swedish massage. Much like a square is a rectangle, but a rectangle is not a square!

Swedish massage uses a combination of both light and deep pressure. In that way, it can contain components of deep tissue. A deep tissue massage focuses primarily on only deep pressure.

If you are sensitive to pressure, we recommend a Swedish massage, even if you have sore muscles... especially if you have sore muscles! 

Absolutely not. There may be moments where the therapist follows a muscle to its full origin, which may be close to the groin area, but a therapist will never under any circumstances touch your genitals.

That being said, there are licensed therapists who are certified in breast and/or vaginal massage. There are various therapeutic benefits to such massage, including treatment of:

• Incontinence
• Post-partum recovery
• Prenatal preparation
• Surgical recovery
• POCS pain relief
• Endometriosis pain relief

If you are looking for such a service, call us and we can connect you with a trusted professional.

Yes!!! Accommodations are made such as laying in a comfortable position on the side instead of laying face down or face up. Plenty of pillows are provided for adequate support.

Benefits of prenatal massage include:

• Decrease in soreness
• Relaxation for you and baby
• Increased range of motion for moment of birth
• Muscle conditioning
• Morning sickness relief

As with anything truly great, it actually takes a whole series of people refining and improving upon each other's techniques.

Many massage textbooks cite Per Henrik Ling as creating the 5 distinct strokes of Swedish Massage in the 1800's. Perr Henrick was a gymnast who first used massage on himself to improve his frequent illnesses. He began using it on his gymnastics team and then introduced it into the athletics world.

However, it was really the Dutch doctor Johann Georg Mezger who first published the 5 methods of Swedish Massage in his paper, "The Treatment of Distorio Pedis with Frictions". The methods he used were actually French, not Swedish! 

Giving massage is almost as nice as giving it! The key is to slow down and check in. If you have a friend or family member who would benefit from Swedish massage, here are the basics:

• Start with them face down. Make sure their head and neck are comfortable.
• Begin on the back of the calves. Use a little lotion or oil to make long, sweeping motions towards the torso.
• Gradually increase pressure
• Switch to petrissage, or kneading. Kneed first the inside, then the outside of the calf.
• If you find any knots, use friction to firmly rub them in a circular motion.
• Repeat for the hamstrings.
• Move on to the back. Approaching from the head of the client, use massage lotion or oil to make long, sweeping motions from the shoulders to the sacral bone.
• Gradually increase pressure
• Switch to petrissage all around the shoulders
• Use friction to really give special love to any knots
• Ask the client to turn over onto their back. Repeat the sequence, starting at the feet.

Follow your intuition! Use your hands to "see" what their muscles feel like. Of course there are a million different techniques, and this is an extremely simplified explanation of how to give a Swedish massage.

If you really focus on what their body is asking for, you can't go wrong!