Rock on, turn up the heat, get stoned… Aside from being a bad pun writer’s dream, hot stone massage enhances relaxation and feels amazing. Especially welcome during the cool months, adding a touch of warmth to a relaxation massage helps fight the winter blahs as well as the increased muscle tension felt from the cold. […]
“Get off the table and onto the floor for a Thai Yoga Massage” Feeling adventuresome or ready to try a little something different as part of your (massage) wellness routine? Get off the table and onto the floor for a Thai Yoga Massage to challenge your flexibility and leave you feeling revitalized. Often referred to […]
Living with fibromyalgia can be disheartening, depressing, and, while in the depths of the worst days, downright bleak. No one wants to lose the ability to conduct a normal, pain-free, easy-functioning life. To worry whether they will have enough energy each day to get dressed and go downstairs. To have to routinely say “no” to a lot of life’s little pleasures […]
Stop. Take a deep breath in for four counts. Hold it. Exhale for eight counts. Okay, now focus. Turn your attention to your body and scan around to feel where you are holding your tension. Is your jaw set? Have your shoulders crept up towards your ears? Are you clenching your fists? Does your stomach […]
Targeted Therapeutic Massage for TMJ Disoders can help reduce common symptoms including pain and stiffness. Nimbus Massage now offers massage for TMJ Disorders. Our program is designed to relieve the pain and stiffness associated with the Temporomandibular Joint. The protocol, designed by a Massage Therapist who also worked for nearly two decades as a dental […]
Massage legislation? Really? Yes, really. For those massage nerds out there, here’s some interesting info about our community. The Virginia massage community has a bill, HB 562, in this year’s General Assembly seeking stronger licensing laws. The current law states that a person may not call themselves a Certified Massage Therapist if they have not […]
Energy work for balancing your life force. Polarity therapy. Kassia brings a new (to Nimbus) flavor of energy work called Polarity Therapy. Never having experienced the work, I “volunteered” to try it out so that I could give you all the scoop. As with a regular massage session, we began by sitting and discussing the […]
by Kristina Page We all need a break sometimes. A break from the routines and habits that pile up to overwhelm us, stress us, and lead us to burn out. I recently attended a seminar about codependency and burn out in the self-employed as a favor to the seminar organizer who wanted to ensure […]
by Kristina Page Through 20 years of volleyball, a couple of car accidents, several high-stress jobs, and bad computer posture, I have developed chronic neck and shoulder pain. It started more than ten years ago and prompted me to use massage as a corrective measure. Over the years, I have gotten better and better at […]
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