Massage therapy is primarily the use of hands, fingers, forearms, or elbows to manipulate the soft tissues of the body such as muscles, tendons, ligaments, joints and connective tissue. Massage has a wide range of benefits such as improving circulation, reduced muscle tension, stimulating the lymphatic system, increased joint mobility and flexibility, and benefits to mental health by stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system. This therapy has been around since the 1700's and is used all over the world today.

Myofascial cupping is an ancient Chinese soft tissue therapy that increases healing by creating a negative pressure or suction on the skin with the use of cups (either plastic or glass). The benefits of this therapy include, stimulating blood flow, drain lymph and cellular debris, soften tight muscles, increase range of motion and lift & stretch soft tissue to separate fascial restrictions. The skin will usually redden and/or leave bruising marks due to congestion of blood flow, this is expected and could stay visible between 2-10 days.

Prenatal massage is similar to a standardized massage treatment with similar benefits, such as, relief of aches and pains, reduced edema in extremities (feet swelling), better sleep and relaxation and stress reduction. The positioning of the body can either be done on the belly (1st trimester) or side-lying (2nd & 3rd trimesters) with the use of prenatal pillowing. The pressure of the treatment is reduced in the lower back region during your 1st trimester since risk of miscarriage is high at that time. Overall, prenatal massage is a safe and effective treatment.