At WOW! Massage, we are happy to offer three basic levels of massage therapy to meet your relaxation and therapeutic needs. We know that every person is an individual and that every individual needs different attention, and so every single WOW! massage session is tailored to your specific conditions and needs. Every WOW! massage therapist is trained in adapting every massage session to your particular needs on the day you're here, and so you can be sure that you'll get the perfect experience customized just for you. To help us find your perfect massage, you can customize and upgrade any of our three basic levels however you'd like.
We currently offer 3 session lengths for your massage session at WOW! Massage, one hour, and an hour and a half.
The Rejuvenator
30 Minute* WOW! massage session:
Need a quick escape and speedy recharge? Our WOW! 30-minute express massage is perfect for you. In a half-hour session, you can expect to get just a little rest and relaxation in the midst of your busy day, and in that time your therapist will have time to address whichever of your problem areas is most pressing: shoulders, neck, low back, or whatever you need at the moment. These sessions allow you five minutes to meet and talk with your therapist, twenty-five minutes on the table, and five minutes to get dressed again and be on your way. They're everything our longer sessions are but made to be quick and convenient for when you just don't have more time to spare.
*Please include 10 minutes time for consultation, disrobing, and dressing.
The Escape
One-hour* WOW! massage session:
Each of our one-hour massage sessions is scheduled for one hour so that time for consultation, disrobing, and dressing leaves fifty minutes dedicated to the massage. This length is considered to be the standard in massage therapy sessions and is sufficient to create a deeply relaxing, restorative, or therapeutic session.
*Please include 10 minutes time for consultation, disrobing, and dressing.
The Relaxation Vacation
Hour-and-a-half * WOW! massage session:
Hour-and-a-half sessions are also available, allowing the therapist to take more time on your trouble spots and to spend more time easing you into deep relaxation during the session.* With deeper work, the extra time really allows your therapist to find your problem areas and create some real change in them while still having time to cover most or all of your body. With lighter work, these longer sessions can be simply hypnotic.
Warning: May be highly addictive; once experienced, many folks never go back to shorter sessions.
*Please include 10 minutes time for consultation, disrobing, and dressing.
Session Types
WOW! Experience
This relaxing massage is designed to provide and promote restoration via a combination of light and medium pressure gliding strokes that soothe your muscles, mind, and nerves. This sort of massage is frequently called a basic Swedish massage and stems from time-tested techniques that will lull you into profound relaxation. Depending on your needs, this relaxing massage can help you to recharge emotionally and physically, and it can be used effectively to enhance your circulation and recovery after athletic activity.
Medium Pressure Refresher
The medium-pressure WOW! therapeutic massage is the most popular massage option that we offer because it combines the best of both worlds: a primarily relaxing Swedish-style massage composed of medium and light gliding strokes that are woven together with deeper friction and firmer pressure for enhanced muscular therapeutic value. In one of these sessions, you can expect some of the deep relaxation that you love about massage therapy as well as some of that hurts-so-good therapy that you know you need. This massage method adapts perfectly to sports massage before or after athletic performance and yet is relaxing and soothing enough for every body to benefit from.
Deep Pressure Therapy
This is our heavy-pressure massage, frequently called "deep-tissue" massage, and it is designed to get some real work done in your musculature and connective tissue. You'll definitely feel the difference! The therapist will be using adaptive pressure to your tolerance and comfort while firmly affecting your body in a definite hurts-so-good kind of way. You can expect deactivation of some of your more irritating trigger points, leaving you with a more comfortable feeling after the session. Please note that this massage may cause some minor bruising if you bruise easily, is unlikely to be able to cover your entire body in a single session, and is most effective in series of more than one session.*
*Since really deep work is much harder on our therapists, this level of massage is available for an additional $10 per session for members.
Wow! Enhancements:
In addition to the three basic levels of massage to choose from, WOW! Massage is glad to offer a menu of upgrades to your basic WOW! massage experience. These upgrades, like deep therapy work, make a huge difference in your massage. They include the use of essential oils, including WOW! Massage signature blends, and special modalities that many of our therapists are skilled in providing.
Aromatherapy Oils
Essential oils do two things in your massage therapy session. They deliver the benefits of aromatherapy, and they directly enhance the therapeutic benefits on the tissues of aromatherapy and by directly enhancing the therapeutic benefit on the tissues of your body: skin, muscle, connective tissues, and joints. WOW! Massage offers several single essential oils to choose from, or you can combine a few signature blends that we think you'll really love. Add these benefits to your massage experience for just an additional $10 for members.
Mommy to Be
Prenatal massage work is great to help with the stresses of pregnancy. Your session will include specialized cushions and bolsters to facilitate your comfort while you receive the massage that you know you need and deserve. Pregnancy and prenatal massage are offered by qualified therapists at no additional cost; just let us know about your little gift!
The Deep Digger
Trigger point massage is one of the most effective methods of decreasing and managing chronic pain of muscular origin as well as increasing range of motion of restricted joints. It is remarkably helpful in the following conditions, to list just a few: headaches, stiff or sore low back, shoulder pain or stiffness, frozen shoulder, sciatica, wrist, or ankle pain, and elbow and knee pain. It also can be very helpful in managing fibromyalgia symptoms.
Please note that the sessions are designed around creating therapy more than relaxation. You may expect to remain partly clothed, as directed by your therapist, and in constant communication with your therapist. A trigger-point therapy session is also considered a type of deep-pressure therapy and therefore comes at an additional cost of $10 per session.
Sports Specific
Sports massage adds a certain kind of edge to your massage session, which will normally be medium or deep pressure but could be any of the three basic WOW! levels. For pre-event sports massage, expect to be loosened up and invigorated. For post-event sports massage, you can expect to have your muscles worked in a more standard but focused fashion that is proven to decrease recovery time for athletic work.
With WOW! Massage on your side you merely explain to your Therapist the areas that you feel you need to focus on and they will create a custom made program just for you that will progress you from where you are right now to how you want to feel tomorrow.