A typical Thai Massage is a two-plus hour treatment of bodywork that can be modified to extend to three hours or be reduced to an hour. A good place to start is with Northern Style, as it is easier to accept than the deeper Bangkok Style.
It is recommended that you start off with a one hour treatment. This is usually enough to begin the process and make significant progress.
If you have injuries, stronger techniques from the Bangkok Style will have to be incorporated at some point. It is not always pleasant, but quite rewarding when dealing with real injuries.
Doing the Northern Style for the first treatment will really ease the overall experience of receiving the deep bodywork of the Bangkok Style in subsequent treatments.
With an initial consultation, you can look forward to upon arrival:
- A 30 minute interview regarding your health, history of injuries and treatments, and explanation.
- One hour of the highest quality bodywork, the majority of it focused on opening up the energy lines around the injured area of your body.
- Gentle to aggressive stretching, depending on your individual needs.
- Recommendations on further treatments and rehabilitaion and an estimate of how many treatments it will take to get you completely out of pain.
This first bodywork session is designed to heal any structural injury that you may have at present safely: you will feel improvements in range of motion as well as a deep sense of relaxation.
Most people who have had deep work in the past know how vital it is for injury repair. It will be quite clear to you as we progress where you have identifiable adhesions, spasms, etc. I will give you the option of doing therapy at that point, respecting your wishes.
You will most probably feel sore the day after, perhaps two. The soreness felt is your body beginning to heal itself. Healing and soreness go hand in hand.
A good strategy to heal a specific injury is to come in for one hour sessions on a weekly basis. Within that one hour, your situation will be addressed thoroughly each week.
Each one of these sessions is approximately one hour:
- Neck, Shoulders, and Arms
- Upper Back and Neck
- The Whole Spine
- Lower Back and Hips
- Hips and Legs
- Knees and Legs
- Ankles and Legs
You can expect to make significant and positive progress in your condition with any of the above.
One of these one hour sessions is regularly $120, but it will discounted on the first treatment to $85. This price is for in-office treatment. Again, traveling to you will cost more.
A two hour session is regularly $230, but it will discounted it for the first treatment to $160. This price is for in-office treatment. Traveling to you will cost more.
In this length session, every part of the body, from the feet to the head to the fingertips, is worked on intelligently and deeply.
At the end of your first session, we will know much more about your body's individual needs. At that point, I can make specific suggestions as to what your best course of action may be with respect to additional bodywork and/or Yoga and Kung Fu exercises to help strengthen you.
