Massage Therapy

Refresh ~ Repair ~ Rejuvenate

Daily stress and fatigue gradually build up in our bodies until we end up "wearing" this stress like body armor. This armor reduces our bodies’ ability to stay healthily, strong and supple. Airflow is restricted and we feel tired and fatigued. Receiving regular bodywork (massage) helps us stay loose, light, and refreshed by relieving the body of the lasting effects of stress.

Receiving Bodywork consistently offers the following health benefits:
* boosts the immune system
* improves circulation
* reduces stress significantly
* sore muscles recover more quickly from exertion and fatigue
* enhanced lymphatic flow
* full body detoxification
* improved digestion
* positive mental state
* helps regulate blood pressure
* one hour massage is equal to eight hours of sleep

All of our sessions incorporate aromatherapy, which helps the mind let go as well. We take great care to customizes each treatment to accommodate our clients specific needs, by offering a wide variety of modalities, such as deep tissue, sports massage, shiatsu, reflexology, Swedish, acupressure, passive joint, parasympathetic (for lymphatic flow and connective tissue), and polarity.

Glossary Bodywork terms:

Structural Integration
SI works the deep myofascial structures. SI uses a range of soft tissue techniques to release articulator motion restrictions. Structural blocks are removed allowing the client to open up and experience their body as a whole functioning unit. Great work for those with chronic pain or accidents in their past.

Fusion Massage
Simply the best massage ever! A combination of Swedish, Shiatsu and Passive Joint Movement. Overall enjoyment! You dictate the pressure, ranging from very deep to very light.

Sports Massage
Sports Massage is vital to anyone who takes his or her athletics seriously. Its key is reducing injury before or after a workout. Compression, cupping, tapping and assisted stretching help alleviate the stress and tension (lactic acid), which build up in the body’s soft tissues during physical activity.

Table Thai Massage:
A great stretching massage. The client is dressed in loose comfortable clothing, allowing the therapist to stretch them into “assisted yoga” poses and beyond. This bodywork is wonderful for those people feeling bound up by too much or not enough physical activity.

Ear Candling:
Great for swimmers! A therapeutic treatment to remove wax build up and debris from the superficial inner ear. Starts with a focused massage and tapping in and around the ear, once the wax has been loosened, a lit herbal paraffin cone is carefully placed in the ear creating a gentle vacuum that will cleanse and clear wax blockages

Pregnancy Massage
Bodywork during pregnancy Benefits (please make sure you are past your first trimester)
* Tranquil relaxation and stress reduction.
* Relief from muscle cramps, spasms, and myofascial pain,
especially in the lower back, neck, hips, and legs.
* Increase in blood and lymph circulation, which can reduce swelling
* Reduces stress on weight-bearing joint.
* Improves outcome of labor and eases labor pain
* Enhances the pliability of skin and underlying tissues
* Provides support for the new mother with physical and
emotional strains of mothering

Availability
Hours reflect first appointment and last appointment time
Monday 5-7pm       Tuesday 9:30am-5:00pm
Wednesday 9:30am-2:00pm         Thursdays 9:30am-11:am/ 2:30-7:00pm
Sunday 10-5pm

Pricing Information:
You can purchase Massages and gift certificates at the fitness desk.
Please bring your paid receipt to your appointment
*60 minute      $75 member/ $90 non-member
*90 minute       $100 member/ $120 non-member
Table Thai 2 hours $185 member / $215 non-member
Ear Candling $95 member/ $105 non-member

Meet our Holistic Health Practitioner

Robin Swan

Robin Swan - Massage Therapist @ JCC Robin has been a holistic health practitioner since 1982, working with professional sports teams and high profile clients as well as maintaining a global clientele for over 20 years. Her emphasis is in whole body integration. With a background in Structural Integration (secondary muscle work) and metaphysics, she is able to blend deep tissue work with absolute relaxation. Robin has also been a pre and postnatal Douala for 15 years; her specialty is in assisting women with the body changing process of pregnancy. Being a native La Jollan, Robin is excited to be working within a community she's known and loved for years. Book a session with Robin today and feel all your tension and stress melt away.