Soulstice

My body tends to get jacked up on a pretty regular basis and needs people to work on it who know what the funk they’re doing. Sadly, outside of my chiro, I have not found a massage place or therapist that can make a significant difference in things on me – until this week.
has a deal for the next *9* hours for 2 half-​hour medical-​grade massages for $ 49, a $ 125 value. That’s what hooked me up.
So what’s the difference between a medical-​grade massage and an «other» type of massage? Medical-​grade appears to do for your muscles what your chiropractor does for your spine/​skeletal structure. It’s not a fluffy massage with new age music wafting in the background and soothing oils rubbed into your skin. It’s literally muscle and fascia manipulation. Does it feel good? Well, some areas that got pressure left me feeling like a melting stick of butter and purring; and others were making me «twang» and were distinctly uncomfortable. BUT, that being said, the overall relief it provides is *wonderful*.
As far as the lack of music, we did get about 2 minutes worth through a glitchy corporate music system they have there — that was slightly amusing (and then as quickly as it appeared, it was gone again…)
I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of Sara, who hits the southernmost 2 of their 3 offices (not the Highlands one), and *she knows what she is doing*. Remember my 1^st paragraph? Yeah. She’s a pro, she has deep knowledge and will educate you in what she is doing while she is doing it – which will keep you at ease should you reach one of those «ugh, this doesn’t feel good at all» areas. On top of her manipulation, she showed me a few unusual stretches which are going to do miracles for my psoas muscles (if you have any kinds of lower back and probably hip soreness as well, the psoas is likely at ground zero as the culprit — due to, big shocker, bad body position throughout the day). She’s not the type to just hand out a sheet with various stretches on like some chiros or massage people do.
The person who booked my appointment, Chris, is also super cool and personable; very easy to get along with. So far, I’m lovin this whole outfit… they can do 30, 60 or 90 min appts, possibly 2 hrs as well since that was hinted at.