• Functional Fitness and Aerobics classes

• Therapeutic and Relaxation Massage

• Personal Training and Coaching
 
Benefits of Massage and Bodywork

• Massage feels great!
• Promotes relaxation
• Alleviates stress and anxiety
• Enhances overall well being
• Relieves muscle spasms
• Increases joint mobility
• Improves circulation
• Relieves head, neck and backaches
Therapeutic Massage – Pain Relief
A deep tissue massage using myofascial release, trigger point therapy and range of motion exercise. Using one or a combination of these modalities help facilitate movement in the joint and bring the muscle back to its normal state.
Relaxation Massage – Stress Reduction
An Esalen-style massage using long, gentle strokes to promote deep relaxation and stress reduction.
Back Up & Slow Down
An upper body massage focusing on the neck, back and shoulders where you carry most of your stress.
Pregnancy Massage
Relieves stress on weight bearing joints (ankles, low back, pelvis) as well as reducing swelling and alleviates neck and back pain caused by muscle imbalance and weakness.
Paraffin Hand or Foot Treatment
Warm wax, rich in natural oils, restores the skin’s lost moisture leaving the skin hydrated and rejuvenated followed by a massage.
Massage Menu
30 min.........$30
45 min.........$45
60 min.........$60
90 min.........$90
*Paraffin Hand........$15
*Paraffin Foot.........$15
*Can be added to any massage session.
Muscle of the Month
Sternocleidomastoid
Pain Pattern:
Clavicular head: pain refers to the frontal area—when severe, it extends across the forehead to the opposite side. Deep ear pain on the same side. Symptoms are frontal headache, dizziness, and postural imbalance. Sternal head: cheek, temple and orbit pain; pain that arches across the cheek and into the jaw, over the supraorbital ridge.
Causative Factors:
Mechanical overload in extension or flexion; chronic rotation to one side; whiplash; compression of the neck; paradoxical breathing or chronic cough.
Stretch exercises:
Clavicular head: Bend head and neck backward, rotating the face to one side. The muscle will be stretched at the clavicular head on the opposite side.
Sternal head: Turn head to one side, then at full rotation, tilt the chin toward the shoulder. The muscle will be stretched at the sternal head on the same side.Clavicular head: Bend head and neck backward, rotating the face to one side. The muscle will be stretched at the clavicular head on the opposite side.
Sternal head: Turn head to one side, then at full rotation, tilt the chin toward the shoulder. The muscle will be stretched at the sternal head on the same side.
Strengthening exercises:
Isometric against mild forward resistance.
1) Place the palm heel on the forehead for resistance. Press the forehead into the resistance.
2) Clasp the hands behind the head, just below the crown. Press the head and neck posteriorly, against the resistance.
Body Balance Plus
705 Broad Street
P.O. Box 383
Oriental, NC 28571
(252) 670-7535