Movement Restore
Chicago Massage Therapy & Rolfing
Your restorative journey is essential to your movement journey. The licensed massage therapists at Movement Med offer various massage approaches, from advanced clinical treatment to deep relaxation and stress management. Each session is tailored to your needs to help you recover and rejuvenate.
Benefits of Massage Therapy
Recovery services, such as massage therapy, can significantly improve posture and mobility by releasing muscle tension and tightness in the fascia, the connective tissue surrounding muscles and organs. This release helps to realign the body, reduce discomfort, and enhance movement efficiency.
Over time, these therapies can correct imbalances and promote a healthier posture for improved functional mobility and reduced risk of injury.
Massage
Movement Med Chicago offers a range of massage services adapted for distinct conditions, movement impairments, and injuries.
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Therapeutic Massages & Deep Tissue Massages: This therapy helps address muscle imbalances by releasing underlying tissue tension. You should not receive this treatment if you have nerve inflammation, acute inflammation, or surgery in the last six months.
Swedish Massage: This approach helps promote relaxation and pain relief. Massage techniques include rhythmic gliding strokes and kneading of the tissues.
Myofascial Release: In this process, tissues are stretched in all directions to help indirectly ease pain. It uses little to no lubricant on the body.
Prenatal and Postpartum: This approach can relax and ease muscle tensions that cause backaches, sciatica, and neck stiffness, all common during and after pregnancy.
Sports Massage: This remedy is best for athletes before or after an athletic activity. It manipulates soft tissue to strengthen performance, aid in recovery, and prevent injuries.
Reflexology: This treatment focuses primarily on the hands and feet, addressing points associated with different body areas. It's detoxing work that should leave you feeling at ease.
Table Thai: In this approach, a massage therapist uses their entire body to manipulate your body, as if they were doing yoga together.
Trigger Point Therapy: This therapy releases muscle and fascia tension often associated with pain in specific body parts. Methods include soft and deep tissue work, dry needling, and ischemic pressure.
Manual Lymphatic Drainage: This remedy relieves swelling from medical treatments or illnesses that block the lymphatic system. It involves gently manipulating the body to help lymph move to an area with working lymph vessels.
We also provide a personalized video library for additional at-home exercises, ergonomic coaching, and relaxation methods to support your healing experience and wellness journey.
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These add-ons can enhance your therapy treatments or be used as a stand-alone service. Please inquire for further details.
Hot/cold Stones, Himalayan Salt Stones, Cupping Therapy, Tens/EMS Aromatherapy/Essential Oils Arnica/Analgesics/Magnesium CBD/Hemp, Kinesio Taping, Facial Massage, Scalp Massage, Massage Vibration Device, Herbal Heat Packs, Weighted Blanket, Dry Brushing
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60 minutes: $120
90 minutes: $150
120 minutes: $190
60-minute 4-pack: $460
90-minute 4-pack: $580
120-minute 4-pack: $740
MIS
MIS combines Graston Technique with Pilates-based movement for deeper integration and neurological benefits.
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MIS Session: $110
Thai Massage
Thai massage is a holistic therapy that combines acupressure and assisted yoga postures. It enhances flexibility, reduces tension, and improves overall well-being by working on the body's energy lines to promote balance and healing.
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Traditional Thai Massage, sometimes referred to as "Thai bodywork" or "Yoga Massage," dates back to the time of Buddha. It is a 2500-year-old healing modality closely related to yoga, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Japanese Shiatsu.
No oils are used in this massage. The client wears comfortable clothes, and the massage is performed on the floor on padded mats. Many people find these massages to feel like doing yoga without exerting yourself.
This massage aligns the body's energies using gentle pressure on specific points. It also includes compressions and stretches. It also reduces stress, improves flexibility, and increases range of motion.
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60 minutes: $125
90 minutes: $150
Somatic release Therapy
Somatic Release Therapy focuses on the mind-body connection, using physical movement to release stress. It encourages body awareness to release tension patterns for improved well-being and movement efficiency.
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Movement Med instructor Erica Mott has worked with clients for more than 30 years. In this session, she will draw from movement and dance therapy. She has received training in Somatic Therapy and Feldenkrais to help you relieve tension, develop chronic pain management strategies, and be more relaxed.
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Somatic Release Therapy: $125
Graston Technique
The Graston Technique is a form of manual therapy that uses specialized instruments to gently scrape the skin, helping to break down scar tissue and fascial restrictions. This process promotes healing in soft tissues and can enhance mobility and function.
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The Graston Technique is a manual therapy using stainless steel instruments to mobilize muscles. The tools are used in two ways:
Practitioners move the instruments over the skin to find any muscle knots, fibrous tissue, or scar tissue that can cause the patient pain or restrict movement.
After identifying the knot or tissue, practitioners use the tools to disperse it, which rehabilitates function and mobility.
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Graston Session: $110
Rolfing
Rolfing is a form of deep-tissue manipulation that aims to align the body in gravity and enhance posture and movement. It focuses on the body's connective tissue, or fascia, and seeks to release, realign, and balance the body.
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Historically referred to as rolfing, the Rolf Method of Structural Integration focuses on aligning the body around the midline by manipulating fascia. It is based on the principle that a body aligned in gravity can move easily.
This whole-body approach is necessary because our bodies do not work in isolation, and often, pain that draws our attention to one area is connected to a larger pattern.
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60 minutes: $160
75 minutes: $190
90 minutes: $240
“Fantastic massage! (Dara) paid close attention to all my concerns went above and beyond to address my specific needs. I’ve had lower back pain for a year and her techniques helped alleviate it so much. Positive energy, extremely knowledgeable, friendly ... already a repeat customer. Highly recommend!!”
“Anna’s use of the Graston technique has brought me great relief, breaking up scar tissue, has helped increase my mobility while decreasing the pain and inflammation I have been experiencing. ”
“Erica’s somatic exercises introduced me to a new way to manage stress that allowed me to connect deeply with my body. This helped me release emotions in a way I didn’t think was possible. I have felt lighter and less tense as a result.”