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About Traditional Thai Massage
Thai Massage is an ancient and sacred art of healing body and energy work, said to be founded by Doctor Jivaka Kumar Bhaccha, primary physician to Siddhārtha Gautama, the historical Buddha. Sharing a common ancestry with Yoga and ancient Chinese medicine, it's roots lay in a religious practice where monks would perform the modality omn one another to ease the aches and pains incurred by spending hours of sitting in meditation each day.
Thai Massage releases restrictions in the tissues that occur along the lines which energy and movement take place in the body. In other words, it focuses on the body's natural patterns of movement, much like yoga, rather than simply treating individual muscles and muscle groups.
Thai Massage takes place on a mat on the floor, on a fully clothed client. Sessions generally begin at the feet, honoring the belief that tension in the body starts from the ground and works it's way up. The techniques most commonly used include compression, acupressure and stretching. This is a vigorous and thorough therapy and a highly effective treatment for the results-driven client!
Benefits of Traditional Thai Massage
Traditional Thai Massage can help improve (including but not limited to):
- Circulation
- Nerve function
- Depth of breathing
- Athletic performance
- Fertility (when related to stress or hip/abdominal tension)
- Immune system function
- Strength and mobility
- Your sense of modesty because it's fully clothed
- Overall mood and sense of well-being
Thai Massage is an effective treatment for a wide array of conditions (including but not limited to):
- Aches and pains in the muscles/soft tissues
- Immobility and stiffness in the joints
- Headaches
- Menstrual cramping (by releasing tension in the tissues connected to the affected area)
- Constipation (by releasing tension in the tissues connected to the affected area)
- Indigestion (by releasing tension in the tissues connected to the affected area)
- Stress
- Sports injuries
Conditions You Should Alert your Massage Therapist to
- Pregnancy - Please inform your therapist if you are pregnant and how many weeks advanced you are.
- Varicose Veins, enlarged, not just "spider veins" - Please inform your therapist so affected areas can be avoided.
- Contagious skin conditions - even through clothing, these areas are not to be touched. Please tell your therapist where to avoid.
- High blood pressure or diabetes - Please inform your therapist so technique can be modified.
- Heart conditions or stroke - Please inform your therapist so technique can be modified.
- Cancer - Massage only allowed with physician's written approval.
Reasons NOT to Receive Thai Massage
- Injury or inflammation of the muscles - A freshly pulled hamstring or torn rotator cuff cannot be massaged out, please check with your doctor or specialist as to the proper treatment.
- Bone fracture or joint dislocation - Again, please visit your doctor or the ER with this type of injury.
- Fever or recent cold/flu - Please wait until 5 days after symptoms subside.
Drug/Alcohol intoxication - Please do not come to the clinic intoxicated. (Happy Hour can wait! But don't be surprised if you find that after a treatment or two with Eric, you're so relaxed you don't even need Happy Hour!)
To learn more, please click to read our Thai Massage FAQ page.
By appointment only, no walk-ins please.
Call or text message Eric at: 469-583-6156
or email: info@sacredartthaimassage.com to schedule your appointment.
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