Treatments

At Massage Therapy of Oak Park, we employ a creative approach to treatment. Our licensed massage therapists use their years of academic and practical experience to effectively blend several techniques and styles of therapeutic massage. If you don’t see a particular technique listed here, please call or email us. If we can’t be of immediate assistance, we will do our best to put you in touch with someone who can help you relax, heal and thrive!

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Chronic Pain Relief

Our licensed massage therapists have been trained to integrate various massage techniques to reduce chronic pain, alleviate stress and help you connect with your own healing potential.

Craniosacral Therapy

A gentle method of detection and correction that encourages your own natural healing mechanisms to dissipate the negative effects of stress on your central nervous system.

Deep Tissue Massage

Utilizing moderate to firm pressure, our massage therapists apply a variety of techniques directly to areas of pain where adhesions have formed in the muscles, tendons and ligaments.

 

Geriatric Massage

As we get older, massage can help to manage the many physical and mental challenges that arise. Geriatric massage is a form of therapy designed to meet the specific needs of the elderly.

Hospice/Cancer Massage

A compassionate, patient-centered and therapeutic approach to medical care and support for patients and families facing end-of-life issues.

Myofascial Release

Utilized to treat a variety of soft tissue problems and free the body from chronic postural patterns. It allows for ease of movement, release of chronic tension and enhanced body awareness.

 

Pediatric Massage

We have an extensive background in helping children and adolescents, which is instrumental in helping formulate Massage Therapy of Oak Park’s approach to pediatric massage.

Pregnancy Massage

Pregnancy is a time of great change. Change, even welcome change, is stressful and can sap your energy. The caring touch of massage can help you experience your changing body in a positive way.

Sports Massage

Sports massage is designed to help athletes maximize performance and reduce injuries; it can also treat injuries when they occur. It’s an excellent complementary treatment to physical therapy.


 

Stress Relief

We all respond to stress in different ways. We focus our efforts on the central nervous system in the hopes of mitigating the fight-or-flight response and activating your body’s natural relaxation response.

Swedish Massage

Swedish massage uses different types of long, flowing strokes to reduce pain and joint stiffness, increase circulation and relax the body.

Visceral Manipulation

A gentle, hands-on therapy that encourages normal mobility, tone and inherent tissue motion of the viscera, its connective tissue and other areas of the body where physiologic motion is impaired.

Benefits of Massage Therapy

Over 20 years of practical and profession experience providing therapeutic massage to Chicagoland has shown us the many proven benefits of massage therapy. Massage Therapy of Oak Park has partnered with local physical therapists, occupational therapists, chiropractors, geriatric care managers, midwives and doulas, orthodontists, dentists, family physicians and osteopaths to help treat individuals seeking relief from:

  • Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

  • Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS)

  • Pregnancy-related discomfort

  • Repetitive stress injuries, tendonitis, carpal tunnel syndrome

  • Sensory Dysregulation/Modulation

  • Sensory processing disorder (SPD) or sensory integration dysfunction (SID)

  • Sports injuries

  • Strabismus

  • Tension, stress and anxiety

  • Back and neck pain

  • Chronic and acute pain (e.g., fibromyalgia, reflex sympathetic dystrophy)

  • Chronic ear infections

  • Developmental disabilities

  • Dyspraxi

  • Gastrointestinal reflux disease (GERD)

  • Headaches, migraines, TMJ syndrome

  • Muscular aches and pains

  • Muscular dystrophy

  • Myofascial pain patterns

These clients, individuals who are often in physically demanding and/or mentally stressful occupations, include architects, drivers, carpenters, dentists, firefighters, office workers, police officers, clergy, surgeons, professors, and web designers/developers.

“Rick’s grasp of the nature of intention and witness consciousness allows him to simply facilitate and support the inherent drive of the mind/body system to right itself.”

- Pat Allen PhD, Registered Art Therapist, Studio Pardes