Sunlight is a combination of visible light and invisible light. The colors of the rainbow are visible lights, and infrared rays and ultraviolet rays are considered invisible lights. Infrared rays are one of the sun’s rays and are the healthiest to penetrate into your skin because they dissolve harmful substances accumulated in your body. The Infrared Rays vitalize your cells and metabolism.

The sun is the main source of radiant energy, but not all this energy is beneficial. Although life needs energy from the sun, too much sunlight can damage the skin creating all types of skin disorders. Infrared heat provides all the healthy benefits of natural sunlight without any of the harmful effects of solar radiation.

Experience what it feels like to flush out  toxins and use our Infrared sauna. For a more intense and invigorating experience combine your sauna session with a deep tissue massage.

The Psoas muscle. It’s intense, and it can cause major problems. The Psoas muscle when tight can be unforgiving. Whether you’re an extreme athlete, coach potato or anything in between, when it’s tight it will put you down or make your life a bit miserable. Our therapists see it all the time. Clients complaining about pain in their lower back and hips, wrapping around the groin and inner thigh. It very well might be the Psaos muscle and it needs to be worked!

The Psoas is considered a hip flexor. It stabilizes your posture and assists in straightening the lumbar (lower) spine. The Psoas starts in the lower back branches into the your pelvic area and inserts on the lesser trochanter of your femur(leg). At Deep Tissue & Structural Healing your therapist will target your Psoas muscle using an effective technique to release this muscle.

Bottom line, a therapist can work on your lower back all day but if you have a tight Psoas muscle, the problem will worsen if the Psoas isn’t manipulated.

For a visual and video of the Psoas Muscle click on the link below.

Psoas Muscle

All massage therapists see it at some point in their practice. A patient comes in and is complaining of nagging pain radiating down the buttocks and leg. There are many causes which could contribute to this. One of the causes could be a tight piriformis muscle. Piriformis syndrome is a disorder that occurs when the sciatic nerve is compressed or otherwise irritated by the piriformis muscle. When the piriformis muscle shortens or spasms due to trauma or overuse it will lead to uncomfortable pain. Massage, especially a deep tissue massage can be the answer to your problem. At Deep Tissue & Structural Healing  your therapist can target and soothe your tight piriformis muscle with heat and the perfect amount of pressure to release the piriformis. All of our clients feel an overwhelming amount of relief as the piriformis is slowly released to relaxation.

Below is a link to a great video for a piriformis stretch. This will help you out until you get your massage!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qZ517Rw7ME

The health benefits of coconut oil are tremendous and endless. This miracle food works amazingly for skin care, stress relief, weight loss, maintaining cholesterol levels, increased immunity, proper digestion and metabolism, relief from heart diseases, high blood pressure, diabetes, HIV and cancer. These benefits can be attributed to the presence of lauric acid, capric acid and caprylic acid, and its properties such as antimicrobial, antioxidant, antifungal, antibacterial, etc. The coconut oil we use at Deep Tissue & Structural Healing is as pure as it gets. It comes to us first pressed straight from the coconut. Massage is about health, and using pure organic ingredients is what we’re all about. Whether you choose a swedish massage, deep tissue massage, Lomi Lomi massage, etc., you can be confident that what is being used on your body is simply pure.

It was great to see some nice snowfall in the valley a few days days ago. Obviously that means some killer powder stacking up on those beautiful mountains Utah has to offer. We’re sure Snowbird will have it’s usually dose of the white stuff as well as The Canyons, Brighton, etc. With all that snow to be enjoyed there comes the sore battered muscles that go with the adrenaline pumping rides that coarse through your body. If you go BIG or not this season, we know that at Deep Tissue & Structural Healing, we’ll see our fair share of clients looking for some love on those muscles! Whether you need a detailed Deep Tissue Massage to get you ready for your next session, or a Swedish Massage to soothe those sore muscles, we’ll be ready to take care of you. When you are looking to get your massage in Salt Lake City, think of Deep Tissue & Structural Healing.

Deep Tissue and Swedish massage can be similar  in many ways depending on the therapist. Some therapists use the same massage strokes they use in a Swedish in a Deep Tissue massage, the only thing that changes is their pressure. At Deep Tissue & Structural Healing every artist has their own unique style. Every Swedish massage they perform is different from the one before, and the same goes for their Deep Tissue massage simply because every person that walks into our establishment is different, and everyday has different needs. Perhaps the only thing that stays constant at Deep Tissue & Structural Healing is that your mind and body feel like they’ve been through a healing process after a treatment. Our Swedish massage is fluid, extremely relaxing, and every massage stroke links perfectly to the next and the same goes with our Deep Tissue massage. Our Deep Tissue massage is exceptional because we just don’t dig in deep from the get go, we slowly, meticulously relax your superficial muscles using heat, then target and release deep tension areas. You’ll never quite feel the same after a massage from our therapists. Next time you’re thinking of getting a massage in Salt Lake City you can be confident that at Deep Tissue & Structural Healing you will find massage therapists that have a passion for what they do.