90 minute Restorative Therapeutic Massage

A 90‑minute session allows time for full‑body work plus detailed attention to chronic tension patterns, postural stress, or complex pain concerns. Systematic reviews suggest that massage therapy can help reduce chronic pain intensity, ease post‑operative and musculoskeletal pain, and improve health‑related quality of life, with relatively few safety concerns when performed by a trained practitioner. Longer sessions create space for your body to fully engage the parasympathetic “rest and restore” response, which has been linked to reduced stress markers and better overall relaxation. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1524904216301965

For clients with stubborn tightness or myofascial pain, Polly may incorporate more in‑depth trigger point therapy during a 90‑minute treatment. While the research base is still developing, current evidence indicates that manual trigger point techniques can reduce tenderness and pain in active trigger points and are comparable in effectiveness to other conservative therapies for myofascial pain syndromes. This longer format is especially well‑suited for those managing chronic pain, high stress, or complex patterns of muscle guarding who benefit from extra time to unwind and integrate the work. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1360859203001062