Cupping, Hot Stones, and the Other Add-Ons

Four things can be added to a deep tissue session here. None of them are necessary, all of them do something specific, and a therapist will not push any of them on you once you are on the table. Here is what each is for so you can decide before you arrive.

Cupping is $20. It is the one that works in the opposite direction from everything else in the session. Instead of pressing tissue down, suction lifts it, decompressing fascia and the layers underneath rather than compressing them. That makes it genuinely useful for restrictions that have not responded to pressure, because it approaches a stuck area from a different angle. Cups can be left in place or moved along a muscle. Worth knowing before you commit: cupping commonly leaves circular marks that can last several days. They are not bruises in the injury sense, but if you have a wedding on Saturday and a strapless dress, plan accordingly.

Hot stones are $20 and are more practical than they sound. Heated stones layered onto tissue raise its temperature, and warm tissue gives up resistance faster than cold tissue. In a deep tissue context, that means your therapist spends less of the session warming and more of it working. It is the add-on we would suggest most often in winter, after a day outdoors, or for anyone who runs cold and takes a long time to settle on the table.

Infrared sauna is $30 for thirty minutes and can go before or after your massage. Before is the more strategic choice with deep tissue, for the same reason as the stones: you arrive at the table already warm and the productive part of the session starts sooner. After is the more pleasant choice. Either is defensible and neither is wrong. It is also the one item on this page that does not need a massage under it, since half an hour in the sauna alone is the same $30.

CBD is $30 and gets worked into the oil for the session. It is added for a greater sense of calm and release in tight, overworked muscle. We are not going to tell you it does anything medical, because we do not know that and neither does anyone selling it to you.

Which to pick, if you want a straight recommendation. Chronic, stubborn tightness in one region that repeated sessions have not moved: cupping. Cold, stiff, or slow to relax on the table: hot stones. A ski day or a long outdoor day: sauna first, then the massage. Wanting the session to feel softer overall without giving up depth: CBD. Not sure: none of them, and spend the money on ninety minutes instead of sixty, which will do more for you than any twenty dollar addition.

Cupping, stones, and CBD happen within your massage rather than on top of it, so a sixty minute appointment with cupping is still sixty minutes of table time. The sauna is the exception, since it is its own thirty minutes on either side of the session. If you want a hands-on add-on and a full working hour, book the longer slot.

Tell us when you book, on (801) 288-1118, so your therapist has what they need set up in the room before you walk in.