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| - I purchased a Groupon for a two hour deep tissue massage with 3 additional services. The three I chose were the back scrub, foot scrub, and the hot stones. My massage was with Ariana at 4PM. The confirmation email she sent out included step-by-step instructions on how to get to the exact location. Thank goodness for her instructions because I would've gotten lost otherwise. Ariana met me at the front desk exactly at 4. She gave me a questionnaire to fill out regarding my health status, my preference of pressure, and the issue areas that I wanted her to address. The pressure scale was anywhere from 1 to 8, 8 being "it hurts so good." I have gotten my fair square of professional massages so I opted for a 7.5. The room was clean and Ariana was very professional.
However, I was thoroughly disappointed with my massage and 3 additional services. First of all, I asked for a 7.5 pressure, Ariana gave me about a 2/3. I understand that pressure is a subjective topic, but she never asked if the pressure was okay (not even once). She spent what seemed like hours on my back as I had pointed out in the beginning that my problem spots were my shoulders and lower back. She used the same strokes repeatedly; there was no variation. I got bored quickly. Because she did not massage deeply, she glided over my knots. It was more like a petting zoo than a deep tissue massage. I left feeling the same amount of tenseness in my shoulders and lower back as I had came with, but with a lot more residual oil from head to toe. When she flipped me onto my back, she went to go massage my abdominal area which felt weird to me. I've never had my abs massaged before and because I don't have abs, I felt as if she was massaging my organs. 2 out of the 3 additional add-ons were also disappointing. The hot stones was my favorite because you cant really mess up on rubbing hot stones across ones back. However, the foot and back scrub didn't do much for me. Oil is placed across the back and feet and a what felt like a scrub mit was used to gently glide across the skin. There was no pressure at all. It didn't feel like a scrub.
I was hoping to find a masseuse that I could see monthly, but unfortunately, that didn't happen. I thoroughly appreciated Ariana's level of professionalism and the cleanliness of the facility, but she lacked skill.
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