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Thai Massage is an ancient healing practice that combines acupressure, assisted stretching, and rhythmic compression along the body’s energy pathways, known as “Sen” lines in traditional Thai medicine. Unlike traditional Western massage, Thai Massage is performed fully clothed on a floor mat, and no oils or lotions are used. The session may include passive yoga-like stretches, joint mobilization, and targeted pressure applied with the hands, thumbs, elbows, knees, and feet.
• Improves flexibility and joint mobility
• Reduces muscular and emotional tension
• Supports posture and body alignment • Stimulates circulation and lymphatic flow
• Encourages relaxation and nervous system regulation
Whether you’re feeling tight, fatigued, or simply need to reset, Thai Massage offers a grounding and revitalizing experience that supports both physical movement and nervous system balance.
People with hypermobility often do struggle with being “too flexible,” but that excessive mobility can also lead to muscular overcompensation, joint instability, nervous system sensitivity, poor body awareness, chronic tension, fatigue, and pain from the body constantly trying to create stability. This is where Thai Massage can be incredibly beneficial when it’s approached with a hypermobility-informned lens.
My approach to Thai Massage is not about forcing deeper stretches or pushing mobility further. Instead, I focus on creating support, awareness, and regulation throughout the body. Through rhythmic compression, assisted movement, breathwork, gentle mobilization, and nervous system downregulation, the body can begin to release protective tension patterns without overwhelming already unstable joints.
For many hypermobile individuals, the muscles are working overtime trying to “hold everything together.” This can commonly show up in the jaw, neck, shoulders, diaphragm, hips, and pelvic floor. Thai Massage allows me to work with these interconnected patterns while helping improve body awareness, circulation, posture, and muscular coordination.
The slow, grounding nature of Thai Massage can also help calm the nervous system, which is important because many people with hypermobility live in a constant state of guarding and tension. When the nervous system feels safer, the body often responds with less clenching, bracing, and compensatory muscle activity.
Sessions are always customized to the individual. The goal is not to increase flexibility, but to help the body find better balance between mobility, stability, breath, and control. Toward the end of the session, I incorporate gentle muscle resistance and activation techniques to help “bring the muscles back online” after the bodywork. This can help the body transition from a state of release back into functional stabilization and coordination. In some cases, a vibration plate may also be used to provide additional proprioceptive input, body awareness, circulation, and neuromuscular activation to help support postural control and joint stability.
$150
90-minute Appointment
This 90-minute new patient session is designed specifically with the hypermobile population in mind. Your appointment includes a detailed health history and range of motion assessment followed by a customized 60-minute Thai massage session. Treatment incorporates proper compression techniques, trigger point release, gentle mobility work, and muscle activation techniques to help support stability, body awareness, and nervous system regulation. Supportive bolstering and positioning are used throughout the treatment to help the body feel safe, supported, and comfortable during the session.
This 75-minute follow-up session is designed for established patients continuing care with a hypermobility-informed approach. Additional time is built into the session to allow for supportive bolstering, positioning adjustments, slower transitions, and breaks as needed throughout treatment. Sessions are customized to your current symptoms, stability, nervous system response, and recovery needs to help the body feel supported, comfortable, and regulated during the massage.
$200
2-Hour Appointment
This 2-hour Thai massage session is available for new patients who do not have hypermobility or EDS-related concerns. The first 30 minutes of your appointment will be spent reviewing your health history and intake forms, discussing your goals for treatment, explaining the techniques that may be used during the session, and determining any bolstering or positioning modifications needed for your comfort. The remaining treatment time is designed to help improve mobility, reduce muscular tension, support recovery, and promote overall relaxation. Treatment may incorporate assisted stretching, rhythmic compression, mobility-based techniques, trigger point release, and full-body movement to help improve body awareness and reduce areas of restriction. Each session is customized to your individual needs, goals, and comfort level.
$150
90-minute Appointment
This 90-minute Thai massage session is available for established patients who do not have hypermobility or EDS-related concerns. Sessions are designed to help improve mobility, reduce muscular tension, support recovery, and promote overall relaxation. Treatment may incorporate assisted stretching, rhythmic compression, mobility-based techniques, and full-body movement to help improve body awareness and reduce areas of restriction. Each session is customized to your individual needs and comfort level.