Hands-on Approach / The Spa at Preston

Stanley gave me the best massage I have ever had! I plan on seeing him monthly. Deep tissue with really healing hands! I will be back soon!

Another EPIC ZUKO MASSAGE! I had a great massage again from one of my favorite Therapists. I know I can be long winded but I try to only preach the facts. The fact here is, ‘I’ am in love with Zuko’s Technique (don’t be lealo! I slept like a STONE!
From what I can tell, acknowledging I am a layman in this area… Zuko tries to give me the most detailed and therapeutic massage each time. She listens to my pre-​massage concerns, is attentive and I think listens to not only my muscles via tactile senses, but also my auditory responses to her hand placement on my middle and lower back, sciatic, gluteus and upper leg muscles. In other words, if I moan (yes I am a moaner, sorry all) in a painful tone, she will work that area over, she uses tuning forks (I actually felt the sound waves penetrating through the skin into the muscles below) to massage or otherwise manipulate the tense tissue where she can’t reach I guess. It was awesome!!!
Look I can go spend $ 100 or more on a spa massage only, get some over priced ‘therapist’ who probably don’t give a damn if I return or not; my HSA covers this stuff under ‘Be Well’, but I had rather go somewhere that I can TRUST they want me back, they will do a good job and they are just as detailed, IF NOT MORE SO, as a fancy spa with Used Cucumber Eye Sandwiches and a full bar. All the therapists here are good to great. ANY of them can do you up right. I just prefer Zuko, something about her energy flow while she works on me. It is the same for a friend I camp with who is also a massage therapist.
Go there, try them out! Tell them Forest Johnson sent you! No, I don’t get a prize (hmm, never asked about that actually, LOL), I am just that confident is their services. I don’t recommend anyone that I don’t feel is deserving of it. This place is very deserving of it.
The only way you will have a bad experience here is if you are the cause of it. I went in my first time PISSED at another school, taking my anger out on anyone unfortunate enough to be in my sites, short tempered and generally being a prick. Zuko was the poor therapist that got me. She listened, she asked questions then worked me over like cheap gristly meat turning me to tender veal! She made damn sure I felt better before I left. You know you had an awesome deep tissue massage when you are punch drunk, you head is clogged and you want to drink a liter of water! I was sore as hell the next day, but I stretched and did a follow up with Swedish a few days later to loosen up… I was a new man. They would not even accept my apologies, they understood (my BFF told them why I Grumpy Boots that day).

I went to Ken and he was the best! He knows how to work out sore spots and has amazing pressure! I will most certainly be back.

I love the prices here and will come back just for that reason. It’s super inexpensive especially if you go to a student though I did not. The place is nice and cozy but there’s a smell to the place that is really sweet and was making me nauseous but seems to only be in the lobby and bathrooms but not the actual massage rooms. I went to Cheryl for an hour long deep tissue massage and she did a really good job but my biggest pet peeve is being cold during a massage and there wasn’t much for covers, basically just a sheet, plus Cheryl turned the fan on for herself. Not sure if I could ask for more covers next time or not. Also, she didn’t seem to use enough oil and my skin felt pinched a couple times. I would like to go again and try someone different. Otherwise I do feel looser after and the rooms are nice and quiet and simple. They also have different bath salts and what they are good for. I bought a large tub for only $ 8 and we shall see how it goes.

Private rooms, little to no small talk, and wonderful massage. Do your tense self a favor and go get a massage.

Let me just tell you… I love this place! I tried or out on a whim about three years ago and have been going ever since!
The prices are great $ 40 for Swedish $ 55 for Deep Tissue??? Hello?! Can’t beat that.
Secondly, I see Leon and he has the hands of an angel! No seriously he is THE BEST! The first time he did my massage, I was drooling, literally!
This place def beats Massage Envy and the folks are friendly. It makes the experience better when you aren’t trying to be sold a membership which they don’t so I find no faults with this place and tell everyone I know about it.
To help clue you in on how much I love this place, I moved 30 mins further out and still only go here, sadly just not as often

I love this business. I go to Tammy. She’s very skilled at working your glutes and other areas us regular folk may not know need attention. She’ll also stretch you out like a boss. She and the rest of the staff are very friendly. You can’t beat the prices either. $ 40 for an hour or pay $ 21 extra for an hour and a half. Totally worth it.

I’m sorry to say this place has gone downhill. I’d been here a few times over the last 2 – 3 years and this las time was just horrible. It all started when I walked in the door and the man behind the desk greeted me with a «Yes?». Not much of a greeting. I told him who I was and what time my appt. was. He told me that my appt. had been booked for an hour earlier and that I missed it. Sorry, you’re therapist has now moved on to someone else. I then told him that I’d just make the appt. earlier that day and I definitely said 5:30p for the appt. He kept arguing with me, and was not very nice about it. Then, when I was about to walk out (WHICH I REALLY SHOULD HAVE DONE, in hindsight), he says, OH, you’re «my name?». I said yes. He goes, oh, okay, we’ve got you down for 5:30 with Claude. Not even an «I’m sorry for the confusion», nothing. Just a real jerk. So I sit down and wait for Claude.
2^nd part of worst massage experience ever — Claude acted like this was his first massage. I asked after and was told he’s very experienced. Wow, I feel sorry for the other people. I walked out of there more stressed and with tighter muscles than when I went in. He would go from super hard to super light, and then he spent five minutes just poking at my feet, literally, poking. I’ve had foot reflexology before, and I assume this is what he was trying to do, but it was horrible. Just poking one finger of his into parts of my foot. Finally I asked him to stop as I knew my time was just ticking by. I did not get the full treatment of a normal massage, barely touched my arms the entire time.
I’m very, very disappointed and will not ever go back again. It’s a shame b/​c I just started working up in their area and it would have been nice to have a good place to go on occassion. I highly recommend Sole Therapy over this place, if you’ve never been. Same price, and soooo much better.

The student massage therapists are well trained. Make sure that you communicate with them about room temperature and pressure preferences. Medium pressure to them might be firm or light pressure to you. Just tell them and they will adjust. They are very good at focusing on problem areas too if you let them know.

Wow. Just got back from a 50 minutes massage for $ 40. Had a relaxing private room, very professional, licensed massage therapist. The front desk staff was friendly, the establishment was clean and uncluttered. A very good deal indeed!

Came in for a massage after a race and I will definitely go back often. It is also a massage school, so student massages are $ 30 for 50 minutes. That proce can’t be beat. The lobby is very clean and relaxing. There are tons of private rooms. That is a huge plus in my book. My therapist was wonderful. She worked out the kinks and even concentrated on problem areas I had. This place will see me often.

Wouldn’t recommend. Staff was a tad bit too rude for my taste. I tried to buy a Christmas gift for my mother (50 minute massage for $ 40) but was told my card was declined (much to my surprise because after Christmas shopping I was left with over $ 60). After checking my account and calling the bank I was told they swiped my card twice (the first went through, the second was declined). After calling back twice to speak with two people who gave me different reasons why my transaction wasn’t listed on their batch report, I was received with a nonchalant «your loss, not our fault» response from Russell, the manager who almost dared me to try and get the bank to refund my money. At this point I’ll be getting my mom a nice massage from somewhere that they might treat customers a little nicer. Wouldn’t want to put her in their rude hands.

We booked two massages at Hands-​On 12÷16÷11 and it has been quite awhile since I have had a massage. We were massively impressed with this establishment. Very clean, well run, and private rooms for your session.
I had Ken as my therapist and he was excellent; even running back through a couple of problem areas at my request.
It was very easy to give these five stars to such an outstanding business!

Fabulous price. Fabulous massage. Massage table was a little shaky and the sheets were thin, but got over that quickly.

Thoroughly enjoyed my $ 40 massage I treated myself to yesterday. At prices this great, I can afford to schedule in a massage much more often than every 6 months or so.
The location is great as well — I was early for my appointment and was able to kill some time browsing around Half Price Books. Hands-​on is also right next door to a Smoothie Factory and a Jersey Mike’s if you want to grab a drink or a bite to eat before/​after your services.
Although the rooms are pretty bare bones, I love the fact that they are private — as Antoinette pointed out, you aren’t getting a massage in a large room with curatins, which I’ve been exposed to in the past. Not a huge deal, but it was a nice change to have a private room.
I’ll definitely be back! Thanks Unilocalers!

I agree with the other Unilocalers. This place is great. $ 40 for a 50 minute massage by a licensed therapist? Whoohoo! I went on a Friday afternoon. Although I wasn’t «wowed» with the atmosphere, it wasn’t bad, either. I describe it as basic – both the lobby and the massage room. But the massage itself was great. For those of you wondering what this place is since it’s part of a school, you can get a massage from a licensed therapist rather than a student, and that includes a private room (no large rooms with curtains). I highly recommend it, and it was definitely one of the best massages I’ve ever received.

This place is what Texas Massage Institute used to be: a fabulous place to get an affordable massage in safe surroundings. Over the past year or so, I have had at least three Swedish relaxation massages at Hands-​On, and more than four Deep Tissue massages here. All were expertly done by a well-​trained young person who did not give me the creeps.
This place is worth the money and well worth the effort to call early for an appointment time during peak hours.

A friend and I decided to give this place a try. I have had massages at schools before and have not had the best experiences, but I can’t afford high-​end spas on a regular basis. A one-​hour massage was $ 40, and the woman did a great job. The atmosphere was welcoming and relaxing, and the people were friendly. I was comfortable and really enjoyed myself. They offer lots of services, including skin treatments. The website has a brochure to download for more information.