Incline Village Massage and Body Works

Michael is a miracle worker! After sleeping funny on 2 flights to make it out to incline village my neck was NOT loving me. The boyfriend tried to help it, but it was still a mess. So while he went to watch fooseball I hunted Unilocal and found this gem.
Michael definitely made my neck feel amazing. He was really good at explaining why he did this and that, and made me feel completely comfortable. He spent a lot of time on my neck, but didn’t neglect the rest of me. When I walked out I didn’t have a single tense muscle! I felt like I floated out of his office. If he was back home I would have to see him once or twice a month! If you’re in town I highly recommend a stop to see him.

I get massage and bodywork regularly where I live and visit and feel that Michael’s work is top notch, really unique, effective, and therapeutic. I stayed in Lake Tahoe for snowboarding a couple times this spring and had the privilege of experiencing Michael’s bodywork treatment on both trips. I fell pretty bad on ice before both appointments, and I was concerned that the falls might ruin the rest of my trip. But Michael did tremendously therapeutic and healing work on me and I felt great for the rest of the trip and did great on the snow.

Visiting Incline Village over the Valentine’s weekend and treated ourselves to a massage. Found Michael’s web site, and made our appointments. Have not felt this good in years! Thank you, Michael. We will be back to see you again.

Michael is an experienced and talented massage therapist. I highly recommend him for guys who are serious athletes or martial artists.

I don’t say this lightly when I say after about 3 times, Michael worked a miracle on my lower back. I’ve been a competitive athlete most of my life and after a ski injury years ago left me with a busted disc and fractured vertebrae, my lower back has not gone 2 weeks without being in pain. I gave up riding my beloved bike even. Having children made this old injury worse. Moving 3 times in 8 months kept me on the downward spiral. I had no movement in my lower back when I went in to see him.
Michael listened and went right to work on my lower back. He has these great stones that he uses for all the tiny little nerves in my lower back. I saw him pretty regularly for that first month or so and he worked out all that pain in my lower back! I really can’t say enough how grateful I am. I got to ride my bike for the first time in 4 years without pain. Skiing should be a blast this winter. Rock on, Michael.

This is now my 8^th or 9^th visit to Michael. I’ve lost track. I definitely attempt to schedule a massage with Michael whenever I can. He is fantastic. An expert on anatomy and physiology and really knows exactly what technique to use when. He can read your body better than you can. Exactly what I want in a massage therapist.

A really different take on massage. Michael really like to spend time establishing a complete understanding of pain areas, previous injuries and other areas of the body, even giving you a basic body chart to fill out before hand. When I asked about it, Michael told me that many of his clients see him to get treat sports injuries, and sport injuries tend to impact the entire body, not just the joint or local area of the body. Instead of a just a feel good massage, I received massage therapy.
My big areas that needed help have always been my knee where I had an MCL tear and my lower back, since I sit for a living. There was a lot of focus on approaching the joint and back in different ways to get the results we wanted. He also showed my how the tightness and stress in one area had radiated to my hip, and he managed to get quite a bit of release there.
Another cool item is the oxygen therapy. I live at high elevation so I didn’t try it then. But Michael explained how tourists from different and lower elevations really benefited from a short treatment in oxygen therapy, granting them better and deeper sleep and improved skiing performance.
Overall, I’m looking forward to another session. He was definitely willing to spend additional time, and the value for the price was very reasonable.