Frequently Asked Questions

Kind of. Rebecca is a Certified Yoga Tune Up teacher and Roll Model Method practiitoner. Yoga Tune Up is different from a traditional yoga class as YTU focuses on reducing pain, improving posture and enhancing performance. If you're looking for a zen/meditative flow class that makes you lose count of all of the chaturangas you've done, there's a good chance that we're not for you. However, if you're looking to identify your 'body blind spots', learn some easy to incorporate self-massage techniques with therapy balls, do some corrective exercise and just play for an hour or two, we'd love to work with you! Currently Rebecca is on a limited teaching schedule and classes and workshops are updated periodically, however if you're interested in a private session or class for just you or a small group, we can design a class specifically for your needs! Simply reach out to see how we can help.

Ashiatsu (pronounced AHH-SHE-AH-TSU)is a deep tissue massage for those who think the limit of deep tissue does not exist. By using the feet instead of the hands, your therapist is able to use gravity to work deeper into the muscles, but with enough flow to not realize that there's a foot gliding up your back instead of a hand. Please be advised that currently Ashiatsu is available by request only as our Ashi superstar Nicole is only able to take a limited number of clients per week for this service.

Fascial Stretching is perfect for those who aren't taking enough time to stretch on their own, or just know that someone else can do it better. By using slow, gentle movements and light traction, your therapist will work to break up those tight tissues in your hips, shoulders, neck and more. By getting into the joint capsule and freeing up space there, it's kind of like when you clean out the cobwebs in the basement window in your laundry room, getting deep into those crevices where who knows what has been lurking. Experience greater range of motion, less pain and the satisfaction knowing that you aren't as old and decrepit as you think you are.

Picture this: your muscles are feeling tight and cranky, and you need some serious TLC. That's where cupping massage therapy swoops in to save the day. It's like a deep tissue massage's cool cousin, using special cups to create suction on your skin. This technique helps increase blood flow, relieve muscle tension, lift and separate the tissues to allow for more circulation, greater range of motion and you can make up a cool story about how you got the cupping marks, like fighting off an octopus or something.

Lokte (like a locked door) Method is a unique approach to pain, dysfunction and injuries that focuses on releasing tension and restoring balance in the body. It combines deep tissue work, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, and other techniques to address specific issues such as carpal tunnel, sciatica, plantar fasciitis and more. Unlike a traditional massage, this is performed with the client seated or laying on the floor while the therapist uses their feet to work through tacked down muscles, tight adhesions and more. Please wear comfortable clothes for your session as you will remain clothed for the duration.

MPS Therapy uses microcurrent (electrical currents equivalent to 2hz) to regulate your autonomic nervous system. This helps reduce your sympathetic stress (that fight-or-flight just got chased by a bear or gave a big speech and are all amped up) and boost your parasympathetic activity (the chill rest and digest response) to treat chronic pain, stress, anxiety, depression, scar tissue, injuries and more. Seriously, if you have a condition there's a very strong chance there's a protocol for it. It treats acupuncture and trigger points to deliver a deeply relaxing, healing treatment that most patients report an up to 80% improvement in symptoms in as little as 3-5 sessions.

Not sure which service is best for you? Don't worry, we've got your back (literally!). If the service descriptions aren't helping, please reach out to us and a member of our staff will be happy to recommend a service that fits your needs.

We offer a variety of massage and bodywork services to cater to your specific needs. Our Fix Massage is more on the therapeutic side with targeted work for those aches and pains that plague you on a regular basis where The Restore is the perfect opportunity to take a break with a relaxing and restorative massage. We also offer Ashiatsu massage, cupping and prenatal massage. Our therapists all have their areas of expertise and specialties as well as different styles and pressure so if you're not sure who/what to choose, read more here

We do. You may purchase packages in 4, 8 and 12 sessions and you can even share them with friends/family! You may purchase a package at checkout or right online.

We do! Simply head over to our Gift Certificate page to purchase. You can design it however you'd like, choose a service or dollar amount, print or email it and your purchase will be in your Vagaro account should you need to reprint or re-send anything.

Unfortunately the state of Michigan doesn't recognize independent practices like Michigan Massage and Wellness as 'health care' because we do not have a physician on site. We do, however, accept FSA and HSA cards and we are happy to provide you with a receipt to submit for reimbursement. For our auto clients, we are able to bill your auto insurance, but we will need information prior to scheduling so please reach out to our office for assistance. Please note that we do not take clients who are currently in litigation or there is litigation pending.

Easy! Simply click any of the "Book Now" buttons you see on the site and it will take you to our scheduling page. We use Vagaro as our scheduling software, so if you have an existing account all you'll need is your email to log in. If you're new, you'll simply fill in the information requested and you'll be able to book to your hearts content. Online booking is the fastest and easiest way to schedule, and we even have a waitlist feature so if you don't see your preferred day/time, just pop yourself on to the waitlist and you'll get a notification if anything becomes available!

Sorry, but we do not. We do have online booking available as early as 4 hours prior so if you don't see anything open on the schedule, chances are we are booked but it never hurts to give us a call!

We love a good deal as much as the next person, and we understand that pricing is an essential factor in making decisions about your health and wellness goals.

While we value each and every client and understand the importance of affordability, our pricing structure reflects the quality and expertise of our skilled massage therapists, as well as the overall experience we aim to provide.

Our team is dedicated to delivering exceptional service, personalized care, and a tranquil environment to ensure you receive the maximum benefit from your massage session. Our prices cover the cost of our professional staff, ongoing training, and the unique amenities we offer to enhance your experience.

We believe in transparent pricing and want to assure you that our regular rates are competitive within the industry, considering the high level of service and expertise we provide. Our commitment is to consistently deliver a premium massage experience that contributes to your overall well-being.

Lastly, when you visit Michigan Massage and Wellness, our 60 minute sessions are just that: 60 minutes of hands on time. Provided you are on time for your appointment, you will receive the full time. We don’t entice you with limited time offers or a subscription base model to get you in the door and hide in the fine print that the 60 minute session includes consultation time, undressing and redressing. We also reward our clients with a points program that allows you to earn on your purchases and redeem for complimentary sessions, a referral program when you introduce a new client to our practice, birthday surprises and more.

We are confident that when you have your first visit with the amazing team of therapists at Michigan Massage and Wellness you’ll quickly see why clients still choose us and keep coming back after 20 years.

There’s a saying that goes “tipping is an outward way of expressing inside gratitude” and while we certainly don’t ever expect a gratuity, it is always appreciated. Our therapists work hard and while we pay them a much fairer wage than a lot of places in the area, if you feel that the service you received was beneficial to you and you would like to give something a little extra, it does not go unnoticed. Do you tip your hair stylist for making your hair look amazing? Or your nail tech for the great mani/pedi they just did? Just because a massage doesn’t change your outward appearance, think of how good you feel for days after your session.

Now, for some services such as Manual Lymphatic Drainage and MPS Therapy, those are more on the medical/orthopedic side and treated as such so don’t feel that you need to tip for that, however should you feel inclined, your therapist will be grateful.

Again, that depends. If you’re dealing with an acute injury or chronic pain, the more frequently the better. However, we understand that regular massage and bodywork sessions may not be in everyones schedule or budget, but let me be completely honest here: that herniated disk that is compressing on your cervical nerves and causing numbness and tingling down your arm isn’t going to go away if you’re not doing some self care at home in between your massage sessions. And we’re not going to correct a problem that’s been bothering you for 6 days, 6 weeks, 6 months or 6 years in a single visit.

Now, if you generally feel good and nothing actually hurts (as in causes you physical pain when you do something like move or cough), a lot of our clients get tremendous benefit from a monthly ‘maintenance’ session.

While we try to be as flexible as possible and understand that emergencies do arise, please understand that your appointment time is reserved for you and when a last minute cancellation or no show occurs, this does affect us as a small business as well as other clients that are unable to get in for several weeks. Appointments cancelled with less than 24 hours notice WILL be billed accordingly.  Your cooperation is greatly appreciated and you may view our full cancellation policy here.

Most people walk out of the session saying things like "I feel lighter" or "I feel like I'm floating" or my personal favorite "dude. My jeans are looser, what in the world did you just do?!" Because we are speeding up the rate at which your lymph flows, well imagine like someone just turned the jets on inside your system and they turned it on a gentle pressure wash setting. Everything is going to flow a bit faster, and because you're going to be a superstar and drink a bunch of water to flush out everything we just stirred up, you should feel light, loose, less swollen, more range of motion, relaxed and like you're floating on a cloud just out there in the gentle waves. Seriously though, you'll have a feeling of "I can't believe you were barely touching me and I feel amazing now".

You're not alone with that feeling! Because the lymphatic system sits so close to the skin, when deep(er) work is performed, the lymphatic system is generally missed. And when it's in it's 'natural' state, your lymphatic fluid is thick and viscous, like honey in the middle of a cold winter night and all you want is a little squeeze for your tea but nothing is coming out. By doing the light, repetitive work that is required of MLD, that fluid starts to thin out and flow a little bit quicker and easier. If we start manipulating muscles, squeezing the tissue within an inch of its life or for crying out loud please stop watching the "lymphatic massage" videos online where they are doing body scrubbing or fascia blasting. We're not into damaging the fascial network or seeing who can get the best bruises, and we were professionally trained and are Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage therapists and we work the way we were trained. LIGHTLY.

It depends on what you had done. Typically, most post-op care recommendations are 1-2x/week within the first 1-3 weeks following surgery. After that sessions may be dropped down to 1x/week for another 1-3 weeks and a lot of patients like to stay on for maintenance sessions after, 1-2x/month for 1-3 months. However, we realize that such a frequency may not be possible, so we are happy to work with you to ensure you are able to get the maximum care and maximum results. If your surgeon is unfamiliar with the benefits of Manual Lymphatic Drainage following surgical procedures, we are happy to share any information as well as send notes with progress updates as well as anything we may notice, such as seromas or fibrotic tissue developing.

House calls may be available for post-op patients who are unable to drive themselves for treatment or do not have reliable transportation. Arrangements must be made prior to scheduling, full prepayment is required, as well as 48 hours to cancel and there will be an additional fee to provide outcall services. Please reach out to the office to discuss your care needs.

Currently, Rebecca is Certified in Manual Lymphatic Drainage through the Academy of Lymphatic Studies where she learned the Vodder Method, considered the 'gold standard' in lymphatic drainage. She also has advanced MLD training for post-operative management of surgical procedures, including cosmetic/plastics, orthopedics and reconstructive. Rebecca is not able to provide Complete Decongestive Therapy at this time for patients who need a CLT (Certified Lymphedema Therapist), however, she does have some experience working with Stage 1 and early Stage 2 Lymphedema and Lipedema patients. She does not provide any bandaging or compression wrapping at this time, but we have partnered with Lympha Press are are happy to provide a complimentary session with the Lympha Press Optiflow Compression system. This pneumatic, sequential pump provides gradient sequential compression and we welcome our patients to use it as a pre-treatment for their MLD session with Rebecca. Rebecca does have plans to complete her studies to receive her Certified Lymphedema Therapist (CLT) in March 2025, but for everyone's safety and to stay within her scope, Rebecca is unable to treat advanced stages at this time.

...I just had surgery and need lymphatic drainage twice a week for the next 6 weeks starting tomorrow! While Rebecca would love to help everyone, please understand that being in this business for 20 years like she has takes its toll. She's also been running this business for 20 years. Her body is tired and a bit broken so unfortunately, she has to keep to a limited schedule. Plus, she needs to have time to train the next generation of little Rebecca's. With that being said, emergency appointments (can be scheduled 24-48 hours in advanced if available) are available for an additional fee*. House calls may also be available

Imagine as if you've got all of these little garbage trucks running throughout your entire body. Then one or five break down and it creates a bottleneck where nothing can get through. Using the Vodder style of Manual Lymphatic Drainage, your therapist will work to open up your regional lymph nodes to clear up anything that is stuck or clogged, and through the magic of interstititial fluid, the rate at which your lymph flows starts to speed up and suddenly it's like you're driving on the Southfield Autobahn that is M39 and there's not a cop in sight to slow you down. MLD is hugely beneficial not only for pre and post surgery, but for autoimmune conditions, chronic pain, swelling, fluid retention, cancer and more.

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Let me guess....it was a non-sculpting Brazilian Butt Life procedure. Or how cupping can give you abs. Or this cool (literally cool) sculpting video. Or the infrared mat....we could go on and on, but the TL/DR is: while it is possible to do some lifting with enough sucking of a cupping machine, eventually gravity is going to settle in because do you really have the time to do multiple treatments a week or whatever cost it is? And depending on the type of fat you have, freezing may not respond to it. Or you'll end up spending enough to take your dream trip to Antarctica. Infrared does have benefits but it depends on so many things, and sure you'll lose inches, blah blah blah. If you're coming to Michigan Massage and Wellness for lymphatic services, we don't call it a massage because it's not. We're not going to do some body shaping with wooden rods because that's not what we do. We may use tools to break up fibrotic tissues or work seromas out, but we are more concerned with what's happening UNDER the skin and the rest of your internal systems

At this time we do not. Perhaps down the road we will get into more esthetic services, but we also don't buy cheap stuff and a good body contouring machine is sure to cost about $20,000. But if you want to sponsor us, we'd be happy to take some trainings! 😛

Scar tissue is like that overzealous friend who, despite their best intentions, sometimes makes a mess of things. This super-helper is a key player in healing our wounds, but it doesn't always know when to stop. So, it can end up causing issues like a limited range of motion, nerve compression, and even pain. And, just like that friend who's a little too intense, it doesn't confine its effects to one place. Scar tissue can affect your whole body, not just the initial injury site, and whether it's old scars or new, SRT (scar release therapy) with the Dolphin Neurostim is a phenomenal treatment for scars and adhesions. SRT IS PUBLISHED IN SCIENCE to deliver between 73.2% – 82.02 pain relief after a single application. (IJCAM 2017, OGN 2018). This is twice (2x) the average pain relief of all other published pain therapies.

This is your time! If you have had a frustrating day and need to vent, we are happy to lend an ear. If you're tired of talking and you just want to zone out for an hour of uninterrupted peace and quiet, let your therapist know. Your therapist will do an intake at the start to make sure all of your concerns are addressed and we will do our best to deliver.

Let me ask you a couple of questions….

• Do you expect one or two healthy, balanced meals once or twice a month to help you maintain your weight loss efforts?
• Did you do one workout and you’re ready to participate in a triathalon?
• Are you doing anything in your free time to help those nagging headaches you get 4-5x/week?

Here’s the thing: massage isn’t a one visit fixes all cure. Those headaches that you deal with on a weekly basis aren’t going to suddenly disappear after one 30 minute quick fix session. Or coming in once per quarter for 30 minutes as a ‘treat’ to yourself for the chronic back pain you’re having from sitting at your desk too much. It’s about taking time and making the investment in YOU.

You’ll spend time and money on your hair, nails and skin to look good and get those compliments, but how are you feeling on the inside? Sure your hair is on point but does it hurt every time you push yourself up out of bed? Or you just splurged on that new laser treatment on your face to get rid of those fine lines, but every time you get up from a seated position you get an electric shock running down your leg because your sciatica is flaring up from that injury you sustained 20 years ago that still acts up from time to time.

Just remember, you only get one body so treat it right. You can replace a lot of parts on it, but at the end of the day (and your life), you want that body to be able to carry you through until the end. Take care of it so it can take care of you.

I hope not! But, that’s what we have liability insurance for! In all seriousness, it’s normal to be a little sore for 1-2 days after receiving a bodywork session. Especially if it’s for a nagging injury that’s been ruining your life for months and you *finally* decided to do something about it. As one client years ago said about her first session: “I was so sore the next day, and a little bit the day after, but by the third day, it was as if the heavens opened up and the angels came down singing and I could turn my head again without pain”. That’s what is to be expected! However, and I’m especially talking to you men out there, THERE IS NO NEED TO BE A HERO DURING YOUR MASSAGE. We are trained to look for cues when clients don’t like to tell us that there’s too much pressure. We look for someone holding their breath, or tightening up, or flailing around the table. But, if it hurts, and you’re not breathing, please tell us! The worst feedback you can give is no feedback. Because it doesn’t give us an opportunity to correct it then and there, and then you take to social media to complain and we have no recourse because you didn’t talk to us about it when you had the chance.

There are two ways of looking at this scenario. Number 1: you’re so relaxed that your body just happens to do that. It’s a normal reaction for a healthy male when their central nervous system is calm and chill. We simply ignore it. Besides, we aren’t doing any kind of work directly in that vicinity that would cause such a reaction. And while it can be embarrassing, we are trained professionals and know that there is a small chance it could happen.

Now on the other end of the spectrum is number 2: Where you visit our office because somewhere in the deep recesses of your mind you think that we offer such a service to take care of such a thing. In which case, brute force may be involved to get you off of our table and out of our office as quickly and swiftly as possible and the authorities will be notified. So, don’t be that guy. You don’t want to ruin your name and we don’t want you ruining our day and careers.

And on that note, human trafficking is a huge problem in the massage industry. The massage therapy workforce is comprised of mainly female sole proprietors, creating a double vulnerability in their potential to experience sexual harassment, so even joking about these things is frowned upon. So just don’t.

Let me be perfectly clear here. WE DON’T CARE IF YOU DIDN’T SHAVE YOUR LEGS. I joke with my client that always apologizes and tell her “you’re just another body to me”. But seriously. You’re fine. Now, if you’re coming to see us after you just did a Crossfit workout or ran a 10k in the middle of July and you didn’t shower? Then yes, we will be grossed out and we might secretly shame you. Do yourself (and us) a favor and rinse off if you’re smelly.

That depends on the service you’re having. If you are uncomfortable about disrobing, we here at Michigan Massage and Wellness offer several services that you can remain fully clothed for, such as MPS Therapy (although we may need to move some clothing a little so we can have some skin contact, but we can even use the Dolphin Neurostim through denim).  Fascial Stretch Therapy requires you to be wearing loose, comfortable clothing. There’s also Lokte Method (and if you’ve been in the studio area of our office in the winter, you know that you need to dress warmly for that!). However if you would like a more traditional massage but have concerns, please don't hesitate to reach out to us. We have a compassionate, professional, respectful staff that will work with you to make your visit as comfortable and enjoyable as possible.

Of course you can, but have you ever walked down the supplement/vitamin aisle anywhere looking for say, Vitamin D, and you are presented with at least 14 different brands and doses? Thorne uses quality ingredients, they help you get things dialed in and really, how knowledgeable is that 19 year old working behing the counter at GNC for a summer job who wants to talk to you about Creatine when all you're looking for is a way to help your body on its journey of perimenopause, night sweats, your midlife crisis and more?

Thorne is all about quality. They don't mess around when it comes to using the best ingredients and rigorous testing to ensure top-notch supplements for their customers. They have clean products, superstar associates that can help with product recommendations, and a variety of tests for purchase right on their website that may give clues to some of those nagging things you've been dealing with for far too long.

Everyone's body is different, so the effects can vary. Typically, you may start to feel the benefits within 30 minutes to an hour of taking CBD, but it can also take a few days of consistent use to fully experience its effects. Another reason why we have partnered with R&R: they offer a 30 day money back guarantee! Bought some gummies but you're still ready to fly off the handle if your cat looks at you the wrong way one more time? Simply bring it back and we'll get you a refund!

7-Eleven sells some Kratom stuff, can I just buy that? It's always on sale... CBD stands for cannabidiol, a compound found in the cannabis plant. The CBD products that R&R carries are derived from industrial hemp and contain less than 0.3% THC, making them legal in all 50 states. What makes it different than say, kratom, or any of the other stuff you can buy at any of your local convenience stores, is that R&R sends their products for rigorous third party testing, and it tests EVERYTHING. Haven't you heard the saying you get what you pay for?