At Ideal Health, our massage therapy team has over 35+ years of professional experience. Keeping up with the daily demands of your busy life requires a full effort, and we believe that the stress-relieving qualities of massage help you get back to doing what you love, at a higher level! Our evidence-based approach focuses on reducing stress, alleviating pain, and returning your body to it's best functional state by:
Improving Blood Flow
Increasing Resilience of Tissues & Joints
Releasing Stored Toxins From Deep Tissues
At Ideal Health, we perform a variety of massage techniques designed to help bring you the relief you're looking for. Learn more about our various techniques as well as the conditions they help with below!

Deep tissue massage involves applying slow, deliberate strokes and techniques to reach the deeper layers of muscle. Deep tissue massage helps aid in tissue recovery following an injury, helps to increase limited mobility and to alleviate chronic muscle pain.
Swedish massage is usually a full body massage with long, flowing, gliding strokes and kneading of muscles for the purpose of relaxation, to reduce muscle tension and provide stress relief. Swedish massage is perfect for the busy parent, looking for a little well-deserved break in the action!
Sports massage is used to help prevent sport-related injuries, prepare the body for athletic activity, aid in recover from an injury, and keep your body performing optimally.
Prenatal massage can help to relieve many of the discomforts some woman experience during pregnancy, such as back aches, leg cramps & headaches. Prenatal massage can reduce stress & promote overall wellness, which is exactly what Momma needs!
Designed to support work on a specific area of concern during the massage session. The heated basalt stones help to ease the layers of muscle more quickly, providing added comfort while allowing the therapist to work deeper into the muscle tissue.
Heated basalt stones are used while performing Swedish massage techniques to provide deep relaxation and ease tight muscles. It's shown to be beneficial for relieving pain with fibromyalgia, arthritis and other chronic conditions.
Both Chiropractic and massage work to activate your body's natural healing response. This process works to stimulate a restoration of your cells by your nervous system, allowing you to return to a life free of aches and pains! At Ideal Health, we're proud to offer both services to the Elk River area as it promotes our larger mission of providing our community with the resources needed to live happier, healthier, drug-free lifestyles.
