We offer gift certificates for birthdays, holidays and gifts of appreciation.
We can send the gift certificate to whomever you desire.
Ask about our massage and roses/flowers packages.
We accept cash, checks, Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.
Our doctors can provide you with a prescription for medical massage.
We bill health insurance companies directly for medical massage services.
Call for massage packages information.
2nd Street Massage is offering a limited number of Massage Gift Certificates for special occasions.
Please call 503-626-5761 to reserve your gift certificates today.
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RELAXATION MASSAGE
60 or 90 min$70 or $100
A relaxing experience for the whole body and mind. Choice of scented or unscented oils or lotions.
SWEDISH MASSAGE
60 or 90 min$70 or $100
Gentle manipulation of the muscles with the use of massage oils or lotions. Used to improve circulation, ease muscle aches and improve flexibility.
MATERNITY MASSAGE
60 min$70
Designed to give relief to the special needs of the mother-to-be. A comforting and soothing massage experience. Our therapists can also teach the mother-to-be techniques for massaging her
baby.
DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE
60 min$80
An intense therapeutic massage for individuals wanting more detailed bodywork on specific muscle groups. Deep tissue massage will release toxins built up in muscles with chronic
tension.
HOT STONE MASSAGE
90 min$110
Smoothing heated stones are used to gently warm and massage the body. Muscle tension is dissolved as healing warmth penetrates for a deeplyrelaxing experience.
TECHMASSAGE
60 min$70
Muscle tension in the hands, wrists, forearms, shoulders, and neck are relieved. The postural muscles associated with prolonged sitting and computer use are addressed directly. Facial, and scalp muscles are massaged to help relieve the cumulative stress effect of long hours of computer use and their effect on the eye and facial muscles.
POSTURE MASSAGE *
30 min$97
Specifically designed for the clients of Chiropractic First for accelerated
Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP) postural correction. The specific types of posture massage are prescribed by Dr. Pierce and catered to your specific posture and x-ray findings.
SPORT SPECIFIC MASSAGE **
65 - 70 min$90
A 5 to 10-min athletic performance evaluation is followed by a 1-hour muscle group specific massage. This type of massage is designed to improve performance, decrease pain,
prevent injuries and give you the edge on the competition.
MEDICAL MASSAGE for Personal Injury and Workers Compensation***
Following an injury many patients will qualify for manual therapy techniques
($46.71 per unit), including medical soft tissue massage. Patients may also qualify for neuromuscular rehabilitation ($50.66), hydrotherapy hot/cold packs ($17.00), therapeutic exercises ($50.66), gait training ($43.42), and other physical medicine related therapeutics. A prescription from a doctor is necessary for this care. In most cases insurance will reimburse for this type of care.
A credit card will be required to guarantee services at time of booking.
A 24-hour cancellation notice is required to avoid a full price charge for any scheduled services.
Postural Massage * - Only available to clients of Chiropractic First.
Sport Specific Massage ** - Includes up to 10-minutes of evaluation of athletic performance dynamics.
Medical Massage *** - Requires a Chiropractic First, LLC doctor’s prescription.
2nd Street Massage is located conveniently on the 2nd floor above Chiropractic First. The massage suites are open Monday through Saturday. Appointments are available morning, afternoon and evening on most days. We have several Massage suites, and a variety of Massage packages for you to choose from. Our Chiropractic and Massage patients love the convenience of having their Beaverton/Portland Chiropractor and Beaverton/Portland Massage Therapist in the same building. Posture Massage and Medical Massage services are available to anyone who has recently been injured in a motor vehicle accident MVA. Our doctors can determine the appropriate type of Medical Massage care for you and the Massage services will be covered by your car insurance. Booking ahead is strongly encouraged due to the popularity of our Massage services and packages, especially around holiday times. It is common for our most popular Massage appointments to be booked up a month or more in advance, so please call and book your appointments early and create a schedule of regular Massages with your favorite Licensed Oregon Massage Therapist. Massage Gift certificates make the perfect gift for birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and other days of celebration. (View our massage packages and signature massage services at 2nd Street Massage spa here.) Portland Massage info...
Our Massage Techniques:
Our Massage techniques include Relaxation, Deep Tissue, Hot Stone Therapy, Sports Massage, Swedish Massage, Prenatal Massage and Medical Massage. All of our Massage therapists are State Board Licensed Oregon Massage Therapists.
The Drs. Pierce have developed a new form of massage called Posture Massage. This form of massage is designed to compliment the corrective care programs developed in Chiropractic Biophysics (CBP). Posture Massage may speed up the corrective care process of spinal remodeling back to a normal model, thus strengthening the spine and better protecting the nervous system and allowing for improved activity and healing.
Portland Massage Therapy and Beaverton Massage Therapy information: Our
Portland Massage therapy office is located in downtown Beaverton less than one mile of the Canyon and Beaverton Hillsdale exits off of route 217. Convenient to Beaverton and West Portland, our Beaverton Massage therapy office is located at 12820 SW 2nd Street adjacent to Beaverton High School, one block east off of Main Ave. Our Beaverton Massage/Portland Massage colleagues include Tanya Ward, LMT and Lizzie Hamilton, LMT. You can call us at our Beaverton Massage/Portland Massage therapy office at 503-626-5761. Many of our Beaverton Massage/Portland Massage therapy clients choose to get Massages in off rush hour times in the afternoon, evening and on weekends for their convenience. If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, you may qualify for free Massage in Oregon. Oregon Personal Injury Protection (PIP) covers Massage therapy when referred by a primary health care provider such as a Portland Chiropractor (DC). Oregon Personal Injury Protection (PIP) covers Massage therapy when referred by a primary health care provider such as a Portland Chiropractor (DC). Chiropractic First and 2nd Street Massage come highly recommended by many local Portland professionals such as Portland Massage therapist Kim Payne, LMT who says, "I highly recommend the Drs. Pierce at Chiropractic First" and Portland Personal Injury attorney Michael Colbach who says, "If you need chiropractic care in Portland, Oregon, I highly recommend Dr. Pierce at Chiropractic First." Finally, Beaverton/Portland Massage therapy everyone can afford and enjoy. Beaverton Massage / Portland Massage therapy resources. More Portland Massage therapy information...
ACUPRESSURE Acupressure is an ancient healing art that uses the fingers to press key points on the surface of the skin to stimulate the body’s natural self-curative abilities. When these points are pressed, they release muscular tension and promote the circulation of blood and the body’s life force (sometimes known as qi or chi) to aid healing. Acupuncture and acupressure use the same points, but acupuncture employs needles, while acupressure uses the gentle, but firm pressure of hands (and even feet). There is a large amount of scientific data demonstrating why and how acupuncture is effective. But acupressure, the older of the two traditions, was neglected after the Chinese developed more technical methods for stimulating points with needles and electricity. Acupressure, however, continues to be the most effective method for self-treatment of tension-related ailments by using the power and sensitivity of the human hand. Foremost among the advantages of acupressure’s healing touch is that it is safe to do on yourself and others — even if you’ve never done it before — so long as you follow the instructions and pay attention to the cautions. The only pieces of equipment needed are your own two hands. You can practice acupressure therapy anytime, anywhere. Acupressure can be effective in helping relieve headaches, eye strain, sinus problems, neck pain, backaches, arthritis, muscle aches, tension due to stress, ulcer pain, menstrual cramps, lower backaches, constipation, and indigestion. Self-acupressure can also be used to relieve anxiety and get better sleep at night. There are also great advantages to using acupressure as a way to balance the body and maintain good health. The healing touch of acupressure reduces tension, increases circulation, and enables the body to relax deeply. By relieving stress, acupressure strengthens resistance to disease and promotes wellness. In acupressure, local symptoms are considered an expression of the condition of the body as a whole. A tension headache, for instance, may be rooted in the shoulder and neck area. Thus, acupressure focuses on relieving pain and discomfort, as well as responding to tension, before it develops into a disease — before the constrictions and imbalances can do further damage. The origins of acupressure are as ancient as the instinctive impulse to hold your forehead or temples when you have a headache. Everyone at one time or another has used their hands spontaneously to hold tense or painful places on the body. More than 5,000 years ago, the Chinese discovered that pressing certain points on the body relieved pain where it occurred and also benefited other parts of the body more remote from the pain and the pressure point. Gradually, they found other locations that not only alleviated pain, but also influenced the functioning of certain internal organs.
CHAIR MASSAGE Also called on-site and seated massage, chair massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, bodywork and somatic therapies to clients, generally in a corporate or business setting. Practitioners utilize shiatsu or Swedish techniques.
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Craniosacral therapy is a gentle, noninvasive method of evaluating and enhancing the function of a physiological body arrangement called the craniosacral system. Developed by John E. Upledger, D.O., O.M.M., this manual therapy enhances the body’s natural healing processes and has proven effective in treating a wide range of medical problems associated with pain and dysfunction. The craniosacral system consists of the membranes and cerebrospinal fluid that surround and protect the brain and spinal cord. It extends from the bones of the skull, face, and mouth — which make up the cranium — down to the sacrum or tailbone. Since this system influences the development and function of the brain and spinal cord, any imbalance or dysfunction in the craniosacral system could cause sensory, motor, or neurological disabilities. These problems may include chronic pain, eye difficulties, scoliosis, motor-coordination impairments, learning disabilities, and other dysfunctions of the central nervous system. Craniosacral therapy encourages the body’s natural healing mechanisms to improve the functioning of the central nervous system, dissipate the negative effects of stress, and enhance health and resistance to disease. The craniosacral therapy practitioner uses a light touch to assist the natural movement of fluid within the craniosacral system. Therapists generally use only 5 grams of pressure, roughly the weight of a nickel, to test for restrictions in various parts of the craniosacral system. It’s often possible for the evaluation alone to remove the restriction and allow the system to correct itself.
CRYOTHERAPY Also known as ice therapy, this modality uses the application of cold hydrotherapy in the form of ice packs and cold water immersions to alleviate blood flow, swelling, and inflammation with the contraction of blood vessels. Used in conjunction with heat, cryotherapy can increase circulation, and, hence, remove wastes and toxins from an injured area.
DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE Techniques which utilize deep tissue/deep muscle massage are administered to affect the sub-layer of musculature and fascia. These techniques require more advanced training and a more thorough understanding of anatomy and physiology. The muscles must be relaxed in order to effectively perform deep tissue massage, otherwise tight surface muscles prevent the practitioner from reaching deeper musculature. It helps with chronic muscular pain and injury rehabilitation, and reduces inflammation-related pain caused by arthritis and tendinitis. It is generally integrated with other massage techniques.
MANUAL LYMPH DRAINAGE The strokes applied in manual lymph drainage are intended to stimulate the movement of the lymphatic fluids in order to assist the body in cleansing. This is a gentle, rhythmical technique that cleanses the connective tissue of inflammatory materials and toxins, enhances the activity of the immune system, reduces pain, and lowers the activity of the sympathetic nervous system. The most widely taught and generally accepted form of this technique was created by Dr. Vodder of Austria and requires advanced training and precise movements.
MEDICAL MASSAGE Performing medical massage requires a firm background in pathology and utilizes specific treatments appropriate to working with disease, pain, and recovery from injury. The therapist may work from a physician’s prescription or as an adjunct healer within a hospital or physical therapy setting.
MOVEMENT THERAPY A variety of techniques that utilize movement re-education and proper body mechanics in combination with massage or soft tissue manipulation. After observing the client, the therapist will determine which corrective measures are necessary to accomplish specific goals. Active client participation is important while the practitioner uses verbal instruction, hypnosis and imagery, deep muscle and connective tissue manipulation, and mobilization in the movement re-education process.
MYOFASCIAL RELEASE Myofascial release is the three-dimensional application of sustained pressure and movement into the fascial system in order to eliminate fascial restrictions and facilitate the emergence of emotional patterns and belief systems that are no longer relevant or are impeding progress. First, an assessment is made by visually analyzing the human frame, followed by the palpation of the tissue texture of various fascial layers. Upon locating an area of fascial tension, gentle pressure is applied in the direction of the restriction. Myofascial release is an effective therapeutic approach in the relief of cervical pain, back pain, fibromyalgia, scoliosis, neurological dysfunction, restriction of motion, chronic pain, and headaches.
MYOFASCIAL TRIGGER POINT THERAPY Based on the discoveries of Drs. Janet Travell and David Simons in which they found the causal relationship between chronic pain and its source, myofascial trigger point therapy is used to relieve muscular pain and dysfunction through applied pressure to trigger points of referred pain and through stretching exercises. These points are defined as localized areas in which the muscle and connective tissue are highly sensitive to pain when compressed. Pressure on these points can send referred pain to other specific parts of the body.
NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY This comprehensive program of soft-tissue manipulation balances the body’s central nervous system with the musculoskeletal system. Based on neurological laws that explain how the central nervous system initiates and maintains pain, the goal is to help relieve the pain and dysfunction by understanding and alleviating the underlying cause. Neuromuscular therapy can help individuals who experience distortion and biomechanical dysfunction, which is often a symptom of a deeper problem. It is also used to locate and release spasms and hypercontraction in the tissue, eliminate trigger points that cause referred pain, rebuild the strength of injured tissues, assist venous and lymphatic flow, and restore postural alignment, proper biomechanics, and flexibility to the tissues.
ON-SITE MASSAGE Also called seated and chair massage, on-site massage includes techniques that provide fully-clothed seated massage, bodywork and somatic therapies to clients, generally in a corporate or business setting. Practitioners utilize shiatsu, amma and/or Swedish techniques.
PRENATAL/PREGNANCY MASSAGE Performed by a trained perinatal specialist, many methods of massage and somatic therapies are both effective and safe prenatally, and during labor and postpartum periods of women’s pregnancies. Prenatally, specific techniques can reduce pregnancy discomforts and concerns and enhance the physiological and emotional well-being of both mother and fetus. Skilled, appropriate touch facilitates labor, shortening labor times and easing pain and anxiety. In the postpartum period, specialized techniques rebalance structure, physiology, and emotions of the new mother, and may help her to bond with and care for her infant. Specialized, advanced training in the anatomy, physiology, complications, precautions, and contraindications is highly recommended, and many practitioners require referrals from physicians prior to therapy.
REFLEXOLOGY Based on an ancient Chinese therapy, reflexology involves manipulation of specific reflex areas in the foot, hands, and ears that correspond to other parts of the body. Sometimes referred to as zone therapy, this bodywork involves application of pressure to these reflex zones to stimulate body organs and relieve areas of congestion. Similar to acupressure principles, reflexology works with the body’s energy flow to stimulate self-healing and maintain balance in physical function. Developed in the United States in the early 1900s, this technique is used today to reduce pain, increase relaxation, and stimulate circulation of blood and lymphatic fluids. It is especially useful in stress-related illness and emotional disorders. Reflexology is also convenient in cases where an area of the body is traumatized or diseased to the extent that direct manipulation is not appropriate.
SPORTS MASSAGE Sports massage consists of specific components designed to reduce injuries, alleviate inflammation, provide warm-up, etc. for amateur and professional athletes before, during, after, and within their training regimens.
SWEDISH MASSAGE One of the most commonly taught and well-known massage techniques, Swedish massage is a vigorous system of treatment designed to energize the body by stimulating circulation. Five basic strokes, all flowing toward the heart, are used to manipulate the soft tissues of the body. The disrobed client is covered by a sheet, with only the area being worked on exposed. Therapists use a combination of kneading, rolling, vibrational, percussive, and tapping movements, with the application of oil, to reduce friction on the skin. The many benefits of Swedish massage may include generalized relaxation, dissolution of scar tissue adhesions, and improved circulation, which may speed healing and reduce swelling from injury.
