GR Sports Massage

06/02/2026

Student Massage openinings at our clinic tonight!

We've still got a few Student Massage openings in our clinic tonight (Tuesday 6/2) and Thursday (6/4).

Client clinics are a great way to receive a quality massage at a reduced rate while supporting the next generation of Licensed Massage Therapists.

60 and 90 minute appointments fill up, so be sure to reserve your spot!

Click the link below to get scheduled:
https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/synergy-wellness-academy?src=external

Call/Text: (616) 855-1720 for questions.

https://synergywellnessacademy.com/

Located in Kentwood, MI | Serving the Greater Grand Rapids Area
Come experience the Synergy difference.

Cultivating Skilled LMTs to Elevate the Wellness Community in Grand Rapids






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05/08/2026

Active mom or soon-to-be mom? We have a last-minute Mother’s Day weekend opening this Saturday at 10 AM. Let GR Sports Massage help you move better, reduce pain, and recover well.

Click Link Below or Call to get scheduled ⬇
https://www.massagebook.com/therapists/GRSportsMassage/

We help active people reduce pain, recover faster, and improve range of motion to get back to doing the things they love.

👉 Performance starts with recovery 💪

📲 Call/Text: (616) 255-9914
🌐 grsportsmassage.com
📍 Kentwood / Grand Rapids, MI

03/24/2026

Course Description: This course will cover all aspects of both cupping therapy [Myofascial Decompression] and gua sha [Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Manipulation]. We will cover relevant research, appropriate uses, contraindications, safety and sanitization, all the available cups/tools, and then....

03/24/2026

“Muscle knots” aren’t actually knots.

And massage doesn’t “break them up.”

So what’s really going on?

We just published a new blog breaking down:
- The different types of massage (and what they actually do)
- What muscle knots really are
- How to choose the right type of bodywork for your goals

If you’ve ever wondered what your body actually needs (instead of guessing)… this is worth the read.

What's Your Style?

03/20/2026

Setting up for a prenatal. We don’t do a lot of these, but when we do our clients love the ability to finally lay face down and enjoy the comfort they’ve been missing for way too long on our Minerva Prego-bolster!

03/15/2026

We love that people go to our website to learn more about who we are, how we work, the results we get, to and check out our reviews. One thing that's often overlooked are our blog posts. So, we thought we start sharing those here as well! Let's start with this one...

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01/20/2026

Somatic Coaching & Somatic Mindfulness Bodywork: Healing From the Inside Out
Stress, pain, and tension don’t live only in the mind—or only in the muscles. They live in the nervous system.

At GR Sports Massage, we offer two powerful, complementary approaches that work with the body’s innate wisdom rather than against it: Somatic Coaching (Body-Oriented Coaching) and Somatic Mindfulness Bodywork with Nora Faber Overvoorde, Founder of SomaFlow

Somatic Coaching helps clients gently feel into past experiences to unwind long-held patterns of stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Instead of “fixing,” this approach honors the belief that the answers already live within you—your body simply needs the space to reconnect and reset patterns like fight, flight, freeze, or fawn.

Somatic Mindfulness Bodywork is fully clothed, hands-on care that allows the nervous system to deeply down-regulate. Through attentive work with muscles and joints, the body enters a restorative state where pain can soften, movement improves, and healing happens naturally.

Together, these approaches support profound relaxation, improved body awareness, pain reduction, and long-term resilience.

If you’ve tried traditional methods and still feel stuck, your body may be asking for a different conversation.

Read the full blog to learn how somatic work supports healing from the inside out:

Discover somatic coaching and somatic mindfulness bodywork with Nora Faber Overvoorde, founder of SomaFlow. Nervous system–based approaches for stress, trauma, pain, and resilience.

08/04/2025

Amazing weekend learning from one of the best in the industry. Thanks James Waslaski, for sharing your years of experience, research and expertise at your Elite Sports Therapy seminar! The information and techniques truly elevate our practice so we can help more athletes out of pain and into optimal performance. It’s also great seeing old friends and making new ones in this amazing industry!

05/10/2025

Last chance!

Last Chance to Pamper Mom🥰

Our student clinic still has spots for Friday, May 9, and Saturday, May 10! Treat Mom to a relaxing massage before Mother’s Day, she deserves it!

Only $35 for 60 minutes of bliss
Limited slots left—grab yours now!

Book here: https://www.massagebook.com/business/28214740/select-product/services/77d8d4009ae6187d2322e8ae7348a1e3?ncf_source=friendly_url&src=external

Don’t wait—secure Mom’s perfect gift today!

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