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Thank you for inquiring about Phoenix Life Strategies massage and professional services. The information following is parceled into 4 main categories: how to make contact for scheduling, rates for services, detailed overview of services and other important details. RONALD G LANCASTER, NMT
NMT - Neuromuscular Therapist
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Hours of Operation:
9AM - 11PM daily - Monday - Sunday
Payment Accepted: Major Credit Cards, Cash, Zelle, ApplePay, Venmo, CashApp
A client’s personal comfort, safety and care is the therapist’s focus. Providing a calm, pleasant, clean space with fresh linens, quality oils and lotions, correct temperature from heat or a/c as well as a table heater are all essential to each visit. RATES INCALL (at studio): $75/30min, $110/1hr, $150/1.5hr, $200/2hrs. RATES OUTCALL (your home, office, hotel in Mecklenburg County):
$210/1 hr, $250/1.5hr, $300/2hrs
RATES OUTCALL (your home, office, hotel outside of Mecklenburg County - 30 mile radius):
$225/1 hr, $275/1.5hr, $325/2hrs
RATES OUTCALL (beyond 30mile radius): $110/hr commute and therapy time
The type of massage delivered/practiced incorporates all modalities learned over the course of 22 years of practice, however is best described as a deep Swedish with Sports therapy components for stretching. Each session is always tailored to your individual needs, using pressure that best suits your body. SWEDISH MASSAGE TREATMENT (SMT): $75/30min, $110/1hr, $150/1.5hr, $200/2hrs
Swedish is the modality that most people are familiar with. There are five movements in SMT to achieve desired relaxing results, effleurage, petrissage, tapotement, vibration and friction. The hands and forearms are used depending on the client’s body type and need. This treatment begins with some stretching, some pushing, pulling in preparation.. Muscles are stretched to warm up and begin to relieve tightness in the joints. Then your neck, shoulders, back and hips, followed by buttocks, legs and feet. After approximately half of the scheduled time, you’ll flip on your back so the legs, arms, head, neck, shoulders, chest and abdomen are massaged. Longer sessions permit more thorough, slower, deliberate attention to the entire body. Keep in mind, that the body is made up of layers of muscles and while massaging addresses each of those layers, the shorter sessions get attention to the outer layers, longer sessions, deeper work can be enjoyed. Conditions such as rotator cuff and shoulder injuries, hip injuries will demand more concentrated therapy such as NMT. NEUROMUSCULAR THERAPY TREATMENTS (NMT): $85/30 minutes; $120/1 hour
NMT is a structured, deliberate, methodical modality that requires analysis of your complain/condition. If you have recurring headaches, migraines, chronic pain, longer term aches, hip trouble, chronic lower back trouble, persistent aching feet, among other complaints, we will discuss this and establish a treatment plan. Most plans require 4, 6, or 8 weeks with 1 or 2 treatments per week commitment for retraining muscles, alleviating pain, managing stress and improving overall health. REMEMBER: it has taken years to accumulate the pain and reduction in function, it cannot be “fixed” in one or two sessions. REIKI ATTUNEMENT (RA): $100
Reiki, the ancient healing art of the “laying on of hands”, is a powerful energy mobilizer and stabilizer for the human body. It is based upon balancing the 7 Key Chakras (energy centers) of your body. When balanced, the energy centers promote strength of body, restoration of energy levels, improved health. Reiki is a non-evasive modality. “Light touch-resting touch” is the form. After consultation with what is happening, how you are feeling, discovering stresses and concerns, we will check the 7 Key Chakras for blockage or multiple blockages. Once determined, a “laying of hands” across your body, on both sides, is performed. The analysis and treatment is done on the massage table. Following an attunement, you may experience some light-headed-ness and a sense of euphoria as your body processes the toxin releases and renewed energy flows within and from the chakras. An improvement in your health and energy levels should follow. Attunements take approximately 1 hour, including the assessment. Many comment about a “reiki buzz” following an attunement. HOT STONE TREATMENT (HST): $150
Following brief stretching and warming of the muscle tissue for preparation, you will have large basalt stones placed on and under strategic locations of your body. You will be wrapped in towels while allowing the hot stones to do their magic. After 15-25 minutes, you will receive a Swedish Massage Treatment and the session will conclude with those basalt stones gliding over portions of your body.�This enhancement of heat and touch on your skin facilitates a deeper sense of calm, relaxation and bliss. The therapeutic effect of the HOT STONES is simply incredible. Normal treatment time is 1.5 hours. Longer sessions can be scheduled. While your skin will not be in contact at the beginning of a session with the stones, towels are used to reduce any potential concern of burning. THIS IS NOT any TYPICAL HOT STONE treatment. Once you have experience PLS HOT STONES, you’ll never want to get one anywhere else! FOOT THERAPY TREATMENT (FT): $150
This treatment includes a full body massage on the table with an extra personal indulgence. Following a relaxing full body massage, you’ll relax on a recliner while soaking your feet in sea salts and essential oils of peppermint and lavender. Following the soak, calluses are scrubbed, foot scrub is applied to remove outer layers of dead skin tissue and lotion applied as needed, retreated as needed. The goal is not only total foot care, but care for one of the most important, under appreciated body parts. SALT SCRUB TREATMENT (SST): $145
This treatment begins with a warm shower and application of sea salt rubbed all over your body removing the outer layer of dead skin, exfoliating. After the shower, you’ll retire to the massage table where a full body massage is provided. You’ll achieve a refreshed, invigorated, relaxed feeling. Clients have said they feel like “a baby’s bottom” following a Salt Scrub Treatment. Normal treatment time is 1.25-1.5 hours. SEA SALT BATH SOAK (SSBS): $135
This treatment begins with a 15-20 minute relaxation in the warm waters of Sea Salts with lavender and peppermint essential oils used to supplement the skin rejuvenation. After soaking, relaxing prelude, you’ll retire to the massage table where a full body Swedish massage is provided. RON’S ULTIMATE TREATMENT (UT): $275
This amazing treatment in touch and therapy decadence tickles a hedonist’s fancy. You will begin with a Sea Salt Scrub or Sea Salt Bath Soak. If a soak, candles are lit setting the mood for the soak. This begins soothing away the aches and pains of the world left behind. The essential oils of lavender and peppermint do two things… they absorb into your skin and your body’s central nervous system is stimulated to allow your body to relax. The aromatherapy component stimulates the respiratory and vascular systems further encouraging relaxation. Your entire body begins to relax and let go. Afterwards, you’ll dry off, and enter the studio to lie on the heated massage table for some gentle stretching. Your aches and pains will keep leaving your body while you enjoy stretching and warming of muscles while HOT STONES are place over and under your body in strategic locations maximizing the benefits of heat to loosen your muscles. Soothing music and soft lighting adds to the relaxing atmosphere. Following your HOT STONES, you’ll enjoy a full body Swedish massage enhanced with the HOT STONES gliding across the muscles. Each hot stone pushing the aches and pains, cares and worries further from your mind. Wrapping up the Ultimate Treatment, you’ll receive the Foot Treatment, soaking your feet and then scrubbing any callouses from the heels and carefully massaging your feet with final pampering. Once finished, imagining the utter bliss and contentment you’ll feel from being pampered head to toe! Components of the Ultimate Treatment can be interchanged, added and extended to make this as Ultimate as you desire. Please plan for 2.5 hours duration. With certainty, you’ll be returning for this type of pampering often. PERSONALIZE YOUR OWN TREATMENT PLAN:
While attempting to create options and variations for unique treatments, YOU may wish to mix and match treatments for your own special pampering. Please feel free to modify and develop whatever treatment that best suits your individual needs. The pricing below so you may add to any treatment or massage requested:
ADDITIONAL MASSAGE TIME: $50 per 30 minutes
HOT STONE TREATMENT: $40
FOOT THERAPY/TREATMENT: $40
SALT SCRUB TREATMENT: $35
SEA SALT BATH SOAK: $25
TRIMMING of Body Hair: $45 (rate varies on area trimmed)
SHAVING: $45 (rate varies on area trimmed)
STAND ALONE PRICING FOR TRIMMING/SHAVING: $100 (no massage purchase)
CHAIR MASSAGE: prices can be quoted for events and functions
COUPLES THERAPY/MASSAGE &TRAINING: is available, ask for pricing
MULTIPLE PURCHASE PRICING:
Purchase 5 treatments, 5% off total price (1/2 free with 5)
Purchase 10 treatments, 10% off total price (1 free with t0)
GIFT CERTIFICATES are available for Holiday Gift Giving and Special Occasions - Anniversaries, Birthdays, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day, Wedding Party Gifts, Graduations gifts, any holiday or event. Purchase discounts apply and can be of different denominations. Expiration of 6 months. REFERRALS are very special at Phoenix Life Strategies. In appreciation for referring new clients that have not visited before, a 30 minute referral bonus is granted for each new client. The 30 minutes may be applied to any timed treatment or the financial equivalent ($50) can be applied to any other treatment. BIRTHDAYS are a special time at Phoenix Life Strategies. In recognition of YOUR special day, existing clients will receive a gift of 30 minutes (or financial equivalent of $50) toward your regularly purchased treatment. If you typically purchase an hour Swedish, we’d like to help you explore the benefits of a longer session or other treatment. This special does apply within a week of your day, the week prior or after. An email will be sent informing you of the special or you may ask for it. CANCELLATION - NO SHOW POLICIY:
Charlotte is a busy city, we all live busy lives. Things happen and delays occur. If you need to cancel your scheduled treatment, we will do the very best to reschedule you to another convenient day and time. No fee for cancellation will be assessed unless this happens more than twice. Upon that time, you will receive an invoice from Square, the credit card processor used by Phoenix Life Strategies. While a 24 hour notice of cancellation would be ideal, life does not seem to work that well. In 22 years of practice, we have tried to be accommodating and understanding. It’s only in the worst scenarios, an invoice is sent. Final thoughts on this topic: the level of activity maintained by this massage practice, it’s nearly impossible to fill a last minute NO SHOW or CANCELLATION. We do maintain a wait list on those that would desire a potential cancellation opening, no guarantees. WHAT IS MY APPROACH? Here it is good to reflect and share. —- I am a male enjoying the time of his life in his 6th decade. I was married when a young man out of college. I’m the proud father of a grown son. He’s married, has a family of his own, lives in Chicago with his wife and children. I’m a proud grandfather of 2 - grandson and granddaughter. My son married well, has a beautiful wife/life partner. I have many interests, too many to list- cooking, travel, entertaining, walking, travel, meeting new people, coffee, teas, some wine, reading, streaming shows online, walking uptown Charlotte daily, boating, exploring, hiking, photography, art, plants, just to name a few. My approach in massage is considering the entire person (muscle, skin, hydration, diet, stretching, attitude and perspective in life, faith considerations/spirit, occupation/profession and family life or support network). It’s a wholistic practice, offering suggestions in areas that may be of help beyond the soft tissue concerns addressed by massage. Training started before going to school for massage at Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage, Charlotte, NC. Training continues since. I learn from continuing education opportunities, other therapists and educational pursuits. Expertise is drawn upon Swedish, Neuromuscular/Deep Tissue (Dr. St. John’s work), energy work (Reiki), reflexology, Aroma-therapy, acupressure, shiatsu, sports therapy, among others. This expertise permits abilities addressing structural maladies such as leg length deviation cause by pelvic rotation, hip pain, should/rotator cuff pain and head-aches from several sources, among other physical anomalies. A massage “is all about you”. This is the time in the day or week you get to pamper yourself and relax. YOU are in control of the massage session, I am the instrument of therapy. Daily demands on your body from the stresses of work, family, life, holidays, and isolation from touch even in the closest of relationships leaves most people today starved for nurture, touch and healing. America is a touch malnourished society. WHAT CAN YOU DO to enhance YOUR massage and the benefits of massage? Please, consume extra water before and after you session.Your body is made up of many individual organs. The muscle tissue will be replenished with fresh blood. Waste products and toxins will be forced out of the muscle tissue. That waste product and toxin mixture is returned to you blood and lymph systems and can be flushed out or cleansed from your body by clear water. Plan to drink between 16 and 48 ounces of water within the first 2 to 3 hours following a session to maximize the cleansing effects. Enhancing longer term effect of the various treatments, suggestions in stretching, diet, supplements or herbal remedies may be offered. Self massage/therapy techniques are also provided. LIFE COACHING (LC): $75/hr
The hours required for effective coaching will be determined by your individual objectives and plans. We will spend the first hour identifying objectives and plans. After that first hour, together, an action plan will be established and following a Coaching Plan will be established with hours and frequency requiring my assistance. SPIRITUAL DIRECTION (SDir): $75/hr
Together, we will identify what is desired/sought in your life journey. Then create an ongoing path of development. This journey requires reading, homework, discipline and commitment. We will review and explore the Spiritual Directors of faith systems and seek kindred directors. The shamans, guides and sages that taught us from the ages give appropriate direction. Each participant has their own path. Together, we will establish a plan and review it as deemed appropriate. Rev 03/31/22
