HANDS-ON, PERSONAL APPROACH, GENUINE
CONCERN FOR WELL-BEING
OF ITS CLIENTS, ENABLES LIBERTYVILLE
MASSAGE THERAPY CLINIC TO
ENJOY SUCCESS AS IT APPROACHES 30TH
COMMUNITY ANNIVERSARY PARTY
LIBERTYVILLE – It’s been 30 years
and often they use four hands now instead of two, but for Jan O’Malley, founder and owner of Libertyville Massage
Therapy Clinic, and her dedicated staff of professional massage therapists, the
satisfaction is in the relief of physical pain and stress they provide their
clients.
Literally thousands of people have come to
Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic in distress and left feeling much better,
often with no pain or tension at all.
They embrace their time on the table as a means to feel better while
gaining the therapeutic health benefits only an expert, state-licensed massage therapist
can provide.
“Our clients’ well-being is utmost on our
minds,” said O’Malley. “We work very
hard to educate the public on the emotional and physical gains they can make by
putting themselves in the hands of our professional massage therapists. We provide a science-based muscle therapy for
pain relief.”
Lake County’s oldest and most
established massage therapy business reaches its 30th anniversary milestone
with a community party on June 5 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. complete with
food, music, and chair massage. Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic is located in the
Newberry Wellness Center, 128 Newberry Avenue, Libertyville.
Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic provides a tranquil, calm setting
which, combined with their dedicated, experienced, and professional staff,
ensures clients will receive the highest quality massage therapy and bodywork
available.
According to O’Malley, massage therapy can:
- · Change a person’s outlook on life and improve his or her well-being
- · Relieve tension, soothe painfully sore muscles
- · Strengthen your overall ability to cope with life
- · Enhance performance in sporting events and speed recovery from soft tissue injuries
Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic offers a
different kind of massage experience than the big box massage centers, said O’Malley.
“We interview each client before each
massage to clearly understand their needs for the session at hand, as well as
offer self-care advice after the session.
Each session is a full hour of massage therapy, with the interview,
follow up time, and therapeutic hot packs, added at no extra cost.”
O’Malley, a pioneer in the field of massage
industry, started her private practice in her Lake Villa home but soon grew
through word of mouth and opened her own clinic. O’Malley is a leading voice promoting the health
benefits derived from massage therapy.
Her clients are from every walk of life, famous football players
to student athletes, politicians to clergy, grandparents to children, corporate
directors to small business owners to stay at home parents.
“There are so many benefits to massage
therapy, including increased circulation and flexibility, reduced stress
and muscle tension, improvement in posture, digestion, and overall physical and
mental well-being. Massage therapy will
relax your body and your mind,” she said.
Massage therapy was an $11.7 billion
industry in the U.S. in 2014, according to the American Massage Therapy
Association, with an estimated 300,000 to 350,000
massage therapists and massage school students. According to the U.S. Department of Labor in 2012,
employment for massage therapists is expected to increase 23 percent from 2012
to 2022, faster than average for all occupations.
With this growth comes increased problems and
an ongoing concern of O’Malley’s. While
she
is content knowing she has established and maintained a perfect
reputation, she worries about an
industry increasingly inhabited by illicit massage parlors.
“More than 35 local medical doctors refer
their patients to our clinic,” she said.
“Our clients come to us for help with stress related problems and
anxiety and depression and want to know they are in a professional setting
where they can be helped and feel safe.
They most definitely are.”
Yet, although consumers of massage therapy
love their time on the table to feel better and gain the health benefits of
massage, there is a growing annoyance with the illicit massage parlors popping
up in many communities, said O’Malley.
“It is too bad there are unprofessional
massage parlors that open, and are not easily shut down, in spite of a strict
local massage ordinance,” she said.
As the Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic gets
ready to celebrate its 30 year anniversary, new studies are being released by
the American Massage Therapy Association showing that massage therapy is fast
becoming a part of the fabric of American’s lifestyles. Between July 2013 and July 2014, roughly 32.6
million adult Americans (15 percent) had a massage at least once. Many people get regularly scheduled massage
therapy sessions for stress related health issues or muscle pain.
“We have highly skilled therapists who are graduates of
state-of-the-art professional massage therapy schools," said Jillian
O'Malley, office manager and Jan's daughter. "They have advanced
training in sports massage, prenatal massage, myofascial release, and other
muscle therapies. I see first-hand the difference in clients as they come in
with pain and leave feeling much better, sometimes with no pain at all.”
Through the years, Libertyville
Massage Therapy Clinic has been in the forefront of offering new massage
therapy techniques such as 4Hands Massage, Sports Massage, pre and post event,
for runners, Cupping Therapy, Geriatric Massage for the elderly, Pregnancy
Massage, and Muscle Therapy for soft tissue injuries.
“Our therapists are state-licensed,
graduates of professional schools of massage therapy and bring with them a
wealth of experience and the highest level of training in the industry,” said Jan
O’Malley. “We are constantly refining
our skills and approaches to achieve the best results for our clients,” she
said.
Libertyville Massage Therapy Clinic hours
are Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m., and Sunday Noon to 6:00 p.m.
For more information please call (847) 680-0077, or visit www.libertyvillemassage.com.
