At Renu, we love therapeutic massage to relieve chronic pain and keep everyone in good working order – that is our passion. But sometimes you want to feel pampered and have a spa experience. We’ve got you there too! Book a spa experience with Reneé and you’ll get hot stones, aromatherapy and a hot compress. […]
How’s that resolution going? We tend to think big when making resolutions, when the most effective way to see tangible results is by making small changes that are doable. So think small. If you haven’t yet read Darren Hardy’s The Compound Effect, it’s a great short read about how small changes add up over time […]
This year is a great year to start: partner with your bodywork therapist to achieve results. Do you need to focus on self care more this year? Most of us do. I meet a fair amount of people who think of massage and bodywork as a luxury, something to treat oneself to on special occasions. […]
Tis the Season… to take care of your mental health. Many of us feel more stress, anxiety and/or depression around the holidays. You are not alone if you are feeling any of these things. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence of anxiety and depression increased by 25% worldwide in the first year of […]
Pretty soon the darkest day of the year will be behind us and winter will be here. One great way to enjoy your self care is to indulge in a bath. With epsom salts and essential oils if you get chronic pain or tension in your muscles. Even better – get one of our Rainbow […]
We’re so thrilled to announce that Renu was a winner of the 2024 Quality Business Awards! With a quality rating over 95% over the previous 12 months, Renu was chosen over all the many other massage studios in Middleton. The criteria includes: The business must have outstanding customer reviews and reputation from more than 3 […]
Are you grieving anything right now? Grief is a part of life, and the ultimate cost of love. I find that the average person who does not work in bodywork associates massage with a range of things from treating oneself for a special occasion, to working on a chronic pain problem to achieve results, to […]
Every tenish years or so I am reminded rather forcefully that we don’t actually control very much of what is happening in our lives on any given day. I wrote the post that follows in 2015, and I don’t recall exactly what prompted it, except it was one of the years when Google made a […]
We’ve all heard the term “aromatherapy,” which utilizes essential oils during massage or as an addition to a bath or lotion, but many of us aren’t exactly certain what those terms actually mean. What exactly are essential oils? How are they helpful? Essential oils are extracted from a given plant (using all of its parts […]
Chronic pain seems to be so prevalent these days. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, about 80 percent of adults experience low back pain at some point in their lives. Sometimes the pain goes away on its own, other times it lingers and becomes a chronic condition (defined as persisting for […]
