Mark Ranges

Massage Therapist

After being a professional window washer and an EMT for 30 years, the events of September 2001 put Mark on a search for healing physically and spiritually.

Mark transplanted to Sedona from N.J. in 2003. Mark entered the field of massage therapy in 2001 and found from the beginning that he has an intuitive touch. He has learned to listen to his hands providing what the individual body needs in that moment.

Mark has a strong foundation in therapeutic work, allowing him to knowledgeably and structurally facilitate profound healing in the body. Intuition combined with tactile skill creates for a powerful experience. If an individual has a therapeutic need or a need to simply relax, Mark is the perfect practitioner.

He has worked in many settings and has been trained in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular, Sports Massage, Reflexology, John Barnes Myofascial Release, Cranial Sacral, cupping, lymphatic massage and canine. Mark says, “I love helping someone get back to their normal physical wellbeing using these varied techniques and loving what I do is icing on the cake!”

Services offered by Mark

MASSAGE THERAPY - SWEDISH & THERAPEUTIC

Research and clinical studies prove that massage therapy’s advantages include much more than just relaxation. The medicinal benefits of therapeutic massage can have a positive, lasting impact on your overall health and lifestyle. It can rid your body of every day stresses, reduce muscle pain and tension, help alleviate the discomfort of certain ailments and help restore balance to your body and mind. Deep Tissue Massage uses varying degrees of pressure to release chronic muscle tension. The focus is on the deepest layers of muscles, tendons, and fascia. Swedish Massage uses light strokes to calm the nervous system, reducing anxiety and tension in the body. Deep Tissue or Swedish Massages can be done as an individual session or combined in one session if needed or requested.

SWEDISH - 60 MINUTES $144 • 90 MINUTES $211 | SCHEDULE A SESSION
THERAPEUTIC - 60 MINUTES $155 • 90 MINUTES $222 | SCHEDULE A SESSION

CUPPING Massage

Cupping is a type of alternative therapy that originated in China. It involves placing cups on the skin to create suction. The suction may facilitate healing with blood flow.

Proponents also claim the suction helps facilitate the flow of “qi” in the body. Qi is a Chinese word meaning life force. A famous Taoist alchemist and herbalist, Ge Hong, reportedly first practiced cupping. He lived from A.D. 281 to 341.

Many Taoists believe that cupping helps balance yin and yang, or the negative and positive, within the body. Restoring the balance between these two extremes is thought to help with the body’s resistance to pathogens as well as its ability to increase blood flow and reduce pain.

Cupping increases blood circulation to the area where the cups are placed. This may relieve muscle tension, which can improve overall blood flow and promote cell repair. It may also help form new connective tissues and create new blood vessels in the tissue.

People use cupping to complement their care for a host of issues and conditions.

60 MINUTES $177 • 90 MINUTES $244 | SCHEDULE A SESSION

LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE MASSAGE

Lymphatic Drainage Massage involves light and rhythmic techniques for a gentle massage that increases the movement of lymphatic fluid and increases the relaxation response. The result can be decreased pain, edema, stress and improved sleep quality. This massage can be effective post-surgery or trauma such as inflammation, sprains or whiplash and is seen increasingly in the oncology setting.

60 MINUTES $166 • 90 MINUTES $233 | SCHEDULE A SESSION

MYOFASCIAL/NEUROMUSCULAR RELEASE

Myofascial work releases restrictions in the fascia, or sheets of connective tissue, which hold the muscles in place. Its long, slow strokes and restoring stretches are not painful, feel very good, and leave you feeling more loose, open, expanded, and able to move and breathe better. Neuromuscular Therapy is a form of advanced deep tissue work, which releases holding patterns that keep us in discomfort within muscles, fascia, and connective tissue. It increases range of motion, and restores the body to its loose and natural state. Neuromuscular Therapy involves long, myofascial strokes and techniques like trigger point release.

60 MINUTES $166 • 90 MINUTES $233 | SCHEDULE A SESSION

SPORTS MASSAGE

Developed to help with muscle systems used for a particular sport, sports massage uses a variety of approaches to help athletes in training -- before, during, or after sports events. You might use it to promote flexibility and help prevent injuries. Or, it may help muscle strains, aiding healing after a sports injury.