WELCOME!
Come look around, meet our practitioners, read about
bodywork styles
, see the many ways we can help you and
the people you care about, and feel free to call anytime:
(650) 333-1433.

Special Offers This Month

Balancenter Offers Both
Advanced Bodywork AND Massage:
The Difference?

A runner called needing"Advanced Bodywork" to rehab a
post-surgical knee so she could run again, as soon as
possible.  She wanted to know why our rates were higher for
“Massage” than other spas.

It’s because she was comparing Spa Massage rates with
Advanced Bodywork rates. The difference?

Sometimes we need "Massage."  Swedish, effleurage,
energy work, shiatsu, hot stone… often we want Deep Pressure
Massage (often called “deep tissue”), a strong not a light
touch, but it’s still Massage.  We’re tired, stressed, need to
relax, want to pamper ourselves, maybe need to emotionally
settle down and regroup.  Massage can relieve tension, sore
muscles and things like mild tension headaches, and usually
runs somewhere between $70 and $140 per hour.
Balancenter offers Massage for $100 per hour, see
Rates.


Other times we need "Bodywork."  We need someone
with the background and experience of a broad-based
bodywork practitioner; someone with a more extensive
background in anatomy, physiology and other disciplines, who
can evaluate our movement restrictions and who knows what
stretches and exercises to teach us to regain our range of
motion and rebalance our posture.  We need someone who can
treat the deeper structures, the scar-tissue and trigger-points
that cause our pain whether it’s a knee or shoulder, a
headache, a chronic illness or an old football injury.  
Bodyworkers usually run $100-$200 per hour but they get you
back to working or playing the way you need to.  
Balancenter offers Advanced Bodywork for $120 per hour,
see our
Rates page.

Massage Therapists and Bodywork practitioners are both
intuitive.  Advanced Bodyworkers combine Massage with other
techniques, other disciplines. They’ll often have
specializations with names like Reiki, Feldencrais, Rolfing,
Alexander, Anat Binel… and often have training themselves in
movement modalities like dance, running or martial arts.  
Bodyworkers often combine Massage with movement
evaluation, personal training, facilitated stretching and
clinical deep tissue work.

Sometimes you just need a massage. Other times you have
pain, posture or emotional challenges to overcome with
someone who can guide you through the process.
We can help you with either.