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In New York City, massage is a great way to get rid of the stress that comes with living in NYC. Massage involves manipulating body tissues with pressure with tension, motion, or vibration. Targeted tissues may include muscles, tendons, ligaments, skin, joints, or other soft or connective tissues.

iDO Center Massage spa NYC is applied by human touch using hands, fingers, elbows or forearms. Though there are over 80 different recognized massages styles, we focus on primary shiatsu massage New York City techniques that are the most recognized and provide the best results. iDO Center Massage & Spa NYC focuses on therapy crucial to our clients needing massages in New York City!

Set in our professional NYC spa, massage involves the client being attended and treated while lying on a massage table or sitting in a massage chair. The massage subject may be fully or partly unclothed, with certain parts of the body covered by towels or sheets.

iDO Center is a premier Massage & Spa New York City facility providing optimum massages in New York City's Midtown.

Come get a shiatsu massage at our brand new spa midtown Manhattan location at 22 East 49th St. 3rd Fl.  New York, NYC 10017 (bet. 5th & Madison Ave)

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What is Shiatsu Massage?

Originally from Japan, Shiatsu massage is a massage technique used to correct imbalances in one’s body by applying pressure to the body’s surface using only the fingers, palms, and thumbs on points are related to the central nervous system. Based on the holistic system of traditional eastern medicine, Shiatsu massage , also referred to as acupressure, is thought to result from the uneven flow of energy (Qi) throughout the body. The technique’s Founder, Tokujiro Namikoshi first discovered the beneficial properties of Shiatsu massage at a young age when he was able to reduce his mother’s arthritic pain simply by applying pressure to her joints and rubbing them.

Each Shiatsu massage session usually lasts anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour, and takes place on a padded surface. Shiatsu massages often begin with gentle stretching and manipulation of the skin to allow the stimulation of energy and relax the muscles. Depending on the need of the person receiving the Shiatsu massage, it can be very gentle and calming or used with high pressure, but should never be painful. Massages are usually given using a circular motion with medium pressure to insure the recipient achieves maximum benefits from the treatment.

Shiatsu massages have been known to help stimulate circulation in the capillaries of the skin’s soft tissue, keeping skin moist and smooth with improved blood circulation. Shiatsu can also help alleviate symptoms of Rheumatoid Arthritis, improve the overall health of muscles throughout the body, aid migraines by relaxing the body and increasing blood flow, relieve menstrual cramps, induce labor in women who are overdue, ease morning sickness and swelling often caused by pregnancy, allow food to digest easier, increase stamina by storing energy reserves, and aid in fat metabolism and removal.

Because Shiatsu massage is “Diagnosis and Therapy combined” practitioners at the Ido Holistic Center use their sensory organs (palms, fingers, and thumbs) to detect disharmonies in the energetic components of the body (ie. stiffness) and perform empirically established routines to correct these problems. In order to do this our practitioners must first examine the person’s appearance, odor, and sounds. The reasoning behind all this diagnostic testing is to correctly identify the source of disharmony and eliminate it.

Conveniently located near Grand Central station our goal is not only to help you relieve stress and pain, but to make sure you never have to experience it again. Treat yourself to a Shiatsu massage at the Ido Holistic Center. Your mind, body, and spirit will thank you for it.

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iDO Center is a premier Massage & Spa New York City facility providing optimium massages in New York City's Midtown.