By Jon Petersen|April 4th, 2017|Categories: Uncategorized|
It's time to vote for Best of the Fox 2017! Every year, the Northwest Herald newspaper sponsors a reader's poll of their favorite businesses in the McHenry County area. Since 2011, Natural Therapy Wellness Center has been voted: "One of the Best Massage Therapists in McHenry County" We are honored that so many of [...]
By Jon Petersen|March 18th, 2017|Categories: A casual look at our staff|
My name is Liz. My biggest loves in my life are my family, friends, animals, music and sports. I'm crazy about hockey & baseball. Duncan Keith is the best defenseman on the ice! I am a huge cat lover; from kittens to leopards, I love them all. I dream of [...]
By Jon Petersen|February 4th, 2017|Categories: A casual look at our staff|
Yvette is a graduate of Columbia College of Missouri and 2012 graduate of Cortiva Institute in Crystal Lake, IL. She believes that there are many paths to healing and enjoys helping others meet their wellness goals through massage. Yvette practices Thai bodywork, Reiki, deep tissue and relaxation massage. She is STAR [...]
By Jon Petersen|August 29th, 2016|Categories: A casual look at our staff|
Our business is a reflection of the people who truly make a difference. Mattie, a 2008 Massage Therapy graduate of First Institute in Crystal Lake, practices massage styles ranging from stress-relieving relaxation sessions to therapeutic & deep tissue massages. Mattie's favorite pastimes involve nature walks, painting, watching movies with her children [...]
By Jon Petersen|April 12th, 2016|Categories: Guest Blogs|
We have a large number of equestrian horse riders who travel to Natural Therapy Wellness Center in McHenry for therapeutic massage for improved flexibility, pain relief and to generally improve their own personal riding skills. Many of those people have asked us if we would massage their horses as well. [...]
By Dave|January 22nd, 2016|Categories: Dave's Blogs|
by Dave I am not a flexible person, in either the figurative or the literal sense. The only thing I do worse than bending at the waist is adapting to change, but for the next sixty minutes, except for breathing, these are the only two things I will be doing. [...]
By Dave|December 11th, 2015|Categories: Dave's Blogs|
Reflexology by Dave One doesn’t want to brag, but according to the bottom of my foot, I have excellent sinuses. My feet would also be the first to tell you that my hips are limber and that I do not currently suffer from chest congestion. It’s nothing I’d mention in [...]
By Dave|October 29th, 2015|Categories: Dave's Blogs|
Relax. It’s Just Your Nervous System by Dave At some point during every massage, I lose the will to speak. This came as something of a surprise, as it hadn’t been listed on the McHenry Massage website as one of the various outcomes one might expect from a massage. [...]
By Dave|September 22nd, 2015|Categories: Dave's Blogs|
By Dave Because I am not one, I am always amazed by people who are able to enjoy something without analyzing it to death. These are the people who go to the comedy club ready to laugh, while I sit in the back row with my notebook and pen, ready [...]
By Dave|September 4th, 2015|Categories: Dave's Blogs|
FIXING BLECH- The Power of Human Touch by Dave “So,” said the woman who would be my therapist that day, “why are you here?” It was my first massage, and I had no idea how to answer this person. I’d gotten hung up on the same question a few [...]
