My name is Betsy Thompson Phreed and I am the owner of Thompson Massage Therapy for Women.

I have been a practicing Massage Therapist for 32 years. I taught Massage Therapy for four years at the Massage Institute of New England in Cambridge shortly after my graduation from there.

I work with women, their families, friends, and/or significant others, using a variety of therapeutic massage techniques.

It is my belief that most people have a sense of what works for them.

This awareness, as to what is suitable and effective for each client, is encouraged by the partnership I like to build with each individual over a long term approach to their physical and mental well-being.

I look forward to working with you.

Rates & Affordability

My system is based on the rate of $112.00 for a 1 hour massage therapy session.

Though $112.00 per hour is modest, considering 32 years  experience at practice, very few of our clients actually end up paying this rate.

This means that Thompson Massage Therapy for Women encourages its clients to use Massage Therapy as a regular part of their lifestyle, by making massage therapy affordable.  This also means that Thompson Massage Therapy for Women seeks to work with the broadest spectrum of people, people from all walks of life.

At Thompson Massage Therapy for Women, we consider Massage Therapy an intricate, if not essential, ingredient to the pursuit and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle, an ingredient, which really should be available to everyone on some level.

We attempt to achieve this, do our part, by;

 * 1.   A low rate, introductory offering is made each month. This offer allows potential new clients to try out our services, but most importantly, make it affordable for people to find out if Thompson Massage Therapy for Women will be a good fit for them. Since finding the right Massage Therapist, in itself, can become an expensive endeavor.

* 2.   Regular promotions, and incentive discounts are offered. These are designed to keep the  average cost for services down. The longer a client uses our services the greater the savings.

* 3.    A policy of non-acceptance of tips and/or gratuities. Massage Therapy for Women does not accept tips or gratuities. Thompson Massage Therapy for Women is a health care enterprise, which provides Massage Therapy as a complimentary and/or supplementary health care modality. As a person would not offer or expect to offer, a conventional health care practitioner(like a nurse, dentist, doctor, etc.), a tip for their services,, clients of Thompson Massage Therapy for Women are discouraged from this practice, and a tip or gratuity will not be accepted.

The fees paid by clients for Massage Therapy services consider all necessary charges and expenses of the company, and compensation to Massage Therapists.

By keeping the fees for Massage Therapy Services affordable and predictable, Thompson Massage Therapy for Women, helps  fit massage therapy into their client's budgets, and encourages their clients to make Massage Therapy a normal means\habit of maintaining a healthy lifestyle.

Benefits of

Therapeutic Massage

Mental Benefits

-Fosters peace of mind

-Promotes a relaxed state of mental alertness

-Helps relieve mental stress

-Improves ability to monitor stress signals

-Enhances capacity for calm thinking and creativity

-Satisfies needs for caring - nurturing touch

-Fosters a feeling of well-being

-Reduces levels of anxiety

-Increases awareness of mind-body 

Physical Benefits

-Helps relieve stress and aids in relaxation

-Helps relieve muscle tension and stiffness

-Fosters faster healing of strained muscles and sprained ligaments

-Reduces pain and  swelling

-Reduces formation of excessive scar tissue

-Reduces muscle spasms

-Provides greater joint flexibility and
range of motion

-Enhances athletic performance

-Promotes deeper and easier breathing

-Improves circulation of blood and movement of lymph fluids

-Reduces blood pressure

-Helps relieve tension-related headaches and
effects of eye-strain

-Enhances the health and nourishment of the skin

-Improves posture

reprinted from American Massage Therapy Association pamphet "Enhancing Your Health With Therapeutic Massage" 1997