Healthy Concepts

The studio is on the second floor of Buckingham Green Shopping Center on York Road, a few minutes' drive from downtown Doylestown. Parking is free in front of the building near Wild Birds Unlimited, and an elevator or stairs reach the suite. According to the business, it has served Bucks County for over 28 years.

Appointments are booked by phone at 215-534-4513, Monday through Friday from 9:30am to 7:30pm. A first session with a massage or reflexology practitioner starts with a conversation about health history, areas of concern and goals. Massage is shaped around each client's body, with pressure adjusted anywhere from light touch to deep tissue, and clients are free to ask for more or less pressure or more attention to a particular area during the session.

Massage options include therapeutic sessions of 30, 60, 90 minutes or two hours, and pregnancy massage in 30 or 60 minute sessions aimed at common discomforts such as backaches and tension. Pregnancy massage requires approval from the client's obstetrician before booking. Reflexology is offered as a one-hour foot session with an optional half-hour hand add-on. The IonCleanse foot bath is a 45-minute session, and exfoliation is available as Salt Glow or Body Polish.

The business says it looks at the whole body rather than only treating symptoms, and it describes itself as Doylestown's choice for therapeutic massage. Oncology treatments include massage, reflexology and reiki adapted for people in cancer treatment, and the business recommends an oncologist or Oncology Nurse Navigator approve a first appointment. The business is also a registered provider for Unite for Her, a nonprofit that funds complementary therapies for people with breast or ovarian cancer. Nutrition coaching begins with a free first one-hour consultation with no obligation, and it is a health coaching program rather than a diet or medical treatment. A $10 discount applies to a first one-hour massage or reflexology session and is mentioned when scheduling.

Sessions are personalized around what each client's body needs, and the business looks at the whole body rather than only symptoms. Practitioners begin with a conversation about health before any hands-on work.