Spa Add-Ons for Massage Therapists

Dry Room Spa Treatments Bodyworkers Can Add to Their Practice

Oct 30, 2007 Angela England

A massage therapist can usually do many spa treatments easily and simply. Here are popular spa treatments that do not require a wet room for bodyworkers to add to menus.

Adding extra spa treatment options to basic massages will increase your spa's income as the therapist's per-hour income goes up. It will increase client retention as customers feel pampered, and it may encourage clients to increase rescheduling for a weekly or bi-monthly treatment to keep up their skin care regimen.

Body Butter Hand and Foot Treatments

One of the easiest spa treatment add-ons, a hand and foot deep-moisturizing treatment is quick and easy to do. Using a natural shea butter based product is a good alternative to paraffin wax, which is a petroleum byproduct and can contain toxic chemicals that would be absorbed into the skin. Offer the Body Butter Treatment as a separate treatment for, say $12 for 15 minutes, and the Hand and Foot Add-on to a regular massage for $7. Most clients will add the treatment to their full-body massages and both client and therapist will enjoy the benefits!

Body Glow Salt Scrub Treatments

Using an economical mixture of sea salt, Epsom salt and baking soda (optional) soaked in a carrier oil like sweet almond, apricot kernel, or a therapeutic-quality oil blend, a massage therapist can do a skin exfoliating treatment in any massage set-up. Add a personalized essential oil blend to the mixture to increase the therapeutic benefits and client enjoyment. A separate body glow treatment might go for $40 or more for a 30 minute session, but if a massage therapist offers the body glow treatment as an add on to a regular massage session they might charge only an extra $25 or so to encourage clients to get the full experience. Body Glow Salt Scrubs are great ways to pamper your client!

Foot Soothing Peppermint Treatment

A great way to treat clients, especially those who get an aromatherapy massage or are particularly stressed, is to include a peppermint foot treatment. A bodyworker can use wet towels to clean the feet before the session starts and spray them down with a natural foot reviving spray. Witch hazel with peppermint essential oil is a particularly nice blend to use and easy for a massage therapist to create themselves. Adding even just $5 or $10 for the Peppermint Foot Treatment is a fair amount for a treatment many clients will enjoy. Some therapists say that this is one of the only spa treatments that their male clients indulge in, so consider marketing this add on to men. By increasing the population of clients who purchase add ons, a massage therapist will increase their profitability.

A massage therapist can see how using simple dry-room spa treatments can increase their profitability and income without having to make a large investment in wet-room showers or high-end spa equipment. If a therapist charged $50 for a full body massage and now adds the Peppermint Foot Treatment, and the full Body Glow treatment they increase their income to $80. Some clients will purchase the spa products for home use as well, which is another good way to increase income as a bodywork professional.

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