Janet Quinn

Mud Creek Spa is a place to heal the mind body and soul. Located in a beautiful mountain setting with clean air and pure water, one can experience a healing environment and treatment can be designed to meet individual needs. Some of the treatments offered at the spa are Traditional Swedish Massage, Chinese Qigong Medical Massage, Japanese Hot Stone Therapy and a Traditional Finnish Steam Bath House.

The Finnish Steam Bath House

The sauna in its different forms around the world has been used for thousands of years. The Finnish Steam Bath at Mud Creek Spa is modeled after a traditional bathhouse in Finland. A room for relaxing and cooling down, the shower room with a full bath and scrub table, and the steam room with a traditional wood stove made in Finland. For those who want a "cold" plunge after a hot steam, one can dip into the pond outside the door or roll in the snow during the winter. A great experience!

Finnish Steam Bath Treatment

First, you will enter the steam room filled with aromatherapy and take the appropriate amount of time to heat up and open your pores and stimulate circulation. This is followed with a shower and cooling down period. The next step is to enjoy a wonderful herbal soak or birch oil scrub. You then follow up with a good steam and cooling down period while hydrating with water and appropriate juices and fruits. This process can repeat itself and go for an hour or several hours depending on personal needs.

Chinese Qigong (Chi Kung) Medical Massage

In our travels to China, we found a medical training base, Hebei Qigong Hospital and School, for doctors and healthcare practitioners interested in studying medical Chinese massage therapy, http://www.medicalqigongschool.com. Based in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qigong massage is a bright pearl in the Chinese medical science. In China, it has been a traditional way for maintaining good health for thousands of years, and it is renowned for its "curing" effect. It is characterized by applying special pressing and rubbing methods on certain meridians, acupoints, muscles and skin areas with different parts of the palms and fingers with various degrees of force. This promotes the flow of Qi and blood in the meridians and collaterals, regulating the functions of the visceral organs, and nourishing the muscles. In China this massage is used for treating and preventing diseases.

Japanese Hot Stone Massage

Based in the oldest form of East Asian Massage, Japanese Hot Stone Massage techniques create similar effects to moxibustion, in that heat penetrates and stimulates the acupressure points throughout the body. However, a hot stone massage combines techniques of acupuncture, moxibustion, and massage for a complete therapeutic treatment. The Japanese Hot "Goldstones" are applied throughout the body on key acupressure points and meridians. Special "Kobido" facials are offered with "disks of heaven".

Traditional Swedish Massage

An overall wellness massage to simulate metabolism and blood circulation to improve overall nutritional exchanges in the body and release toxins and wastes from the body more effectively. Swedish massage can also help relieve soreness and discomfort in muscles, relieve mental and physical fatigue, create a sedative effect on the nervous system reducing stress and improve skin texture and muscle tone.