Stone Massage & Wellness — Attraction in McKinney

Massage Therapy and My Fight Against Parkinson’s Disease 9/1/2018

It has been 16 years since I was diagnosed with Parkinson ’s disease (PD). PD is a progressive disease with no known cures. The traditional treatment of PD is a cocktail of various drugs to treat the symptoms only, nothing to stop the progression. The drugs all have side effects that can be worse the benefit provided. The Neurologists I saw recommended I read Michael J. Fox’s book “Lucky Man”. It gave me insight to keep a positive attitude towards PD, that there are worse things in life and to get proactive in fighting PD. The mantra for fighting any degenerative disease such as PD is exercise, exercise, more exercise, with a positive attitude, use it or lose it.

I golf twice a week, take a Dance for PD class, plus two PD exercise classes a week designed specifically in strengthening ones cure muscles, and improving balance issues with a bit of yoga mixed in getting one to breath correctly. I also walk a 2+ mile course when not attending one of these events plus I also voice exercises at the Parkinson's Voice Project.

At the urging of my wife to try massage I was fortunate enough to meet Massage Therapist Tami Stone who I have been seeing for over 8 years on an average of twice a month. The sessions are not always the same, she works on the extremities most affected by the PD; sometimes deep tissue, sometimes stress relief. Tami can read my face and pretty much know what I need when I show up.

PD treats everyone differently. I have been very fortunate that the progression of my disease has been relatively slow, unfortunately it is progressing. In all cases I come away from a massage session with Tami with transfer of energy I cannot equate too, with less rigidity, tremor and a sense of well being. I truly believe the massage therapy I have been receiving has played a significant rule in my combatting PD.

Barry...

I wouldn't necessarily say I'm a body builder or that I'm training for the Tour De France, although I enjoy weight lifting and cycling! With both of these activities there's nothing better than a great massage to work out the stress and tension in the muscles and joints. I've been searching off and on for a few years for the right place and the right massage therapist. My search has ended. Tami is hands down the best in the business. I booked 1.5 hrs for my first session because usually it takes at least the first half hour for most therapists to get into the muscles. Additionally, they usually spend 5-10 minutes getting set up and another 10 minutes waiting on you to exit the room. When it's all said and done you end up with 30-50 minutes of real massage time. Tami spent the first 15 minutes of our time together getting to know me, my activities, and stress level. Then she explained what she does and her specialties. After the initial 15 minutes she completed a full 1.5 hrs of massage therapy. I didn't realize it but my shoulders were especially tense and after our time together I had range of motion that I didn't realize I was missing! Her level of professionalism and ability is by far unmatched. I would recommend Stone Massage & Wellness to anyone who's looking for a massage therapist who just gets it....

I went to Stone Massage yesterday as I was having some back pain due to my pregnancy. My masseuse was Ruba, she was very sweet and kind and did a very nice job with my massage. The only problem was I booked a prenatal massage (for $30 more than the regular price) but it seems they have NO specialized equipment available for a prenatal massage. I had to either lie on my back or belly (neither of which is recommended by most doctors), so I’m not sure why I ended up paying an additional $30 if I essentially got a normal massage. I thought since I was booking a prenatal massage that they would have the equipment to do a prenatal massage, otherwise I would’ve looked for another place. Other than that though I was happy with the massage and the masseuse as...