Situate between the florist and the barber shop in the food court area of the Ingle Farm shopping centre, I have spent many a time sitting eating my lunch wondering what Li's Massage was like. Well I wonder no more now that I have visited.
The staff are friendly, and there is a good menu of therapies, from traditional Chinese style massage to other therapies like hot stone massage and other more usual day-spa like treatments.
I particularly like the Chinese style of massage, though it i not for everybody and if you are delicate you may want to choose a more gentle and relaxing style, either way you can tell them how strong you want your massage. What I like about the Chinese style is that they really get in between each vertebrae to release tension in your back. It does hurt, but afterwards the release is so great that you don't really care.
While the massage I received was very helpful for my sore back and legs, what I appreciated the most was that they don't use oil, so you don't end up feeling like that rosemary lamb sunday roast you last based in olive oil before cooking. They conduct their massage through your clothing or through a towel, so they get the fluidity of motion required without the oil. This works well in a shopping centre scenario where you don't want to feel greasy for the rest of the day, and give your car an unintended oil upholstery treatment on the way home, or find the steering wheel slip from your grasp as you career into oncoming lanes of traffic... well I do exaggerate, but you know what I am saying. read more
