Massage Therapy

& Womb Wellness

Located in Nevada City, CA

Providing integrative massage therapy to relieve muscle pain and improve functional mobility. Our sessions are tailored to your specific needs including overall rest and relaxation.

Massage Therapy

Massage is for everyone.

I view massage therapy as a foundational tool for wellness that I highly encourage people to make as part of their monthly health routine, both for wellness maintenance and life-burnout prevention. Massage has a positive impact on our entire system starting from hydration of the skin, encouraging fresh oxygenated blood to circulate areas of stagnation, and bringing movement to your lymphatic system for overall health. In massage we are working with the soft tissues (aka muscles) and addressing adhesions (aka knots) of the muscle fibers. I implement deep tissue and trigger point therapy to help assist in the release of pain patterns along with facilitated and Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation (PNF) to produce positive effects on your range of motion and muscular function.

Massage is the antidote for a busy world.

One of the best outcomes you receive from massage is the permission to rest, receive, and rejuvenate. In a busy world, it is one of my greatest joys is to offer you space and time to slow down. Massage can have a profound impact on mental health and emotion wellbeing. I often have clients call me 2-3 days after the session to tell me the profound impact and clarity they had after our session. Read AMTA’s article on Massage for Mental Health to learn more about how you can benefit.

Perinatal Massage

& Women’s Health

Cara is a Licensed Midwife, Certified Massage Therapist and long term prenatal and postpartum care provider, specializing in perinatal massage and working closely with people during their pregnancy and postpartum.

In our bodywork sessions, we address common physical discomforts including: round ligament pain, pubic symphysis pain, upper back and chest tightness, tingling in the forearms, hip/pelvis discomfort, and more. We work together in stages and the bodywork reflects what is safe and effective for your body in regards to how many weeks gestation your are.

Offering Well Person services, Cara provides a safe space for offering routine wellness visits that includes PAP smears and breast examination. I hold these visits with reverence and with a trauma informed approach. You will have the option to enter the speculum yourself, visualize your own cervix with a mirror, and be in a laid back cross legged position rather than a stirrup position.

Chiropractic & Massage Therapy

At River Run Chiropractic in Nevada City, CA, we curate a unique experience so our client’s get the most benefit out their time by offering a 30 minute massage therapy session to loosen tense muscles before receiving a chiropractic adjustment from Dr. Patrick.

Cara’s $50/30 minute session is only available to Dr. Patrick’s clients. Please book at the front office by calling (530)264-7220 to schedule your massage session & chiropractic adjustment and let them know you want a back-to-back booking with Cara and Patrick.

Dr. Patrick, DC

Dr. Patrick uses a blend of time-tested chiropractic manual adjustments, soft tissue work and exercise therapy to restore healthy, normal function in the spine, joints and muscles

Cara Sether, CMT, CPM, LM

Cara address pain patterns including limited range of mobility through facilitated stretching techniques, trigger point therapy, and the reorganization of crossed muscle fibers.