Healthy Massage

Spent a week in Santa Fe and went to Lu's three times every other day as a birthday present to myself. I had two one-hour full-body massages and one 1/2 hr foot massage. Chinese massage calls for a lot of different touching and movement techniques, and you really feel as if you had a workout if you go for a totally traditional massage from a professional. I gave her feedback during the massages (also part of traditional Chinese massage) and got the best results I've ever had. She doesn't have a lot of English, but even so, she's not hard to communicate with. The pricing is very reasonable. I spent under $200 for all three massages, and I made great memories and a new friend.

Made an appointment nobody answered the door. For the phone call

It was Thanksgiving this year (2015) and my lower back started acting up again. I needed relief. She was soon focusing on this area. Her strong fingers found tight spots everywhere. I felt wonderful. She explained that it is a Chinese version of deep tissue massage. She penetrated to my sore muscles. At first it hurt, but eventually it felt better. It was probably the best massage of my life. I was visiting from out of town, but if I lived in Santa Fe I would be a regular customer. When I told her, she laughed and said she has a customer who drives down from Colorado on a regular basis for a deep tissue massage. In conclusion she pressed hot damp towels against my sore zones. It was like those hot moist napkins that you sometimes get on a plane before a meal...to rub a

The therapist is licensed and the shop is clean. The rates are fair and you can get half hour or one hour or 90 minutes sessions. I spoke to the therapist and she says she does not like to schedule a lot of appointments for first time customers because they frequently do not show up. Her regular customers frequently schedule ahead of time. Very good massage. Foot, back, neck, shoulders, legs and she will adjust pressure for deeper massage if you like. I highly recommend Rens Chinese Healing Massage at 1540 Cerrillos Road. This shop used to be LUs, but it is not LUs anymore. Its been Rens Chinese Healing Massage for quite some time now.

This was a very negative experience. I tried booking a massage on the phone and no one there could speak English. I mapped the location and paid up front - only getting pricing through a pricing sheet that was pointed to. I was given 20 seconds to undress in a dark room. The massage was very rough and robotic. No intuition involved, no attention to bruised or old surgical sites. It ended abruptly with one word of English - "finished." When I left, the two women there had translated "where's the tip?" on their phones. Lu was apparently not minding the shop.