Pricing for new menu option

[sanju]

I'm adding pain management massage to my menu. It uses a variety of techniques; TP, MET, and general deep tissue massage. I warn that this isn't a relaxing massage with a little TP thrown in. Of course, I'll try and make nice with the muscles afterwards but.... nice isn't the point, getting to the source of the pain is.

I'm sure many of you do this already. What do you charge? and for how long? I figure 90 minutes with part of that time for a detailed intake. The hangup is how much do I charge for it? If it were me, having suffered with RMI, relief would be worth a lot. $90 -90 minutes but a little more than an hour of that is the actual hands on?

The local salon/spa charges about the same for 'deep tissue' as a regular Swedish.

 

[Bubbles DeVere]

I charge $100 for 90 minutes. All my massages are a combination treatment of deep tissue, TP, stretching, ect. I don't charge for intake time so it is 90 minutes of therapy.

I would say that $90 with the intake time is good.

 

[oldtownfolk]

Hi. I don't figure in a "charge" for the intake. I sort of look at it as seperate from the "service. So, my fees are just for the hand-on.

My therapeutic work consists of (as needed) things like Nimmo, TP, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, stretching and other types of muscular work in order to get whatever results I am looking for. Sometimes it may be light work mixed in, or just relaxation. All in all, I charge the same for the time and not the type right now.

I just went up on prices, so these are updated ones:

1 hr. - $75
1 and 1/2 hrs. - $115
2 hrs. - $160

The prices increase minimally with the time, due to the effort needed for the extended time.

 

[cornucopia]

Hey Texasgal what is Nimmo??? Just curious! Anyway, I work out of my house and I do Neuromuscular and TP with relaxation thrown in, I charge $70/hour and this is low, but I have alot of competition in spas and other therapists, so I figure I can stay low being that I have a REALLY low overhead!

 

[Apple Juice]

1966 - Raymond Nimmo-Wrote book " The Receptor Tonus Method ", which came from his work with "noxious generative points".

You can do some searching on the net with this quote to get more info. It's more laong the lines of a TP technique.