Clinical Massage Therapy
Clinical Massage Therapy for Pain, Injury Recovery & Mobility
Referral-based medical massage therapy from a family practice that has cared for this valley since 1999. We treat pain and restore movement — under your provider's plan of care, with clinical notes returned to the provider who referred you. Veterans are welcomed here with honor.
“Are you mature in years? Are you in any pain? All are welcome — rest in our strong, safe hands.”
The founding words of Palm Springs Spa Massage — and the heart of this practice since 1999.
Join the First-in-Line List
Palm Springs Spa Massage is currently completing credentialing with the VA Community Care Network — administered in California by TriWest — and with the provider networks that refer patients for medical massage therapy. We are not yet an authorized VA Community Care provider, and we do not yet bill insurance. Veterans: call us at (760) 808-4205 and we will place you on our first-in-line list — when authorizations open, our waitlist is called first, in order. Referring providers: we welcome your call now, so your practice is on file with us from day one.
Referral-Based Care
How Clinical Massage Works Here
This is not a spa menu. Clinical massage therapy is a medical service: a physician, VA care team, or mental-health provider identifies a condition massage can help, refers the patient to us, and we treat to that plan — documenting every session and returning our clinical notes to the referring provider. It is the same careful, hands-on work this family has done since 1999, practiced to a clinical standard.
A Provider Refers
Your VA provider, doctor, or mental-health provider sends a referral for medical massage therapy — for veterans, through VA Community Care, with an authorization for a set number of sessions.
We Treat to the Plan
Focused, condition-specific sessions with a CAMTC-certified therapist — at our hosted clinical setting in Palm Desert, or mobile where permitted.
Notes Go Back
Every session is documented clinically, and our notes return to the referring provider, so your care team sees your progress.
Conditions We Treat
Where Medical Massage Helps
Back Pain
Chronic and post-injury low and mid-back pain — the most common VA referral for medical massage.
Neck Pain
Neck and shoulder-girdle pain, including pain carried from service injuries and desk strain alike.
Joint Pain
Pain and stiffness in the shoulders, knees, hips, and other joints, worked within the plan of care.
Myofascial Pain
Trigger-point and fascial pain patterns, addressed with focused manual therapy.
Headaches
Tension and cervicogenic headache patterns referred for manual treatment.
Fibromyalgia
Gentle, graded manual therapy for widespread pain, paced to the patient's tolerance.
Veterans
You Served. It Is Our Turn to Serve You.
Our home ground includes Twentynine Palms and the Morongo Basin — neighbors to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Caring for those who carried the weight is not a marketing line for this family; it is why this clinical practice exists.
Since 1999
A Family Practice, a Clinical Standard
Palm Springs Spa Massage has been family owned since 1999 — a quarter century of hands-on care in this valley. Our clinical division practices to a medical standard: CAMTC-certified, insured therapists; condition-focused treatment plans; clinical documentation on every session; and honest communication with patients and the providers who trust us with them.