Flanigan Massage & Bodywork 763-389-4788

Location has changed. 

We have moved to Zimmerman, MN  Please call  763-389-4788 for directions to new location.

Mission Statement 

To provide the best therapeutic techniques, to make our clients happier and healthy.

Kristi Flanigan started her business back in 1991 in Dr. Huber’s Chiropractic Office. With her need to expand she moved over to a one room place at Studio of Hair Design. Kristi’s client base grew and needed to hire another Therapist and moved to her next location at the Riverside Mall, a place of her own. She posted her sign and had a 2 room Massage Therapy shop. Kristi was happy but still had not enough room so she moved again to 116 South Rum River Drive, Princeton.  She was able to have more therapist and able to provide more services.  With the recession, Kristi's clients needed to cut back and so did Kristi.  Kristi made the decision in June 2010 to move her location to Zimmerman. She is now located on a lake and calls it “her place.” This is a one room place where you can relax by the lake before or after the massage.  The room is decorated,  and music is playing to help clients relax. The training she has received over the years has made it clear that she has a lot to offer her clients. Kristi will use every technique and training she has learned to have you leave feeling relaxed and revived.  Flanigan Massage and Bodywork would love to help you and/or your family members feel great. Come on in & relax!

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Kristi Flanigan

Kristi Flanigan is a 1991 Graduate of Minneapolis School of

Massage & Bodywork. She is skilled in Esalen, Russian Sports,

Deep Tissue, Pressure Point Therapy, Reflexology,

Myofasical Release, Hot Stone Massage, Connective Tissue

and Pre/Post Natal Massage.  Using her skills of all techniques

will provide you with the optimal benefits. 
Kristi has furthered her education with a class on
Medical Massage.

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1.  Drink water before and after.  Most therapists will remind you to
flush toxins after a massage, but it's equally important to hydrate before
coming in for your massage.  Because the pressure from you Massage
Therapist hands pushes lactic acid out of your muscle tissue and into your
bloodstream, where it circulates throughout your body.  Without water,
your blood flow is sluggish and stagnated and might not process these
 toxins as readily as hydrated, less viscous fluids.
2.  Talk to your Massage Therapist.  Tell of your concerns, needs
and expectations before you start.  Note problem areas, such as a bad
back, trick knee or the knotted shoulders caused by computer work. 
If you're an aromatherapy fan and have a specific preference, bring
 a sample with you.
3.  Don't be bashful.  In general, the less you wear the fewer
 obstacles to a good massage.  Your Certified Massage Therapist is
trained in sheet-draping techniques that will ensure your modesty
is protected at all times.  So remove everything, slide under those
sheets, and don't waste energy worrying about what the therapist
will think of your body.
4.  Stop thinking.  This might be the hardest part of relaxing into
 a massage.  I find yogic rhythmic breathing prepares the body and
 brain.  While the therapist is getting set up, perform deep breathing
exercises, inhaling from the stomach, upward through the chest
cavity and mentally swirling the breath through the brain.  On the
inhale, gather all thoughts, tensions and negativity into a gray
smoke and expel it out of the body.  Then reverse the process,
filling the body with pure air.  Five cycles usually will do it.
5.  Relax your body.  Don't engage your muscles to help the
 therapist maneuver a part of your body.  This doesn't really
help because it just tenses your muscles and make the
therapist's work harder. 
6.  Breathe through the pain.  Don't hold your breath when
the therapist begins working on a muscular knot, or the muscle
will continue to hold its tension.  Instead, start narrowing your
focus to a deep, rhythmic breathing pattern.  Try to visualize
tension leaving your bdy on the exhale and allow your body
 to relax a little more with each breath.
7.  Talk less - listen to your body more.  Sometimes a
 verbal release is just as therapeutic as  muscle relax, but if
you're chattering away during a massage you're not really
concentrating on your body.  Animated conversation
 makes your body tense up, so save the chitchat for lunch
dates.  But do talk to give the Massage Therapist
instructions - when the pressure is too soft or hard;
if you're feeling chilly; or if you'd like work on a specific area. 
8.  Recover slowly.  Don't just jump off table after the
therapist has left the room.  Take a minute to glory in your
 newly relaxed body.  Roll slowly onto your dominant side,
push gently up to a seated position with one arm and sit
on the edge of the table for a few moments.  Getting
dress slowly will help you gently get back into the real world.
9.  Drink more water.  Flush those nasty toxins out of
your system with plenty of water.  Otherwise, you could end
up with sore muscles and nausea - making the massage a
complete waste of time and money.  While there's no magic
number of ounces you should drink, the more water you
consume the better you'll feel.
10.  Take it easy.  Help your body and mind hold on to
 the benefits of the massage as long as possible.  Return
to the breathing exercises when you begin tensing up. 
At the end of the day, treat yourself to a relaxing evening. 
Eat a light dinner.  Soak in a warm bath with scented
salts or aromatherapy oils, curl up in bed for a deep,
 restorative sleep.