A Thai sports and therapeutic massage studio on New North Road in Mount Albert, Auckland, offering Royal Thai massage with hot stones and herbal compresses. Phaya Massage is at 877 New North Road. The website says it is a strictly therapeutic practice. The studio lists opening hours of 10am to 7pm on Mondays and Wednesdays to Sundays.
The website describes deep tissue therapy for athletes, active recovery and chronic pain, and 60-minute or longer sessions that include a complimentary hot stone treatment. Other treatments include Thai acupressure with assisted stretching, a full-body oil massage with lavender, eucalyptus or lemongrass oils, suction cupping for the back and shoulders, foot reflexology, and a massage adapted for expectant mothers. Herbal compresses of plai, lemongrass, kaffir lime and turmeric are used along the energy lines. The Thai massage is done fully clothed, with no oils. Reviewers describe the therapists as amazing, one calling it the best massage they have had so far. One reviewer, who had been going to a therapist for many years, says she moved to this studio after her previous business closed, and they were pleased to find her again.