We are a therapeutic massage and float clinic in American Fork, Utah. The most useful thing we can tell you upfront is what that does not mean. There are no robes, no cucumber water and no treatments built around atmosphere. What runs at massage and float in American Fork, Utah is a clinic where licensed therapists work on specific problems, with float sessions held in open pools rather than the enclosed chambers most providers install. The float side uses open pools rather than the enclosed chambers most providers install. We opened in 2019; both owners still work as therapists, and everything below is checkable against our booking page.
The work here is condition-led. Clients arrive with chronic lower back pain, or a shoulder that has not moved properly since an injury. Others come in with sciatic pressure in the third trimester, or a training block that has caught up with them. Some arrive with a stress load that has stopped them sleeping. Sessions get built around that rather than selected from a menu of experiences.
That focus rules some things out. If you want an afternoon of ambiance, there are places better suited to it, and we will say so. What we offer instead is a therapist who asks what hurts, finds it, and works it for the length of the session. They will also tell you honestly whether massage is the right tool for the problem. A closer look at clinic-based work versus chain massage covers the practical differences in more detail.
Sessions run 50, 80 or 110 minutes. Fifty works for maintenance and for a first visit. Eighty is where most chronic-pain clients settle, because finding a long-standing problem and then working it properly takes more than an hour. A hundred and ten suits clients with several areas in play or a complaint that has been there for years.
The modality range is broader than most single-location clinics carry. Therapists work across deep tissue, sports, prenatal, cranial sacral, trigger point, Swedish, reflexology, lymphatic drainage, cupping, gua sha and IASTM, and warm bamboo. That range exists so the session can match the problem rather than the other way round. A client with a stubborn back complaint might get hands, then cups, then tools inside the same appointment.
Most float providers use enclosed pods or tanks, with a lid that closes over the client. We use open float pools. There is no lid and no chamber above the water line; the room is private, and you control when you get in and out. For anyone who has wanted to try float therapy but could not face being enclosed, that design difference is the whole point.
The mechanism is the same either way. Water saturated with Epsom salt creates enough buoyancy to remove gravitational load from every joint at once. Weightlessness, skin-temperature water, and low light together reduce sensory input to almost nothing. Research from Dr. Justin Feinstein at the Laureate Institute for Brain Research has examined float therapy and anxiety specifically. That work informs why we chose an open design. Sessions run 60, 90, or 120 minutes, and a magnesium upgrade is available. A detailed overview of what happens during a float session walks through a first visit
Not sure whether massage or float fits what you're dealing with?
Give us a call at (801) 855-5834, and we'll tell you which one to start with.
Book a 50-minute massage if you have a specific physical complaint. Book a 60-minute float if the issue is stress, sleep or general nervous system load. First-time rates apply to both.
Plenty of clients end up using both, and there is no need to decide that now. Start with whichever matches the problem in front of you and let the therapist tell you whether the other side is worth adding.
You arrive and fill in an intake form covering injuries, surgeries, medications, and what brought you in. Then you spend a few minutes talking to your therapist before anything starts. That conversation is not a formality. It decides what the session becomes, and clients who describe when a pain appears rather than just where get noticeably better sessions.
For massage, you undress to your comfort level and are draped throughout, with only the area being worked uncovered. The therapist checks pressure early and expects you to answer honestly. For a float therapy session, you shower first, get in on your own schedule, and get out whenever you want. Staff walk first-time float clients through the process before they are left alone in the room.
| Session | Length | Standard | Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massage | 50 min | $120 | $72 |
| Massage | 80 min | $180 | $108 |
| Massage | 110 min | $240 | $144 |
| Float | 60 min | $80 | $40 |
| Float | 90 min | $120 | $60 |
| Float | 120 min | $160 | $80 |
The membership costs $10 a month, carries no contract, and can be canceled anytime. It covers both services rather than locking you to one. Members also get a free cupping, scraping, or warm bamboo add-on with every massage, plus one free upgrade per session. Family and friends take 30% off, and retail is 10% off. Full details are on our membership pricing page.
A first massage is 35% off, which puts a 50-minute session near $78, and a first float is 25% off. Gift cards cannot be combined with the membership discount. Cancellations need 24 business hours' notice, and same-day cancellations or no-shows carry a 50% charge, which protects therapist time that was held for you.
We hold a 4.9-star rating across Google, Groupon and Birdeye, with roughly 401 Google reviews, 681 or more on Groupon and 401 on Birdeye. Groupon also lists us as a Top Merchant, off the back of more than a thousand vouchers purchased. Those numbers say something real about volume and repeat visits for a single-location clinic.
They do not tell you whether we are right for your particular problem, and no rating does. A better test is to call, describe what is wrong, and listen to whether the answer is specific. If massage is not the right tool, we will say so. Pointing you toward a physician or physical therapist beats booking you in and taking the money. That answer, more than a star count, is what tells you how a clinic operates.
Booking online takes a couple of minutes. Mention what is bothering you at that point, and your therapist already has a plan when you walk in.
If you want to look around before committing to anything,
call (801) 855-5834
or stop by 366 S 500 E St Suite B, American Fork, UT 84003. Seeing the open float room in person answers more questions than any description does.
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