Expert Massage

Spa Space Chicago's Expert Massage is delivered by licensed massage therapists in a 7,500 sq ft luxury environment featuring private treatment rooms, steam rooms, and full locker facilities with robes and sandals. Sessions are tailored to each guest's needs, ranging from relaxation-focused Swedish technique to targeted deep tissue work. Specialty massage formats include Hot Stone, Poultice Herbal, and Reiki energy work. Couples massage is available upon request. Membership options provide monthly massage access for ongoing wellness maintenance.

Spa Space Chicago's massage programme is built around the Expert Massage, a fully customisable therapeutic session delivered by licensed practitioners in a refined West Loop spa setting. The 60-minute session establishes the baseline, with a 90-minute extension available for guests who require broader coverage, deeper muscular work, or simply a longer period of relaxation. Swedish effleurage and petrissage techniques form the foundation of most sessions, promoting parasympathetic nervous system activation, reducing circulating cortisol levels, and increasing local blood and lymph circulation throughout the soft tissues. Where guests present with muscular tension, adhesions, or restricted range of motion, therapists apply deep tissue modalities — sustained pressure, myofascial release, and trigger-point compression — targeting the deeper muscle layers and connective tissue planes. Specialty massage formats at Spa Space Chicago extend the therapeutic range. Hot Stone Massage incorporates smooth, heated basalt stones that are placed on key points of the body and used as massage tools, delivering sustained warmth deep into muscle tissue to accelerate release and enhance the circulatory effect of the session. Poultice Herbal Massage uses warm herbal compress bundles — steamed muslin pouches filled with therapeutic herbs — to deliver a combined benefit of heat, aromatic botanical compounds, and compressive massage technique. Reiki energy work is offered as a standalone modality or complement to manual massage, channelling intentional energy through the practitioner's hands to support relaxation and energetic balance. Couples massage is available in the spa's couples suite and requires phone booking to coordinate. The spa also offers an Express Expert Massage on Tuesday through Friday, suited to guests with limited schedules. A full menu of add-ons — including dry brush exfoliation, aromatherapy oil, pain and stress oil blend, and hot stone upgrade — allows guests to personalise each session. Spa Space Chicago's membership programme includes a monthly massage option, giving regular clients unlimited access to the locker room facilities and preferred booking priority throughout the month.