Florida Licensed Massage Therapist · Licence MA78217 — verify it
Full time at my studio in Inverness, inside Deb's Touch of Paradise. Established clients also have me in their own home when they need it — and if a doctor sent you, they get a written note afterwards.
New clients are seen at the studio first — it is a public location and you get to meet me. 3589 E Gulf to Lake Hwy, inside Deb's Touch of Paradise. The button opens my booking page in a new tab — if it gives you any trouble, call me and I will put you in the book myself.
How it goes
Before the day
We talk first — what hurts, how long it has been going on, what you have already tried, and whether anything makes it worse. If a doctor is involved I want their name. If massage is the wrong answer for what you are describing, I will tell you that on the phone rather than after you have paid me.
And I will ask when you would like to come in. New clients are seen at my studio in Inverness — a public, established location, and the right first meeting. If I am coming to you instead, which is what my regular clients use, I like to know the address, the parking and how to get in before I set out — I work on my own, and some corners of this county are a long way from the others. If where you are changes the price, I will say so then and not afterwards.
You will know who is coming: I confirm the appointment by text, and I text again when I am on my way — to the studio, or to your house if you are one of my regulars I see at home.
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I like to keep it quiet. Table, bolster, fresh linens, table warmer — about ten minutes of setting up so the room is ready when you are.
You stay covered the whole time. Only what I am working on is uncovered, and it is covered again before I move on. You do not have to ask me about this.
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I ask, and then I actually wait for the answer. We find the thing, agree on the pressure, and I check in as the work gets deeper. "Tell me if it is too much" is not a formality — say the word and it changes that second.
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Eleven years of it, in Swedish, deep tissue, sports massage, cupping, hot stone, manual lymphatic drainage and seated chair massage. Which of those you get depends on what we found in the first ten minutes, not on what you booked.
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If a doctor sent you, they get a written note after every session — what I found, what I worked, what changed since last time, and what I would do next. It works better when everyone is reading the same page.
Regions worked: cervical, upper thoracic, right shoulder girdle. Cervical rotation measured at intake and again at close. Upper trapezius tone noted bilaterally; right levator attachment still guarding.
Pressure tolerance moderate, no adverse response. Plan for next session: continue cervical work, begin scalene release if tolerance holds.
Illustrative example showing the format only. Not a real client, and no real client's notes appear on this website.
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I tell you what I found and what I would do next. If you do not need to come back for a while, I will say so. Then I fold the table away, and you are done. Drink some water — and if anything feels off tomorrow, call me. I would rather hear from you than not.
See available timesA lot of the people I see have been carrying the same problem for years and have already tried everyone else. Most of my week is people I have been seeing for years. What I can tell you is that I keep looking for the cause instead of rubbing the place that hurts, and I do not get bored of your problem.
Bed-bound clients. Post-surgical recovery, once your surgeon has cleared you — including gentle lymphatic technique when that is what they have asked for. Hip and knee replacements. Wheelchair users. People for whom getting dressed and driving to Ocala is the reason they stopped going.
None of this is a special accommodation I make. It is a regular part of my week, and it is a large part of why I work this way.
I work to the plan your doctor set rather than to a standard menu.
Whiplash and soft-tissue recovery, once your doctor has cleared you. Florida PIP will not pay for massage — there is a question below explaining what that means for you.
Necks, shoulders and low backs belonging to people who have stood, lifted or driven for a living. Headaches with referred pain. Restricted range of motion.
Sports massage and cupping for overuse — the shoulders and knees of people who still work, still garden, and still get out on the water.
Then that is what we will use. It is set up in the room and ready when you arrive — and at home, for my regulars, it is set up and gone again within the hour. Nothing for you to arrange.
That is fine and it is common. I work alongside the bed and adapt the positioning to you — pillows under the knees, side-lying if lying flat is not comfortable. A hospital bed is easier for me, not harder.
Good. Neck, shoulders, arms, hands, feet and lower legs all work well in a recliner, and for a lot of people that is where the pain actually is.
We can work in the chair, or transfer to a bed or table if you transfer easily and want to. Tell me which on the phone and I will bring what suits.
That is all I need. I bring a proper seated setup — you stay fully clothed, and it is the same work through the neck, shoulders and back.
Call me rather than booking online. I will want to know what they can and cannot do, whether there is a hospital bed, and who will be there. You are welcome to stay in the room.
More on the work itself: Deep tissue · After surgery · Neck & shoulders · Sciatica & low back · Feet & plantar fasciitis · Frozen shoulder · Arthritis & stiffness · After a car accident · If you cannot get out · If you are the carer · Cupping · Hot stone · Sports massage · Swedish massage · Chair massage · Headaches · Hip & knee replacement · Never had one
Still not sure? PHONE and describe the room. It takes two minutes and costs nothing.
The person you are letting in
I am a mother and a grandmother. Before I ever touched a massage table I was a hospice caregiver, sitting with people through the worst weeks of their lives.
One of them had been in bed a long time and in more pain than anybody should have to be in, and there was nothing any of us could do about it. I had no training and no business putting my hands on her. I did it because I could not stand to do nothing.
That hour changed what I thought I was for. I went and got licensed while I was still working and raising my children, and I have not done anything else since.
A lot of what walks through my door has been walking around for a long time. Ten years of a shoulder. Twenty of a low back. People who have been to the physical therapist and the specialist and the person after that, and been told somewhere along the way to learn to live with it.
I will take the time to find out what is actually going on, and I will keep at it. Some of what I see took twenty years to build and it does not come apart in an hour. If I am not the right person to help you, I will say so, and I will tell you who is.
And if money is getting in the way, say so before you stop coming. I would rather have that conversation than lose someone over it.
Maureen
Full time at the studio — 3589 E Gulf to Lake Hwy, Inverness — inside Deb's Touch of Paradise Massage.
In-home visits are arranged as needed and are for established clients. New clients are seen at the studio first — it is a public location, it is how people meet me, and it is the arrangement I keep.
In-home visits start at $125 for 60 minutes and $149 for 90, the same for either kind of session.
No membership, no packages, and nothing added afterwards. I also come to established clients anywhere in Citrus County, on whatever day suits. I confirm the address before anything is booked, and if where you are affects the price I will tell you then rather than afterwards.
Where I come to, for established clients:
Long, flowing strokes at a moderate pressure, over the whole body or wherever you want the time spent.
60 min $7990 min $109
Slow, deliberate pressure into the deepest layers of muscle and fascia.
60 min $8590 min $119
Work aimed at the specific movement you keep making — for golfers, paddlers and gardeners.
60 min $8590 min $119
Fully clothed, no oil, no table — neck, shoulders, back and arms.
30 min $45
Suction that lifts and separates tissue where hands compress it — usually alongside massage, sometimes on its own.
30 min $45
Warmed basalt stones worked over the muscle, and used in the hand as an extension of it.
30 min $45
Add to any session: Cupping $20 · Hot stone $20. No extra time on the clock.
See available timesOpens in a new tab. PHONE
You are not booking a room. You are deciding to spend an hour with one specific person — at the studio in Inverness, or in your own home if you are already one of my clients. Here is everything you would want to know and might not want to ask.
Professional liability insurance, carried and current. Florida does not require an individual therapist to hold it. I carry it.
Keep on any clothing you want to keep on. Stop the session whenever you like — you do not need a reason and I will not ask for one.
A spouse, a family member or an aide is welcome to be in the room or in the house — always, no explanation needed.
All three of these were left by clients I saw before I moved to Inverness.
5 out of 5 stars
Not only did she do an amazing job. But went above and beyond to make sure I felt better before I left.
Mary S.
Maureen is an amazing massage therapist!
Kurtina T.
I highly recommend Maureen's massages
Walter C.
At 3589 E Gulf to Lake Hwy in Inverness — inside Deb's Touch of Paradise Massage, where I am full time. New clients are seen there first: it is a public, established location, and it is the right place to find out whether we are a good fit before anything else.
Established clients book in-home visits anywhere in Citrus County, on whatever day suits — I fit them around the studio. New clients are seen at the studio first, and once you have been seen there at least once we can talk about in-home visits for you.
About seven feet by ten, and one power outlet. A cleared living room floor is plenty and I have worked in far less. If you are not sure, send me a photo of the room and I will tell you before you book.
Then we do not use one. I work on beds, in recliners, in wheelchairs and in an ordinary kitchen chair. Bed-bound and post-surgical clients are a regular part of my week, not an exception I make.
Yes, and it happens often. Call me rather than using the booking page — I will want to know what she can and cannot do, whether there is a hospital bed, and who will be there. You are welcome to stay in the room.
In-home visits start at $125 for an hour and $149 for ninety minutes, the same for either kind of session. Some of the county is a long way from the rest of it, so if where you are affects the price I will tell you before you book rather than after. Tell me the address when we talk — Inverness, Hernando, Beverly Hills, Lecanto, Crystal River, Homosassa, everywhere between.
The booking page takes appointments from 24 hours out. If you want something sooner than that, call me — if the slot is free it is yours, and the online cut-off is a limit of the software rather than a rule of mine.
Yes, and thank you. They are never expected and they are never added to anything — the price you are quoted is the price.
Not in Florida. Section 627.736(1)(a)5 removed massage therapy from PIP medical benefits, effective January 2013, and it cannot be billed to PIP by any massage therapist. If you are represented, your attorney can send me a letter of protection and I bill the settlement instead.
No. Most people book directly. If your doctor has prescribed massage, I work to their plan and send them a written note after each session.
No. I work inside your comfort threshold and the pressure changes the moment you say so. Gritting your teeth through an hour is not something I ask anyone to do.
Inside Deb's Touch of Paradise Massage. New clients start here — and established clients also get me in their own homes across Inverness, Hernando, Beverly Hills and Lecanto and the rest of Citrus County. No membership, and a written note to your doctor if you need one.
