Recovery & Stress Reduction Services
Below, you'll find all our Recovery Services. These services will be in our new Mind, Body, and Recovery Studio, located on the second floor of the Recreation Center. For any questions regarding these services, please contact healthy@rice.edu.
Chair Massages for Rice Faculty and Staff
Take a break and relieve some stress with our 15-minute chair massages offered at Rice Rec! Life can get busy, but your well-being matters. Our 15-minute chair massages are a quick and effective way to relax, ease muscle tension, and reset your mind.
Location: Mind, Body, and Recovery Studio
Pricing: FREE for Rice faculty and staff
Dates and Times: By appointment only, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
- October 3
- October 17
- October 31
*IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO KNOW BEFORE SCHEDULING:
- Available dates will not show on the appointment calendar until 14 days before the date. (Example: Friday, Dec. 20, available appointments will be available to book on Friday, Dec. 6.) If no appointments are showing within the 14-day period, all available appointments are booked.
- Available appointments will close 24 hours in advance.
- Participants will check in with the front desk and then proceed upstairs to the Mind, Body, and Recovery Studio. The massage therapist will meet the participant by the elevator.
Please use the following link to schedule your chair massage: Chair Massage Scheduler
Stretch & Recovery Packages
Our recovery practitioner will work with you to identify tightness, dysfunction, and imbalances in the body, and work with different techniques such as active release therapy, myofascial release, lymphatic massage, PNF stretching, and instrument-assisted soft tissue manipulation to help restore the areas of dysfunction and pain.
| Sessions/Packages | Student | Non-Student Member | Non-Member |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single 55 min. Session | $65.00 | $75.00 | $85.00 |
| Package 1: (3) 55 min Sessions | $180.00 | $210.00 | $240.00 |
| Package 2: (6) 55 min Sessions | $348.00 | $408.00 | $468.00 |
| Package 3: (12) 55 min Sessions | $672.00 | $792.00 | $912.00 |
Location: Mind, Body, and Recovery Studio
*Please note: Rice Recovery & Restoration sessions and packages purchased will expire 1 year from the date of purchase. All stretch sessions and packages are non-refundable.
Meet our Recovery Practitioner: Kai Yoshinaga
Kai believes recovery is a partnership. As the Recovery Practitioner at Rice Recreation, he helps clients unlock their mobility and move beyond pain. With a foundation built at the Asia Pacific Massage Institute, Kai is a licensed massage therapist and instructor in Texas. He brings a dynamic blend of clinical expertise and a personal touch to his work, guiding clients to take an active role in their own healing journey.
When he's not on campus, Kai stays connected to his community by volunteering with Open Gate Homeless Ministries. He also finds joy in cooking, traveling, writing, and collecting rocks.
Mobility Clinics
This year, dedicate time to care for your body! As we progress in life, poor movement patterns, injury, and stationary positions cause our fascia and connective tissues to change and shorten, often resulting in painful or restricted movement. Not only can this create discomfort in the body, it can also decrease our activity level and hamper our ability to live a full, adventurous life.
The Rice Fitness and Wellness Program will host a series of mobility clinics targeting the most commonly impaired joints. Each clinic will include a combination of stretching, foam rolling, and stability work, all designed to promote better movement and improved functional range of motion. Participants are free to register for one or take them all! Expect this class to “hurt so good” as you roll, release, smash, and stretch your way to true functional improvement.
Stay tuned for upcoming clinic dates.
Location: Mind, Body and Recovery Studio
Pricing: Rice Recreation Members: $10; Non-Members: $15
Late Policy / Cancellation Policy
All participants are responsible for arriving in a timely manner to their sessions. It is required by policy for the individual conducting the assessment to wait 15 minutes beyond the scheduled start time before the lesson is forfeited. If a client's session begins late due to the person’s late arrival, the staff member continues with the session and ends at the scheduled time.
Except in the event of an emergency, a minimum of 24 hours' notice is required for cancellation. Failure to cancel within 24 hours or failure to show up for a session will result in a forfeit of the session. Exceptions will only be made in the case of a medical emergency accompanied by a doctor's note.