What is Soothe?

Soothe is the United States’ leading on-demand wellness marketplace, connecting individuals, corporate clients, and hospitality organizations with top-rated independent wellness contractors. Soothe brings spa-quality wellness services, including massage, skincare, and beauty treatments, directly to clients at home, work, or while traveling. With a mission to make wellness accessible and convenient for everyone, Soothe’s platform offers unparalleled flexibility, high-quality professional care, and easy booking through user-friendly technology.

This allows us to be well-positioned to provide massages, especially during critical times like these. Soothe is organizing massage services for first responders and displaced families at various relief centers around the city. Please join us in providing care and comfort to those in need. 100% of your donation will go towards funding professional massage therapy sessions for those facing physical, emotional, or financial challenges. Together, we can help alleviate pain, reduce stress, and improve the overall well-being of those who need it most.

Every donation makes a difference:

• Help first responders recover from the physical and emotional toll of their work.
• Provide comfort to displaced residents in these difficult times.
• Help independent providers who have suffered emotional and economic loss.

Together, we can bring healing and support to our community.

Thank you for being part of this mission.

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Soothe is proud to have landed on the 2022 edition of The Marketplace 100 list published by Future from a16z.  The list ranks the largest consumer-facing marketplace startups, highlighting the next generation of marketplace giants.

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In an article posted on the LA Rams website, Dr. Jason Wersland, Founder and Chief Wellness Officer of Therabody, says “supporting professional athletes has always been at the core of our DNA, and I have had the opportunity to work with and treat many of them, ensuring they are always primed to perform as well as recovered and ready for the next game.”

Interested in seeing percussive therapy in action? If so, you’re in luck! Training Days, a three-episode video series, will showcase how Rams players are conditioning, recovering, and rehabilitating during Training Camp as they prepare for the 2020 NFL season in their new home at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood. Throughout the series, fans and viewers will see how the Rams trainers and strength and conditioning staff utilize and incorporate Theragun devices into the players’ daily practice and gameday routines. The series can be found on TheRams.com and the team’s social media channels.

Theragun’s unique family of percussive massage therapy devices is designed for everyday use, and for a vast range of wellness needs. That’s why they are the perfect complement to Soothe’s on-demand massage, beauty, and wellness services.  

So, what exactly is percussive therapy? 

Percussive therapy is a form of massage that applies rapid bursts of pressure to get deeper into muscle tissue. Compared to a Swedish or deep tissue massage usually performed with the hands, a therapist uses a scientifically-calibrated percussion device, which gives them greater precision and consistency for targeted treatment.

Many athletes use percussive therapy, as it is great for relieving soreness and pain. It works by quickly stimulating blood flow to a specific area, so you can target muscles that you just worked. All quality percussive therapy devices have three different adjustments that change the effect of the massage. Amplitude is how far the massage head moves back and forth. The speed or frequency is how many times per second the device head touches your body. And finally, the power of the pressure, or the torque, will determine how deep or intense the treatment is.

You’re probably familiar with that “good pain” you feel when a therapist works an area that is sore or tight. Percussion therapy is different. The pressure is applied so quickly via the device, that the brain doesn’t register the stimulation the same way. This can make the therapy more effective compared to a vibration device or regular massage strokes. 

Who can get a percussive therapy massage? 

Anyone! You don’t need to be a professional football player to benefit from percussive therapy. As an addition to your complete wellness routine, percussive massage offers pill-free relief. It’s great for neck and shoulder pain, chronic back pain, and can relieve soreness from activities like typing or playing video games. Percussive therapy massage is also great for daily aches and pains. Percussive therapy is also used to help recover from injuries. If you prefer massage for relaxation, percussive therapy also has powerful anxiety and stress-relieving benefits, too.

Ready to try percussive therapy? Book a massage with a Therabody-certified therapist on the Soothe network, and select “Percussive Therapy” as your massage modality.  If you’re interested in purchasing a Therabody product, visit the shop.soothe.com for more information.

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Ellis joins Soothe from Beachbody, where he was previously Group Vice President of Content and Commerce, overseeing product management, growth marketing, and e-commerce operations for their digital subscription offering.

“John is the right person to lead the next phase of Soothe’s growth,” says Soothe Chairman of the Board, Steve Pogorzelski. “His leadership style combined with his knowledge of the wellness space and extensive experience in market strategy, product development, and operations, make him the perfect fit for Soothe.”

“I’m really pleased and honored to join Soothe at a pivotal time when people are beginning to realize the importance of integrating wellness programs into their lifestyle, and how having an ongoing wellness regimen that includes massage can contribute to improvements in physical and mental health,” says Ellis. “Soothe makes it incredibly easy for people to incorporate massage into their hectic schedules, and businesses are choosing Soothe to deliver wellness services of the highest quality and value because of the reduced stress and efficiency they see from their employees.”

Prior to Beachbody, Ellis founded two successful digital e-commerce startups and held executive and senior management positions at leading consumer brands like Yahoo!, Earthlink, and Kinko’s.

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