Recent Massage Convert Becomes A Franchisee

Arizona Daily Star:

Roxie Walker put off signing the paperwork on her second franchise because she wasn’t totally sold on the benefits of massage.

At that point, she had never had one and considered a massage ‘fluff and buff’ reserved for a day at the spa or a vacation.
Ultimately, the wishes of several clients at her new personal training studio and her own epiphany motivated her to sign on the dotted line.

She opened Arizona’s first Elements Therapeutic Massage on Oct. 23, 5 months after opening a Fitness Together personal training studio next door in the shopping center at the northeast corner of North Dove Mountain Boulevard and West Tangerine Road.

Client Sabria Berisha, 24, owns a business a few doors down from Elements and is constantly on the go. Once a month, she makes time in her schedule for a Swedish massage.

‘I go to relieve stress. It makes a huge difference in my legs and back,’ she said. ‘It’s so relaxing. When I leave there, I always want to go home and sleep. It puts your mind at ease.’

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