Whether you’ve been hitting the gym too hard, overworking yourself at the office, or just like to live a life of luxury, there’s always a good reason for a massage. It helps with everything from relieving stress and anxiety to loosening muscles, increasing flexibility and improving circulation—and some even claim it’s the secret to better sleep. So even if you don’t think you need a massage, you probably need a massage, and here are the best places to get a massage in Birmingham.
1. The Mansion Spa
Whatever kind of massage you’re after, The Mansion Spa has you sorted. This boutique massage studio in the Jewellery Quarter offers everything from sports massages to Thai massages and hot stone massages (which actually involves placing hot stones on your body to warm and relax muscles). Whether you’re struggling with back pain, poor sleep, headaches, or tight muscles, you can find the right massage to fit your needs.
Other treatments range from foot to full-body, deep tissue and Swedish massages. It can even provide a little romance to your relationship, as The Mansion Spa offers a couples massage, with two therapists treating you and your partners in the same room at the same time. From head to toe, you will find the right therapeutic massage for you in Birmingham, with a flexible price plan starting from £30.
The Mansion Spa, 27 Frederick St, Birmingham B1 3HH
2. King Thai Therapy
With a location in both Birmingham and Solihull, King Thai Therapy is your best bet for a traditional Thai massage—which involves using techniques like stretching, pressure, and rocking. You’ll also find everything from facials to reflexology, yoga and something called “Thai Hot Herbal Massage”, and there’s even specially tailored massages for pregnant women.
With a huge range of services available, including package treatments that combine your favourites, lie down on custom-made, traditional Thai massage beds, surrounded by soft lighting, soothing music, and the aroma of lemongrass, to relieve your stress and reduce your aches and pains.
King Thai Therapy, The Wing Yip Centre, 278 Thimble Mill Ln, Nechells, Birmingham B7 5HD
1624, 1628 High St, Knowle, Solihull B93 0JU
3. Lush Spa
The great thing about Lush is that it means we can take home a little magic to relax, and it’s Spa is offering a similar amount of wonder in the city centre. There’s a range of spa and massage treatments available, from facials to foot rubs, that will help you unwind. But Lush’s signature full-body, 80-minute experience, Synaesthesia is special as it utilises all five senses—with everything from a ‘medium pressure massage’ to music involving an orchestra and English bird song, and more.
Lush Spa Birmingham, 143-144 New St, Birmingham B2 4NY
4. Seoul Thai Therapy
You’ll discover the UK’s first and only Korean Glass Skin Facial and Korean Face Sculpting Massage spot at Seoul Thai Therapy in lovely and leafy Edgbaston. Combining current Korean skincare techniques and ancient methods, these aim to give you a “glowing complexion and a sculpted, lifted appearance.” But you’ll also find a diverse range of Thai massage treatments—from hot oil to deep tissue, dry cupping mnassages and more.
Seoul Thai Therapy, Quadrant Court, 49 Calthorpe Rd, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 1TH
5. Malmaison Spa
Shopping can be stressful. That’s why it great to know you can put your feet up at The Mailbox where the Malmaison Spa offers a range of treatments and packages. Stop for a quick, 30-minute deep tissue massage and be back hitting the retailers before anyone knows you were missing! Or how about trying a longer, aromatherapy massage? And that doesn’t even begin to cover the range of facials and other treatments available.
And, with the It’s All About Me package, forget your troubles for two-and-a-half hours, and enjoy a regenerating facial, hot stone full body massage, salt scrub and scalp massage, and includes lunch with a glass of fizz and chocolates. Malmaison Spa also offers everything from waxing and brow tinting to even afternoon tea. It’s a one-stop shop for self-care.
Malmaison Spa, 1 Wharfside St, Birmingham B1 1RD
6. Na Thai Therapy
Na Thai Therapy is a traditional Thai massage spot that promises to recover energy, reduce pain and muscle fatigue, and tackle anxiety. It centres your well-being at its core, focusing on “body and spirit.” You can find a range of treatments, from 30 to 90 minutes long, and various price points, making it very adaptable to your needs. This includes Thai deep tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, dry cupping, lymphatic drainage and more.
Na Thai Therapy, Unit 3, St. Martin Place, 169 Broad St, Birmingham B15 1ER
7. Rebalance
If you’re looking for a specialist sports massage in Birmingham, look no further than Reblance. There is a range of massages you can choose from, however, including everything from an Ayurvedic oil massage to an authentic Chinese massage and lymphatic drainage massage. It’s also a specialist in Hijama aka cupping therapy, which causes suctions on the skin, and it is believed to benefit blood flow and healing, and reduce inflammation.
Rebalance, 30 Mansel Rd, Birmingham B10 9PG, United Kingdom
8. Santai Spa
Santai Spa is easily one of the best spas in Birmingham—offering everything from a swimming pool, with hot-stone loungers and hydrotherapy jets, to a gym and a sauna—which obviously makes it a top pick when after a massage. You can choose from an Indian head massage to a Swedish back massage or a lava shell massage, and many more treatments. The fact that Santai Spa is located at the Genting Hotel makes it ideal for those visiting Birmingham and after a massage. Particularly those going to the NEC or bp pulse LIVE stadium.
Santai Spa, Genting Hotel Resorts World, Pendigo Way, Marston Green, Birmingham B40 1PU