# Horseshoe Bay Massage & Acupuncture: The 2026 Guide

**Updated:** August 2, 2026 · **Author:** Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac., LMT · **Area:** Llano & Burnet Counties, Texas

**Source page:** https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx

**Editorial angle:** Behind the resort gate

Horseshoe Bay’s best-known spa sits behind resort and club-member access rules, and we found no acupuncturist practising inside the city limits at all. Here is what that leaves — on both sides of the gate.

## Quick answer

- **Best overall:** [Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-bayside-spa-horseshoe-bay-resort) — The only full-service spa inside Horseshoe Bay, with twelve-plus named treatments and the only completely itemized price list in town — an honest first choice for the overnight guests and Club members who are allowed to book it, and unavailable to everyone else.
- **Best value:** [Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sage-studio-massage-wellness) — No provider inside Horseshoe Bay publishes a massage price, so the value pick is the nearest one that does: roughly $75 an hour on Main Street in Marble Falls, with 4.8 stars across 125 Birdeye reviews behind it.
- **Best for the nearest acupuncture to Horseshoe Bay:** [Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sana-vida-wellness-spa) — We found no acupuncture provider inside the city limits. Sana Vida, roughly ten minutes away on FM 1431 in Marble Falls, is the closest — a seventeen-plus-year practice listing a retail rate for every acupuncture service and a member rate beside all but the $50 group session, which is published at one price to private and facial-rejuvenation appointments.
- **Best for both modalities:** [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture) — The one practitioner we could confirm anywhere in this radius who personally holds both licences and performs both modalities for the same client, blending acupuncture and bodywork into a single 90-minute session. Sana Vida offers both services too, but through separate staff.

## A two-tier market with a gate in the middle

Three massage-adjacent businesses were found operating physically inside Horseshoe Bay, and the differences between them describe the market better than any ranking can. One is the resort spa, which publishes everything and admits almost nobody. One is a physician-owned aesthetics practice that admits anyone and publishes nothing. The third is a solo aquatic-bodywork practitioner whose current operating status could not be confirmed from public sources at all. No business confirmed to offer acupuncture was found inside the city limits, and none of the three offers online booking.

Pricing runs in two bands with nothing in between. At the resort, a fifty-minute relaxation massage is $175 Monday to Thursday and $185 Friday to Sunday; specialty treatments reach $230–$240 for the same fifty minutes, and hundred-minute sessions run to $410 — all before an automatic 18% staff charge and 4% house charge that adds 22% to whatever the menu says. Ten to twenty minutes east, the Marble Falls providers publish roughly $75 an hour at Sage Studio, $70–$140 by session type at Massage by Molly, and $120 for a fifty-minute massage or acupuncture session at Sana Vida, dropping to $85 for members. Nothing inside Horseshoe Bay occupies the space between those two bands with a price a reader can check in advance.

The demand behind this is real, and slightly unusual. Population estimates put the year-round community between roughly 4,300 (2020 Census) and 5,300–5,600 in more recent figures — up about 30% since 2020 — with a reported median age between 64.6 and 66.2, among the oldest-skewing communities in the Hill Country, and median household income near $96,800. Three eighteen-hole golf courses and heavy year-round lake use generate exactly the shoulder, hip and lower-back complaints that massage and acupuncture are asked to address, in a population old enough to be managing them as ongoing conditions rather than one-off strains. What the town does not have is a retail spine: this is a residential and resort community rather than a shopping street, which is why personal-services supply is so thin relative to the money in it.

And the gate appears to be tightening rather than loosening. A 2026 community forum thread among resort regulars describes the Club’s Yacht Club moving to members-only access with a narrowing grandfather window for guests booked through the rental programme. That is a single-source observation and is flagged as one, but it points in a direction that matters for anyone assuming they can simply buy an afternoon on the property. The practical consequence is that an honest guide to massage and acupuncture in Horseshoe Bay has to be a guide to two towns at once.

- **0** — acupuncture providers confirmed inside Horseshoe Bay city limits (checked Aug 2026)
- **$175–$410** — the resort spa’s published range for 50- to 100-minute sessions, before a mandatory 18% staff and 4% house charge
- **3** — massage-adjacent businesses found in town — one gated to guests and members, one phone-only with no published prices, one whose operating status could not be confirmed
- **0 of 3** — in-town providers found offering online booking

## How we built this list

1. **Who can actually book** — Access rules come first here. Whether a provider takes appointments from the general public, or reserves them for overnight guests and club members, is the single most decisive fact about a spa in this town — and it is not always visible on the treatment menu that ranks in search.
2. **What it costs after the mandatory charges** — Published prices are compared as published, then again with any automatic service charge applied. A rate carrying an 18% staff charge and a 4% house charge is not the rate on the menu, and this guide says so wherever it applies.
3. **Whether a price is published at all** — A provider publishing an itemized menu is simply easier to compare than one quoting by phone. "Pricing not published" is recorded as a finding in its own right rather than filled in with a guessed range.
4. **Modality range, and acupuncture specifically** — Every candidate was checked for a licensed acupuncture offering as distinct from adjacent services. Chiropractic StemWave therapy, physical-therapy dry needling and acupressure bodywork are separate things, and none of them were counted as acupuncture on this page.
5. **Operating status, and the same-name screen** — Businesses whose current operating status could not be confirmed from public sources are described in the market notes but not ranked. Every candidate address was also checked against Texas: a clinic in Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia ranks well for these queries and is excluded on that basis.
6. **Distance and route from Horseshoe Bay** — Out-of-town providers are included only where the drive is one a resident would plausibly make, with the routed distance stated rather than the straight-line figure. Practitioners whose current base city could not be resolved across directories were left out rather than presented as nearby.

This guide was assembled on 2 August 2026 from each business’s own website where it publishes one, and from search-engine snapshots of Yelp, Tripadvisor and directory listings where those platforms block automated access. That limitation is why some entries carry a review count but no star figure: where the number could not be read, it was left off rather than estimated. Businesses inside Horseshoe Bay that do not offer massage or acupuncture were excluded on that basis — Horseshoe Bay Chiropractic (chiropractic and StemWave therapy, with no acupuncture or dry needling advertised on its own site), Skin2ition Wellness & Day Spa (esthetics and permanent cosmetics), and the medspa formerly trading as Infused MedSpa + IV, now Terrane (IV therapy, injectables and facials). Two nearby names carried in older directory data were also left off: Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center, reported closed, and a Burnet day spa whose massage offering could not be confirmed against its own service list. Rankings are editorial opinion; the facts underneath them are the reader’s to check.

## Editorial disclosure

This guide is researched, written, and published by Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — and Palomino is one of the 6 providers ranked below. You should know that before you read our opinion of the competition.

Rankings are editorial opinion. The underlying facts — services offered, published pricing, and each provider's own public review ratings — were observed from public sources on August 2, 2026 and can change at any time. We publish each business's own rating as cited text; we never score another studio ourselves, and this page carries no Review or AggregateRating markup about any business.

We do not accept payment, commission, or any other consideration for placement on this list. No provider was contacted for approval, and no listing can be bought or removed.

Spotted something out of date? Send a correction to https://marblefallsspa.com/contact and we will verify it against a public source and update this page.

## At a glance: every Horseshoe Bay option compared

| Studio | Massage | Acupuncture | Both in one session | Rating | Pricing | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-bayside-spa-horseshoe-bay-resort) | Yes | No | No | 13 Yelp reviews under “Bayside Spa & Fitness”; aggregate star rating could not be read (observed Aug 2026) | $175 (50 min) – $410 (100 min) by treatment and day of week, before a mandatory 22% charge | Overnight resort guests and Horseshoe Bay Club members who want the widest treatment menu without leaving the property. |
| [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture) *(our studio)* | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min | Anyone in Horseshoe Bay who wants acupuncture and massage from one licensed practitioner in a single visit, with no membership or room key required. |
| [Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sana-vida-wellness-spa) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40 Yelp reviews and 21 Tripadvisor reviews; aggregate star figure could not be read on either platform (observed Aug 2026) | Massage or acupuncture $120 / 50 min ($85 members) · $170 / 80 min ($130) · group acupuncture $50 / 40 min | First-time acupuncture patients who want the shortest drive out of Horseshoe Bay, a published price and early-week evening appointments. |
| [Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-par-3-aesthetics-and-wellness) | Yes | No | No | — | — | Golfers and lake-sports regulars who want orthopedic-style bodywork without leaving Horseshoe Bay. |
| [Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sage-studio-massage-wellness) | Yes | No | No | 4.8 ★ · 125 reviews on Birdeye (observed Aug 2026) | ~$75 / 60-min massage | A regular maintenance massage at the lowest published rate in the market, if the drive into Marble Falls is not an obstacle. |
| [Massage by Molly](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-massage-by-molly) | Yes | No | No | — | $70–$140 by session type · prenatal $90 / hr | Prenatal clients, and anyone who would rather see the price and hold the slot online than make a phone call. |

*Prices, access rules, hours and review counts observed 2 August 2026 from the sources listed at the foot of this guide. Star ratings appear only where the figure could be read directly; where a platform blocked automated access, the review count is shown on its own. Menus and rates drift — confirm before booking.*

## The rankings

Listed 1 to 6. Rank is our editorial assessment for Horseshoe Bay readers — nobody paid to appear here or to move up.

## 1. Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort — The town’s only full spa — and its narrowest door

- **Badges:** Editor's Pick
- **Area:** Horseshoe Bay Resort
- **Address:** 200 Hi Cir N, Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657
- **Public rating:** 13 Yelp reviews under “Bayside Spa & Fitness”; aggregate star rating could not be read (observed Aug 2026)
- **Published pricing:** $175 (50 min) – $410 (100 min) by treatment and day of week, before a mandatory 22% charge
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Swedish-style relaxation, Deep tissue, Himalayan salt stone, Hot stone, Cupping massage, Prenatal, CBD restorative sleep
- **Website:** https://www.hsbresort.com/spa/spa-menu/

Bayside Spa is the only full-service spa physically inside Horseshoe Bay, and by menu depth nothing else in town is close: twelve-plus named treatments running from a straightforward relaxation massage through Himalayan salt stone, River Rock hot stone, cupping massage, a CBD restorative sleep treatment and two prenatal options, all built around the Aveda product line. It is also the only business in town publishing complete itemized pricing — every treatment, every duration, weekday and weekend rates side by side.

The catch is who may book it. The resort’s own FAQ reserves amenities and activities for overnight resort guests and Horseshoe Bay Club members, and the public carve-outs it names are the restaurants and The Market, not the spa. The published price is not the final number either: an automatic 18% staff charge and 4% house charge are added at the end, so a $175 fifty-minute relaxation massage bills at roughly $214. Reservations go through the resort’s phone line; we found no online booking.

For a guest or member, this is the widest massage menu in the market, and the review text we could read praises the therapists warmly — though opinions on the physical spa space are less uniform across platforms. For anyone in Horseshoe Bay who is neither guest nor member, it is a spa you can see from the road and cannot book, which is the fact that shapes this entire list.

**Strengths**

- 12+ named treatments — the widest published massage menu we found in this market
- Complete itemized pricing published by treatment, duration and day of week
- Prenatal massage offered in two formats, including a side-lying session
- Open 7am–6pm, Monday through Sunday
- Aveda product line used throughout the treatment menu

**Considerations**

- Reserved for overnight resort guests and Horseshoe Bay Club members — not a walk-in public day spa
- An automatic 18% staff charge and 4% house charge (22% total) are added to every published price
- Reservations by phone only (877-611-0112) — no online booking found
- Acupuncture is not on the published menu
- A $15 spa pool and steam room day-use fee appeared in one search snippet but could not be confirmed on the resort’s own pages

**Best for:** Overnight resort guests and Horseshoe Bay Club members who want the widest treatment menu without leaving the property.

**Source:** [Horseshoe Bay Resort — spa menu and FAQs](https://www.hsbresort.com/spa/spa-menu/)

## 2. Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — Open to anyone: no membership, no room key, no referral

- **Badges:** Our studio
- **Area:** Main Street, downtown Marble Falls
- **Address:** 515 Main St, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Published pricing:** Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Dry needling (within L.Ac. scope), Deep tissue massage, Sports massage, Prenatal, Cupping, Chinese herbal medicine
- **Book:** https://marblefallsspa.com/book

Palomino is the entry on this list where the credential stack matters more than the address. Julie K. O’Leary holds both an acupuncture licence and a massage therapy licence and is a licensed herbalist, with a Master of Oriental Medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, a BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin, and practice since 2004. Across every business examined for this guide — in Horseshoe Bay and in the Marble Falls market it feeds — she is the only practitioner we could confirm who personally performs both modalities for the same client. Sana Vida offers both, and has done so far longer, but through separate staff.

What that buys, practically, is the Signature session: acupuncture first, then hands-on bodywork inside the same ninety minutes, from the person who already has your history — one visit rather than two bookings with two people.

The limits are the ones a Horseshoe Bay reader should weigh honestly. It is about nineteen minutes away — not on property and not in town. It is a single-practitioner studio, so availability is one person’s calendar rather than a rota. And it is newer under this name than its tenure suggests: the practice rebranded from JKO Massage & Acupuncture and moved to 515 Main Street, so directories and review profiles may still carry the old name and address.

**Strengths**

- One practitioner holds both the acupuncture and massage licences and performs both personally
- A 90-minute Signature session blends acupuncture and bodywork into one visit
- Acupuncture, dry needling, cupping and Chinese herbal medicine offered alongside the massage menu
- MAOM from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin; BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin; practising since 2004
- Open to anyone — no membership, room key or referral required

**Considerations**

- Not in Horseshoe Bay — 515 Main St, Marble Falls, about 19 minutes east on RM 2147
- Sana Vida, at roughly 10 minutes, is closer to Horseshoe Bay and also publishes its prices
- A single-practitioner studio, so availability is one person’s calendar
- Rebranded from JKO Massage & Acupuncture and moved from 609 N US Hwy 281 to 515 Main St — some directories still carry the former name and address
- This guide is published by Palomino; see the disclosure above the rankings

**Best for:** Anyone in Horseshoe Bay who wants acupuncture and massage from one licensed practitioner in a single visit, with no membership or room key required.

**About the drive:** No gate, no membership, no guest list: Palomino books anyone who calls. That matters more in Horseshoe Bay than almost anywhere, because the town’s one full spa is reserved for overnight resort guests and Club members and adds a mandatory 22% to every published price, and we found no acupuncturist practising inside the city limits at all. Ten miles and about nineteen minutes east on RM 2147, past Cottonwood Shores, is one practitioner licensed in both acupuncture and massage — Julie K. O’Leary, L.Ac., LMT, practising since 2004 — and a rate card anyone can read before booking.

**Source:** [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — published service rates](https://marblefallsspa.com/services)

## 3. Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar — The closest acupuncture, priced in public, delivered by a team

- **Area:** FM 1431, Marble Falls
- **Address:** 507 FM 1431, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 40 Yelp reviews and 21 Tripadvisor reviews; aggregate star figure could not be read on either platform (observed Aug 2026)
- **Published pricing:** Massage or acupuncture $120 / 50 min ($85 members) · $170 / 80 min ($130) · group acupuncture $50 / 40 min
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Therapeutic massage, Prenatal massage, Body cupping, Gua sha, Facial rejuvenation acupuncture, Reflexology
- **Website:** https://serasana.com/marblefalls/

Sana Vida is the nearest place to Horseshoe Bay where you can book acupuncture at all — roughly ten minutes away at 507 FM 1431 in Marble Falls, which trades under the Serasana brand and, by its own account, seventeen-plus years in business.

Its acupuncture menu is unusually broad for the Highland Lakes: private initial and follow-up sessions, a semi-private group format in recliners at $50 for forty minutes, facial rejuvenation acupuncture, gua sha and body cupping, alongside a conventional massage list and a full facial menu. Every one of those services carries a listed rate, with a member price beside the retail price and monthly membership tiers on top — the most transparent acupuncture pricing found anywhere near Horseshoe Bay, and a meaningful contrast with the two in-town providers, neither of which publishes a massage price.

The structural difference from a solo practice is staffing. Massage and acupuncture are delivered by different practitioners. The business is owner-led by Patti McCormick, an acupuncturist with more than twenty years in Chinese medicine, with additional licensed practitioners on the acupuncture side — though the practitioner names we found come from third-party licensing records rather than the practice’s own service pages. For a reader who wants breadth, availability and a price they can check first, that team model is a strength. For one who wants the same person every visit, it is a question worth asking when booking.

**Strengths**

- The nearest confirmed acupuncture to Horseshoe Bay — roughly 10 minutes
- A member rate is listed beside the retail rate across its massage and private acupuncture services — the $50 group session is the exception, published at one rate only
- A $50 group acupuncture session (40 min, clothed, in recliners) — the lowest published acupuncture price found in this market
- Broad Chinese-medicine menu: facial rejuvenation acupuncture, gua sha and body cupping alongside private sessions
- Open until 7pm Monday–Thursday and open Sunday afternoons

**Considerations**

- Not in Horseshoe Bay — 507 FM 1431 in Marble Falls, roughly 10 minutes away
- Massage and acupuncture are performed by different practitioners, so one visit can involve two people
- The practice’s own service pages do not name individual acupuncturists, so you cannot confirm in advance which one you will see
- Closes at 5pm Friday and Saturday; opens at noon on Sunday
- Aggregate star ratings could not be read on Yelp or Tripadvisor — review counts only

**Best for:** First-time acupuncture patients who want the shortest drive out of Horseshoe Bay, a published price and early-week evening appointments.

**Source:** [Serasana Marble Falls (Sana Vida) — services and pricing](https://serasana.com/marblefalls/)

## 4. Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness — In-town bodywork with a resort-trained therapist, by phone only

- **Area:** FM 2147, Horseshoe Bay
- **Address:** 7401 FM 2147, Suite 200, Horseshoe Bay, TX 78657
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Swedish, Deep tissue, Orthopedic & sports, Lymphatic drainage, Trigger point, Prenatal, Assisted stretching
- **Website:** https://www.par3aestheticsandwellness.com/

Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness is the in-town option that requires no membership, no room key and no drive. It is a physician-owned practice — medical director and owner Julia R. Kellcy, DO — and massage sits inside a broader aesthetics menu rather than being the whole business.

What earns it a place above two better-documented Marble Falls studios on this particular list is the therapist plus the postcode. Stephen, LMT, began in 2009 doing orthopedic and sports massage in professional hockey, relocated to Texas in 2017, and served as Master Massage Trainer at Horseshoe Bay Resort itself before spending two post-pandemic years at a downtown Austin hotel training to Forbes Travel Guide standards. His listed work covers Swedish, deep tissue, prenatal, lymphatic drainage, trigger point therapy, orthopedic massage, assisted stretching, hot stone and body scrubs. For a golfer or a lake-sports regular who does not want to leave town, that is the most directly relevant résumé inside the city limits.

What you cannot do is check anything before you call. No massage prices are published, there is no online booking, and no public review rating was found on any platform. The address also previously carried a listing under the name The Spa on Par 3 with the same owner name attached — consistent enough to read as a rebrand, though no formal announcement was found to confirm it.

**Strengths**

- The only in-town massage provider we could confirm that is open to the general public
- Therapist with an orthopedic and sports-massage background, including work as Master Massage Trainer at Horseshoe Bay Resort
- Nine listed bodywork services including lymphatic drainage, trigger point therapy and assisted stretching
- Physician-owned and physician-directed

**Considerations**

- Massage pricing is not published — rates are quoted by phone
- No online booking; appointments by phone or email only
- Acupuncture is not offered
- Weekday hours only, Monday–Friday 9am–5pm, with special hours by request
- No public review rating found on any platform as of August 2026

**Best for:** Golfers and lake-sports regulars who want orthopedic-style bodywork without leaving Horseshoe Bay.

**Source:** [Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness — About](https://www.par3aestheticsandwellness.com/about)

## 5. Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness — Downtown Marble Falls at a published $75 an hour

- **Badges:** Best Value
- **Area:** Main Street, Marble Falls
- **Address:** 900 Main St A, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 4.8 ★ · 125 reviews on Birdeye (observed Aug 2026)
- **Published pricing:** ~$75 / 60-min massage
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Deep tissue, Myofascial, Sports, Lymphatic, Prenatal, Reflexology, Hot stone
- **Website:** https://sagestudiomftx.glossgenius.com/

Sage Studio is the price anchor for this whole market. At roughly $75 an hour it sits at the bottom of the published range anywhere near Horseshoe Bay — under half the resort’s fifty-minute relaxation rate before that rate’s 22% is applied — and, unlike most independents in the area, the figure is actually published rather than quoted on the phone.

It is not a budget practice in the sense of a narrow menu. The listed work runs deep tissue, myofascial, sports, rehabilitation, lymphatic, oncology-oriented and prenatal massage, plus Swedish, shiatsu, reflexology, hot stones, ayurvedic and aromatherapy sessions, with permanent cosmetics and spa treatments alongside. That is a wider modality list than either Horseshoe Bay massage provider publishes. On Birdeye it carries 4.8 stars across 125 reviews — the largest review base we were able to verify numerically for any provider on this page.

The friction is administrative rather than clinical. Sage’s booking and business information are spread across at least three separate platforms — a Square site, a GlossGenius page and a Booksy listing — so hours and service lists can read differently depending on which one a search sends you to, and the phone number and hours found in this research came from directory listings rather than a page fetched from the studio’s own site. And for a Horseshoe Bay reader it is, of course, 900 Main Street rather than anywhere in Horseshoe Bay.

**Strengths**

- ~$75 an hour, published — the lowest published massage rate found near Horseshoe Bay
- 4.8 ★ across 125 Birdeye reviews — the largest numerically verified review base on this page
- Unusually wide modality list for a small-town independent, including rehabilitation and oncology-oriented massage
- Listed as open seven days a week in its directory listings

**Considerations**

- Not in Horseshoe Bay — 900 Main St in Marble Falls
- Acupuncture is not offered
- Booking and business details are spread across at least three platforms (Square, GlossGenius, Booksy), which can show different hours or service lists
- The phone number and listed hours come from directory listings rather than a page fetched from the studio’s own site

**Best for:** A regular maintenance massage at the lowest published rate in the market, if the drive into Marble Falls is not an obstacle.

**Source:** [Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness — Birdeye reviews](https://reviews.birdeye.com/sage-studio-massage-wellness-169823294186087)

## 6. Massage by Molly — Rehab-trained hands, online booking, price shown before you confirm

- **Area:** Inside CK Medical Spa, W FM 1431, Marble Falls
- **Address:** 1712 W FM-1431 Ste B, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Published pricing:** $70–$140 by session type · prenatal $90 / hr
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Therapeutic massage, Prenatal, Hot stone
- **Website:** https://massagebymolly.schedulista.com/

Massage by Molly publishes both a price and a bookable calendar: you can pick the session type, see what it costs and hold the slot without speaking to anyone. That is worth stating plainly, because not one of the three massage-adjacent businesses found inside Horseshoe Bay offers it — the resort takes reservations by phone, the medspa takes them by phone or email, and the third is a solo practitioner working by appointment.

Molly is an LMT with a B.S. in Kinesiology, six years in massage therapy and seven years working in physical therapy before that. It is a rehabilitation background rather than a spa one, and it shows in how the practice presents itself and in the explicit prenatal offering at $90 an hour, with the general range running $70 to $140 depending on the work. She was voted best massage therapist in Marble Falls two years running, per the practice’s own Facebook announcement; no independent record of that poll was found in this research, so treat it as the business’s own claim.

Two things to know before driving over. The practice operates as one service inside CK Medical Spa on West FM 1431 rather than as a standalone massage studio, so the front door is a medical spa’s. And Facebook posts in January 2026 referenced closures and new hours “coming soon”, so current availability is worth confirming at the point of booking rather than assuming a listed schedule still holds.

**Strengths**

- Online booking with the session type and price shown before you confirm
- Published pricing: $70–$140 by session type, prenatal at $90 an hour
- LMT with a B.S. in Kinesiology and seven years in physical therapy before moving into massage
- Prenatal massage is an explicitly published service with its own published rate

**Considerations**

- Not in Horseshoe Bay — 1712 W FM-1431 in Marble Falls
- Acupuncture is not offered
- Operates as a single service inside CK Medical Spa rather than a standalone massage studio
- Facebook posts in January 2026 referenced new hours “coming soon” — confirm current availability when booking
- The “best massage therapist” recognition is self-reported on the practice’s Facebook page; no independent record of the poll was found

**Best for:** Prenatal clients, and anyone who would rather see the price and hold the slot online than make a phone call.

**Source:** [Massage by Molly — online booking](https://massagebymolly.schedulista.com/)

## Which one is right for you?

**If you're a Horseshoe Bay Club member or overnight resort guest trying to book a treatment on the property with no driving involved:** choose **[Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-bayside-spa-horseshoe-bay-resort)** — It is the only spa here, the menu is the widest in the market, and access is the one thing a member or registered guest already has. Book by phone and budget for the 22% that lands on top of the listed price.

**If you're a full-time resident who is not a Club member trying to find an hour of therapeutic bodywork without leaving town:** choose **[Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-par-3-aesthetics-and-wellness)** — It is the in-town provider open to the general public, and its therapist’s background is in orthopedic and sports massage rather than resort relaxation work. Expect to phone for both the rate and the appointment.

**If you're a golfer or lake-sports regular with recurring shoulder and low-back strain trying to get acupuncture and hands-on bodywork in one visit from one practitioner:** choose **[Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture)** — The 90-minute Signature session puts both modalities in a single appointment with the same licensed practitioner, which nothing in Horseshoe Bay offers at any price. It is about nineteen minutes east on RM 2147.

**If you're a first-time acupuncture patient trying to keep the drive as short as possible and check the price beforehand:** choose **[Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sana-vida-wellness-spa)** — Roughly ten minutes away, with every acupuncture service priced publicly — including a $50 semi-private group session in recliners, which is a low-commitment way to find out whether the treatment suits you.

**If you're a year-round resident booking monthly maintenance massage trying to book a straightforward therapeutic hour at the lowest published rate:** choose **[Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-sage-studio-massage-wellness)** — About $75 an hour, published, with the largest verified review base of any provider on this page. On a monthly cadence the gap against resort pricing compounds quickly.

**If you're someone pregnant and looking for prenatal work trying to find a published prenatal rate from a therapist with a rehabilitation background:** choose **[Massage by Molly](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx#p-massage-by-molly)** — Prenatal massage is a named service at $90 an hour, bookable online with the price shown first, from an LMT whose training is in kinesiology and physical therapy. Clear the timing with your own OB or midwife first.

## Ten miles east: what the drive actually changes

**Drive time:** about 19 minutes · **Typical route:** RM 2147 east through Cottonwood Shores into Marble Falls

Horseshoe Bay to 515 Main Street is about ten miles and roughly nineteen minutes, east on RM 2147, with Cottonwood Shores near the halfway point and Main Street sitting a few blocks off Business 281 in the old downtown core. If you have seen Horseshoe Bay described as "about six miles southwest of Marble Falls", that is the straight-line figure — measured at 7.31 miles — rather than a routed one, and one less precise source reports roughly eighteen miles and thirty minutes, which does not match any actual route between the two.

What the drive changes is not luxury. Nobody checks whether you are a member, nothing is added to the total at the end, and it is the only way to reach acupuncture of any kind from a Horseshoe Bay address. Those are the two structural gaps in this town’s supply, and ten miles of RM 2147 closes both of them.

It is equally worth knowing when not to bother. If you are a Club member or an overnight guest, Bayside is on the property with the widest menu in town and no drive at all. If you want a straightforward hour of bodywork and would rather not leave Horseshoe Bay, Par 3 is a phone call away. And if acupuncture is the goal and the shortest drive is the priority, Sana Vida on FM 1431 is nearer than Main Street. The Marble Falls drive earns its place on this list for what it removes — the gate and the service charge — not for being short.

## Common questions about massage and acupuncture in Horseshoe Bay, TX

### Is Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort open to non-guests?

Not as a walk-in day spa. The resort’s own FAQ reserves its amenities and activities for overnight resort guests and Horseshoe Bay Club members, and the public carve-outs it names are the restaurants and The Market — the spa is not among them. One search snippet referenced a $15 day-use fee for the spa pool and steam room, but that could not be confirmed on the resort’s own FAQ or spa-menu pages, so treat it as a question for the reservations line at 877-611-0112 rather than a published policy. A 2026 community forum thread separately describes the Club tightening non-member access elsewhere on the property, which points the same way. Observed August 2026 — access policies change, so confirm before travelling.

### What does a massage cost in Horseshoe Bay compared with Marble Falls?

At the resort, a fifty-minute relaxation massage is $175 Monday to Thursday and $185 Friday to Sunday; specialty work such as Himalayan salt stone or cupping massage runs $215–$225 for fifty minutes, and hundred-minute sessions reach $410. Every one of those figures then takes an automatic 18% staff charge plus a 4% house charge, so a $175 booking bills at roughly $214. The other Horseshoe Bay provider, Par 3, does not publish massage prices at all. Ten to twenty minutes east in Marble Falls the numbers are published and materially lower: about $75 an hour at Sage Studio, $70–$140 by session type at Massage by Molly, and $120 for a fifty-minute massage at Sana Vida, or $85 for members. All observed August 2026.

### Where is the nearest acupuncture to Horseshoe Bay?

No acupuncture provider was found operating inside Horseshoe Bay city limits. The nearest confirmed option is Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar at 507 FM 1431 in Marble Falls, roughly ten minutes away, which offers private, group, facial-rejuvenation and cupping-based sessions with a listed rate for each. About nineteen minutes east on RM 2147, Palomino Massage & Acupuncture at 515 Main Street is the one practice in this radius where a single practitioner holds both the acupuncture and massage licences and performs both — disclosure: Palomino publishes this guide, and is ranked second on it. Worth knowing as well: Horseshoe Bay Chiropractic advertises StemWave therapy on its own site, not acupuncture, and is a frequent false positive in local searches.

### Is the resort spa worth booking if you are not a Club member?

For most non-members the access rules settle the question before price does: if you are neither an overnight guest nor a Club member, the resort’s own FAQ says its amenities are not open to you. For those who can book, the case is genuinely strong — twelve-plus named treatments, the Aveda line, and the review text we could read praises the therapists warmly, although opinions on the physical spa space are less uniform across platforms. The comparison a non-member is actually making is between a phone call to Par 3 inside town, where no rate is published, and a ten-to-twenty-minute drive into Marble Falls, where several providers publish theirs. That trade-off, not the resort menu, is the real decision here.

### Is Watsu Bliss and Bodywork Massage still operating in Horseshoe Bay?

We could not confirm that it is, which is why it is described here but not ranked. The listing gives 100 Bunny Run Ln, Suite 204, and describes Watsu aquatic bodywork alongside myofascial work, Reiki, hot stone and aromatherapy massage, by appointment only — it is the only aquatic-bodywork practitioner found anywhere in this market, so it is genuinely worth a phone call. But the practitioner’s own domain returns an expired-certificate error, and a same-named practitioner with a matching biography now markets a differently-named practice in Franklin, Tennessee. No closure or relocation notice was found for the Horseshoe Bay listing either way. Operating status unverified as of August 2026 — call before visiting.

### Why does searching for Horseshoe Bay acupuncture return a clinic in Canada?

Because there are two Horseshoe Bays. A clinic called Horseshoe Bay Health & Performance markets acupuncture, physiotherapy and massage from 6359 Bruce Street, West Vancouver, British Columbia — that is Horseshoe Bay, BC, roughly two thousand miles from Horseshoe Bay, Texas. It ranks well for generic "Horseshoe Bay acupuncture" queries precisely because the town names are identical, and it is the single most common false result in this market. The fix is simple: check the street address and the area code before you call. Every business ranked on this page publishes a Texas address, which is included in its entry above.

### What does prenatal massage cost at Bayside Spa versus Marble Falls?

Prenatal work is a published service at several providers here. Bayside Spa lists a side-lying prenatal massage at $200 for fifty minutes Monday to Thursday and $210 Friday to Sunday, plus the 22% charge, for guests and members only. Par 3, inside town, lists prenatal massage but publishes no price. In Marble Falls, Massage by Molly prices prenatal at $90 an hour, Sage Studio lists it among its modalities, and Sana Vida offers a fifty-minute prenatal massage at $120, or $85 for members. On timing, defer to your own OB or midwife rather than a spa menu — practices differ, particularly on first-trimester work, and the reliable route is to clear it with your provider and tell the therapist what they said.

## Nearby guides

- [Best massage & acupuncture in Marble Falls, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx)
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- [Best massage & acupuncture in Kingsland, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/kingsland-tx)
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## Sources

Provider details, ratings, published pricing, and service lists on this page were observed on August 2, 2026. Ratings and prices drift — confirm anything decision-critical with the source before booking.

1. [Horseshoe Bay Resort — Bayside Spa menu](https://www.hsbresort.com/spa/spa-menu/)
2. [Horseshoe Bay Resort — FAQs (amenity access)](https://www.hsbresort.com/faqs/)
3. [Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness](https://www.par3aestheticsandwellness.com/)
4. [Par 3 Aesthetics and Wellness — About (practitioner background)](https://www.par3aestheticsandwellness.com/about)
5. [Yelp — The Spa on Par 3 (former listing at the same address)](https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-spa-on-par-3-horseshoe-bay-2)
6. [Serasana Marble Falls (Sana Vida) — services and pricing](https://serasana.com/marblefalls/)
7. [Yelp — Sana Vida, Marble Falls](https://www.yelp.com/biz/sana-vida-marble-falls-3)
8. [Tripadvisor — Sana Vida, Marble Falls](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g56229-d3374432-Reviews-Sana_Vida-Marble_Falls_Texas.html)
9. [Yelp — Bayside Spa & Fitness, Horseshoe Bay](https://www.yelp.com/biz/bayside-spa-and-fitness-horseshoe-bay)
10. [Yelp — Watsu Bliss and Bodywork Massage, Horseshoe Bay](https://www.yelp.com/biz/watsu-bliss-and-bodywork-massage-horseshoe-bay)
11. [The Energy Channel — practitioner biography (Franklin, TN)](https://energy-channel.com/about)
12. [Birdeye — Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness reviews](https://reviews.birdeye.com/sage-studio-massage-wellness-169823294186087)
13. [Booksy — Sage Studio, Marble Falls](https://booksy.com/en-us/758191_sage-studio_massage_36327_marble-falls)
14. [Massage by Molly — online booking](https://massagebymolly.schedulista.com/)
15. [CK Medical Spa — Facebook (recognition claim)](https://www.facebook.com/ckmedspa/)
16. [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — published service rates](https://marblefallsspa.com/services)
17. [Distance-Cities — Horseshoe Bay to Marble Falls routing](https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-horseshoe-bay-tx-to-marble-falls-tx)
18. [Texas Almanac — Horseshoe Bay](https://www.texasalmanac.com/places/horseshoe-bay)
19. [TexAgs forum — Horseshoe Bay Resort member-access discussion (2026)](https://texags.com/forums/60/topics/3446326)
20. [Horseshoe Bay Health & Performance (West Vancouver, BC — excluded as a same-name clinic)](https://www.horseshoebayhealth.com/acupuncture)

## About the publisher

- **Business:** Palomino Massage & Acupuncture (Palomino Body + Mind)
- **Practitioner:** Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac. · LMT · Licensed Herbalist — 20+ years
- **Address:** 515 Main St, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Phone:** (512) 815-8522
- **Email:** spapalomino@gmail.com
- **Hours:** Mon – Fri: 11 – 6 · Saturday: By appointment · Sunday: Closed
- **Website:** https://marblefallsspa.com
- **Book online:** https://book.squareup.com/appointments/6vakfcm94m4y6d/location/LPNF6M8GA5A8H/services
- **Service area:** Marble Falls, Horseshoe Bay, Burnet, Kingsland, Granite Shoals, Spicewood