# The Best Massage & Acupuncture in Marble Falls, TX (2026)

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

**Source page:** https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx

**Editorial angle:** The hometown market, audited

Marble Falls packs roughly fifteen massage and acupuncture providers into a town of 7,000 — and the market just reshuffled. Here is every active option, ranked, with the closures and price tiers laid out plainly.

## Quick answer

- **Best overall:** [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture) — The only Marble Falls practice where public sources confirm one licensed practitioner — Julie K. O’Leary, L.Ac., LMT — performs both the acupuncture and the massage, with a 90-minute blended session and a published rate for all three session types at every duration offered.
- **Best value:** [Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-sage-studio) — About $75 an hour, the longest technique list in town, and 4.8 stars across 125 Birdeye reviews (observed Aug 2026) — the largest verified review base of any massage-only practice here.
- **Best for prenatal massage at a published price:** [Massage by Molly](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-massage-by-molly) — Prenatal work at $90 an hour — the lowest published prenatal rate found in Marble Falls — from an LMT with a kinesiology degree and seven years in physical therapy behind her.

## The Highland Lakes hub, mid-reshuffle

Marble Falls has about 7,000 residents and roughly fifteen active massage, acupuncture, and day-spa businesses — fourteen verified in the sweep plus our own practice. That ratio is not a small-town anomaly; it is what happens when a town of 7,000 functions as the retail, medical, and wellness hub for the whole Highland Lakes region. Horseshoe Bay, Granite Shoals, Kingsland, Burnet, and the Lake LBJ and Lake Marble Falls shorelines all send service spending into town. The market that results is genuinely competitive and entirely independent: no national chain operates inside the city limits.

Depth is not the same as coverage. Only four of the fifteen offer acupuncture at all — Palomino, Sana Vida, Prickly Pear Care, and AcuRepower — and only three offer both massage and acupuncture in the same business. Among those three the staffing models differ in ways that matter to anyone who wants both in one visit: Sana Vida runs separate massage and acupuncture teams; Prickly Pear Care names its massage therapist publicly but no source we checked names its acupuncturist; AcuRepower, the only clinic in town dedicated to acupuncture, does not offer massage therapy at all. One practice — ours, and we are declaring the conflict — is the only one where public sources confirm a single licensed practitioner performs both.

The market also just moved. Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center — open since 2011, and by its own long-running marketing the winner of the local "Locals Love Us" massage or spa category every year from 2012 — is closed: Yelp marked it closed on a page updated in November 2025, and marblefallsmassage.com now redirects to a domain-for-sale parking page. A second, much narrower business has signalled the same direction — Honey Head Spa posted "Final Weeks at Honey Head Spa!" to its clients — though that is a single Facebook post nothing else corroborated, so it is treated here as a signal rather than a fact. Both still carry live directory listings and years of accumulated reviews, which is why older recommendations for this town age badly.

Pricing sorts into three clean tiers, and only a minority of the fifteen publish anything at all — five of the nine ranked below do. Independent solo practitioners run roughly $70 to $90 an hour — Sage Studio at about $75, Massage by Molly from $70 to $140 with prenatal at $90 — and most publish no menu. The wellness-spa tier is a single business: Sana Vida, at $120 retail or $85 member for 50 minutes and $170 or $130 for 80, with acupuncture priced identically to massage and memberships from $85 to $250 a month. Acupuncture prices in public twice: Sana Vida’s menu, and AcuRepower at $85 for an initial session or $320 for a four-session package. The third tier is not in town at all: Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort, about 19 minutes away, where a 50-minute relaxation massage starts at $175 Monday to Thursday ($185 Friday to Sunday) and 100-minute treatments reach $410 — before a mandatory 22% service and house charge that puts even the entry rate near two and a half to three times the independent hourly rate here. No acupuncture there either.

Nine businesses are ranked below. The rest of the verified bench is real but narrower: Moving Forward Massage & Lash Studio on Industrial Blvd; Restorative Skin Care on Main Street, open as few as two hours on Fridays; Healing Within Massage Therapy, whose street address we could not confirm; Heart & Soul Integrative Health & Yoga, where craniosacral and myofascial work is ancillary to Dr. Amy Offutt’s medical practice rather than a standalone spa service; the scalp-focused Honey Head Spa; and Feather Soft Skin, which does waxing, facials, and lashes but not massage. Also excluded are the names geo-radius searches drag in: Watsu Bliss and Bayside Spa are Horseshoe Bay addresses, Zennia Wellness is an Austin mobile service, and Healing Hands Over Texas operates out of San Antonio.

Who fills these calendars explains the mix. Retirees and second-home owners drawn by the lakes and Horseshoe Bay’s golf economy; Austin day-trippers and weekenders making the 60-to-66-minute drive out US-183, TX-71, and US-281 for the lake, the wine trail, and Main Street; chronic-pain and post-surgical clients arriving by referral from local chiropractic and integrative-medicine practices; and working residents for whom the independent tier, not the resort tier, is what ongoing care can realistically cost. One Sana Vida reviewer names cedar-fever season as the reason for an acupuncture visit — a specific local demand driver we can point to. Broader lake-season and holiday peaks are inferred from the town’s tourism calendar rather than measured.

- **4 of 15** — active Marble Falls businesses found that offer acupuncture at all
- **1 of 15** — confirmed to put one practitioner on both modalities — of the three dual-modality businesses, one runs separate teams and one does not publish its staffing
- **$70–$175** — published entry prices for a 50–60-minute session across the market’s three tiers, from the in-town independents to the resort spa 19 minutes away in Horseshoe Bay, whose $175 fifty-minute rate carries a mandatory 22% charge on top
- **2** — businesses closed or signalling closure within a year — one confirmed by a closed listing and a parked domain, one on a single Facebook post

## How we built this list

1. **Still open, checked this month** — Two of the businesses that still dominate this town’s older search results are closed or winding down, so every entry was checked for current operating status before it was ranked. Closed and closing businesses appear in the market notes above — never in the list.
2. **Who verifiably holds which license** — For the question that decides most bookings here — can one person do both? — we looked for a named practitioner attached to each service, not a service list. Where a business offers acupuncture but no public source names the acupuncturist, the entry says so rather than assuming.
3. **Published prices only, with the session length attached** — Every price shown is one the provider publishes, quoted with its duration so a 50-minute rate is never compared against a 60-minute one. Nothing is estimated. "Pricing not published" is recorded as a fact, because it is one — and in this market it is the majority position.
4. **Public ratings quoted, never re-scored** — Each provider’s own public rating is repeated with the platform and the date it was observed. We do not mint scores of our own for other businesses. Where a review count was verified but no star average was, the count is published alone.
5. **Marble Falls addresses only** — Searches for this town pull in Horseshoe Bay studios and mobile therapists based in Austin and San Antonio. Every ranked business here is a Marble Falls business; one has relocated often enough that no address is published for it, and its entry explains why.

This list was assembled from a research sweep in August 2026: top-20 organic and local-pack results across more than ten query patterns, directory sweeps of Yelp, Birdeye, Booksy, Vagaro, Mindbody, Facebook, and TripAdvisor, and direct fetches of provider websites and price pages. Every source is listed at the foot of the page. The honest limits: ratings and review counts drift after publication; most of this market publishes no prices, so several entries carry no price line at all; per-practitioner license lookups with the Texas licensing agencies were not run, so credentials are reported as each practitioner publishes them; and this guide is published by Palomino, which ranks first on it. The counts behind that ranking are stated plainly above so a reader can check them.

## Editorial disclosure

This guide is researched, written, and published by Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — and Palomino is one of the 9 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 Marble Falls option compared

| Studio | Massage | Acupuncture | Both in one session | Rating | Pricing | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture) *(our studio)* | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min | Anyone who wants acupuncture and massage from one licensed practitioner, in a single visit |
| [Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-sana-vida-serasana) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 40 Yelp reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026) | Massage or private acupuncture $120 / 50 min ($85 members) · $170 / 80 min ($130) · group acupuncture $50 / 40 min | Readers who want a full spa menu, seven-day hours, or a $50 group acupuncture session |
| [Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-sage-studio) | Yes | No | No | 4.8 ★ · 125 Birdeye reviews (observed Aug 2026) | About $75 / hour | Price-sensitive regulars who want technique breadth without a membership |
| [Prickly Pear Care](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-prickly-pear-care) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4.8 ★ · 24 Google reviews via Birdeye (observed Aug 2026) | — | Readers who want acupuncture alongside Ashiatsu or sound-bowl work and do not need a price up front |
| [AcuRepower Acupuncture & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-acurepower) | No | Yes | No | — | Initial session $85 · 4-session package $320 · 8-session package $620 | Someone who wants acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine from a specialist and does not need massage |
| [Massage by Molly](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-massage-by-molly) | Yes | No | No | — | $70–$140 by session type · prenatal $90 / hour | Prenatal and rehab-minded clients who want a published price and online booking |
| [Antonina Bodywork and Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-antonina-bodywork) | Yes | No | No | 15 Yelp reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026) | — | A specific injury or movement problem rather than a relaxation hour |
| [Balance Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-balance-massage) | Yes | No | No | 31 reviews on BestProsInTown, 11 on Restaurantji; no aggregate star average captured (observed Aug 2026) | — | Readers who want salt-room, sauna, or sound-table sessions built around their massage |
| [Back & Body Works Massage Therapy](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-back-body-works) | Yes | No | No | 42 Birdeye reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026) | — | Deep-tissue regulars who want a long-practising solo therapist and will confirm the location first |

*Ratings, prices, and addresses as each provider published them, observed August 2026 and sourced in full at the foot of the page. An empty cell means the provider publishes no figure we could verify — not a low one. Ratings drift and prices change; confirm both when you book.*

## The rankings

Listed 1 to 9. Rank is our editorial assessment for Marble Falls readers — nobody paid to appear here or to move up.

## 1. Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — The only Marble Falls practice with both licences in one person

- **Badges:** Our studio
- **Area:** Downtown Main Street
- **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, Deep tissue massage, Prenatal massage, Dry needling (within L.Ac. scope), Cupping, Chinese herbal medicine
- **Book:** https://marblefallsspa.com/book

We publish this guide, we rank first on it, and the only honest way to handle that is to show the arithmetic and let you discount it. Of the fifteen active massage and acupuncture businesses verified inside Marble Falls, four offer acupuncture at all, three offer both modalities, and exactly one — this one — is a practice where public sources confirm a single licensed practitioner performs both. Julie K. O’Leary holds Texas licenses in acupuncture and massage therapy and is a licensed herbalist; she earned her Master of Oriental Medicine at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin and a BA in Medical Anthropology at UT Austin, and has been practising since 2004. The practical consequence is the 90-minute Signature session: acupuncture and hands-on bodywork in a single appointment, one practitioner, start to finish, with nothing lost in a handoff between two schedules. Palomino also publishes a full price list for the sessions it books — $75 for 60 minutes of acupuncture, $150 for a 60-minute massage, $175 for the blended 90 — which puts it in the minority of this market that prices in public; the cupping, dry needling and herbal lines on the menu are quoted per visit instead. What it is not is a spa. There are no facials, no salt room, and no tea bar, and the calendar belongs to one person.

**Strengths**

- The only Marble Falls practice where public sources confirm one practitioner holds both the acupuncture and the massage license
- A 90-minute session that blends both modalities in one visit rather than splitting them across two appointments
- A published rate at every duration offered — $75 for 60-minute acupuncture, $150/$225/$300 for 60/90/120-minute massage, $175 for the blended 90
- Practising since 2004; MAOM from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin
- Downtown Main Street address with online booking

**Considerations**

- Rebranded and relocated from "JKO Massage & Acupuncture" at 609 N US Hwy 281 — directories and review aggregators may still show the old name, address, and review count
- Three menu lines carry no listed price — dry needling, cupping and Chinese herbal medicine are quoted on request or added to a session, so only the sessions themselves can be compared on price before you call
- One practitioner means one calendar: no simultaneous couples booking and no second therapist when a slot is taken
- No spa amenities on the menu — no facials, salt room, or tea bar
- Published by the practice that ranks first here; the ranking is editorial opinion, and the counts behind it are stated so they can be checked

**Best for:** Anyone who wants acupuncture and massage from one licensed practitioner, in a single visit

**Source:** [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — pricing](https://marblefallsspa.com/pricing)

## 2. Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar — The deepest acupuncture bench and the fullest menu in town

- **Area:** FM 1431 retail corridor
- **Address:** 507 FM 1431, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 40 Yelp reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026)
- **Published pricing:** Massage or private acupuncture $120 / 50 min ($85 members) · $170 / 80 min ($130) · group acupuncture $50 / 40 min
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Group acupuncture, Therapeutic massage, Prenatal massage, Body cupping, Gua sha, Facials
- **Website:** https://serasana.com/marblefalls/

Sana Vida — which trades under the Serasana brand — is the most fully staffed wellness operation in town: massage, acupuncture, facials, a retail tea bar, membership tiers, and a booking system that works without a phone call. Its acupuncture bench is the deepest in the market — owner Patti McCormick is an acupuncturist with more than twenty years in Chinese medicine, and the practice runs a team rather than a solo calendar, which is how it holds seven-day hours including Sunday afternoons. Pricing is unusually transparent for this town and unusually flat: a 50-minute massage and a 50-minute private acupuncture session both list at $120 ($85 for members), the 80-minute versions at $170 ($130), and a semi-private group acupuncture session — clothed, in recliners, 40 minutes — at $50, the least expensive way to try acupuncture found anywhere in Marble Falls. The trade-off is structural rather than qualitative. The massage side and the acupuncture side are staffed by different people, so a visit combining both means two practitioners; and the practice’s own service pages do not name its individual acupuncturists, so a first-time client cannot check in advance who they are booked with, or that practitioner’s specific credentials, from the website alone.

**Strengths**

- The town’s only multi-practitioner acupuncture team, led by owner Patti McCormick, an acupuncturist with 20+ years in Chinese medicine
- The most detailed published price menu in Marble Falls — retail and member rates side by side across its massage and private acupuncture services; only the $50 group session carries a single rate
- A $50, 40-minute group acupuncture session — the lowest published acupuncture price found in town
- Seven-day hours, including Sunday 12–5pm, with online scheduling and digital intake
- Massage, acupuncture, facials, cupping, and gua sha bookable from one calendar

**Considerations**

- Individual acupuncturists are not named on the practice’s own service pages; the practitioner names found in our sweep came from a third-party NPI and job-posting aggregator, not the practice, so current staffing could not be confirmed
- Massage and acupuncture are delivered by separate staff — a visit combining both means two practitioners, not one
- The $85 and $130 rates require a monthly membership ($85–$250/month); $120 and $170 are the non-member prices

**Best for:** Readers who want a full spa menu, seven-day hours, or a $50 group acupuncture session

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

## 3. Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness — The longest technique list in town at about $75 an hour

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

Sage Studio takes the value slot on arithmetic rather than affection: roughly $75 an hour, with a 4.8-star average across 125 Birdeye reviews — the largest verified review base of any massage-only practice found in town. The menu is also the longest here: deep tissue, myofascial, sports, rehabilitation, lymphatic, prenatal, Swedish, shiatsu, reflexology, hot stone, ayurvedic and aromatherapy work, plus massage adapted for clients in cancer care, alongside body wraps, scrubs, and a separate permanent-cosmetics service. That breadth is a reasonable proxy for a therapist who has trained widely, and at this rate a client experimenting with technique — trying myofascial work after a year of Swedish — is not paying a premium to do it. Two practical caveats apply before booking. The studio’s online presence is split across at least three platforms — a Square site, a GlossGenius booking subdomain, and a Booksy listing — rather than one owned domain, so service names, hours, and rates can read differently depending which one a search delivers you to. And the hours and phone number that surfaced in our sweep (Monday to Saturday 9am–7pm, Sunday 10am–5pm) came from directory snippets that could not be corroborated against a page the studio controls.

**Strengths**

- The lowest hourly rate corroborated across multiple sources in this market, at about $75
- 4.8 stars across 125 Birdeye reviews — the largest verified review base of any massage-only practice in town
- The broadest technique list found here, from rehabilitation and lymphatic work to shiatsu, reflexology, and hot stone
- Main Street address with online booking, and hours listed seven days a week

**Considerations**

- Booking and business information are fragmented across at least three platforms — Square, GlossGenius, and Booksy — rather than one owned website
- Hours and phone number came from directory listings we could not corroborate against a page the studio controls; confirm when you book
- Acupuncture is not offered

**Best for:** Price-sensitive regulars who want technique breadth without a membership

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

## 4. Prickly Pear Care — Both modalities, plus Ashiatsu and sound-bowl sessions

- **Area:** US-281 corridor
- **Address:** 118 US-281, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 4.8 ★ · 24 Google reviews via Birdeye (observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Restorative massage, Cupping, Ashiatsu, Sarga bodywork, Sound bowl sessions, Prenatal care
- **Website:** https://www.pricklypearcare.com/

Prickly Pear Care is one of only three Marble Falls businesses offering both massage and acupuncture, and the one with the most idiosyncratic menu: alongside acupuncture and restorative massage it lists cupping, Ashiatsu — barefoot compression work delivered from overhead bars — Sarga bodywork, sound-bowl sessions, and prenatal care, a combination found nowhere else in this market. Its reputation is also stronger than its web presence suggests. The practice carries a 4.8-star average across 24 Google reviews aggregated through Birdeye, and reviewers repeatedly name the massage therapist, Natolie, rather than praising the business generically — usually the signal of a practitioner with a returning book. What a prospective client cannot establish from public sources is who performs the acupuncture. No source checked in our sweep names an acupuncturist, so the continuity that a dual-modality menu implies — one person, both services — is unverified here in a way it is not at Palomino or Sana Vida. Nothing is priced publicly either, and no phone number surfaced. One more detail to get right before booking: a separate business, Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC, operates in Burnet and offers acupuncture and herbs but no massage. The two surface under the same searches.

**Strengths**

- One of three Marble Falls businesses offering both massage and acupuncture
- 4.8 stars across 24 Google reviews, with the massage therapist named specifically and repeatedly by reviewers
- Modalities found nowhere else in town — Ashiatsu, Sarga bodywork, and sound-bowl sessions alongside cupping and prenatal care

**Considerations**

- No pricing published in any source we checked
- The acupuncturist is not named publicly, so whether one practitioner delivers both modalities is unverified
- No phone number surfaced in our sweep; contact runs through the website and Facebook page
- Listed at 118 US-281, which supersedes an older 900 S Ave J listing — a possible relocation we could not confirm, so check the address before driving over
- Not the same business as Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC in Burnet

**Best for:** Readers who want acupuncture alongside Ashiatsu or sound-bowl work and do not need a price up front

**Source:** [Birdeye — Prickly Pear Care](https://reviews.birdeye.com/prickly-pear-care-167945761667732)

## 5. AcuRepower Acupuncture & Wellness — The town’s only dedicated acupuncture clinic

- **Area:** US-281 north corridor
- **Address:** 1811 N US Hwy 281, Ste 9, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Published pricing:** Initial session $85 · 4-session package $320 · 8-session package $620
- **Massage:** No
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Cupping, Gua sha, Chinese tuina, Moxibustion, Chinese herbs
- **Website:** https://www.acurepower.com/

AcuRepower is the only practice in Marble Falls that does acupuncture and nothing else, and for some readers that is precisely the point. Katy Wang is a Licensed Acupuncturist of Texas — she publishes the license number, AC02034, on her own site — and holds a master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine from Texas Health and Science University. The service list stays inside the classical toolkit: acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, Chinese tuina, and Chinese herbal formulas. It is the closest thing this town has to a single-modality specialist clinic, and it also serves Lakeway and Spicewood, which points to a book built on referral and repeat visits rather than walk-in spa traffic. It is also one of the few practices in this market that prices in public: its own pricing page lists $85 for an initial session, $320 for a four-session package and $620 for eight, with packages the clinic states can be shared with family or friends. Two practical facts shape who this suits. Massage therapy appears nowhere on the site: tuina is hands-on, but it arrives inside a Chinese-medicine session rather than as an hour of bodywork bookable on its own — so anyone wanting both modalities is booking two businesses. And the suite is on the second floor with no elevator, which matters for a client arriving with an acute mobility problem.

**Strengths**

- The town’s only clinic dedicated exclusively to acupuncture and Chinese medicine
- Practitioner publishes her Texas acupuncture license number (AC02034) and her master’s degree in Traditional Chinese Medicine
- Publishes its rates on its own site — $85 for an initial session, $320 for four, $620 for eight — which most of this market does not
- Classical toolkit beyond needling alone — moxibustion, tuina, gua sha, cupping, and herbal formulas
- Also serves Lakeway and Spicewood, so appointment options are not limited to Marble Falls demand

**Considerations**

- Massage therapy is not offered — tuina is delivered within a Chinese-medicine session, not as a standalone bodywork hour
- The suite is on the second floor with no elevator
- Packages are non-refundable and expire within six to twelve months, per the practice’s own pricing page

**Best for:** Someone who wants acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicine from a specialist and does not need massage

**Source:** [AcuRepower — pricing](https://www.acurepower.com/pricing)

## 6. Massage by Molly — Kinesiology-trained prenatal work at a published rate

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

Molly works from a room inside CK Medical Spa on the west FM-1431 corridor, and her background is the differentiator: a licensed massage therapist with a B.S. in Kinesiology, six years in massage and seven years working in physical therapy before that. The published band runs $70 to $140 depending on the session, with prenatal work at $90 an hour — the lowest published prenatal rate found anywhere in Marble Falls, against $120 for a 50-minute prenatal massage at Sana Vida and $150 for 60 minutes at Palomino. Booking runs through Schedulista, so a slot can be held without a phone call, which is not true of most independents here. Recognition comes with an asterisk worth stating plainly: the "Best Massage Therapist in Marble Falls, two years running" line is self-reported on her own Facebook page, and CK Medical Spa’s "Locals Love Us 2026 — Best Medical Spa" claim is likewise a self-published video announcement; no independent record of either poll result surfaced in our sweep. Two structural notes follow from the setting. This is one service inside a broader medical spa rather than a dedicated massage storefront, and January 2026 Facebook posts referenced closures and "new hours and updates coming soon".

**Strengths**

- Published prices, including the lowest published prenatal rate found in Marble Falls at $90 an hour
- B.S. in Kinesiology plus seven years working in physical therapy before six years in massage
- Online booking through Schedulista — no phone call needed to hold a slot
- Sits inside a medical spa, so skincare and med-spa services can be scheduled around the massage

**Considerations**

- One massage service inside a broader medical spa rather than a dedicated massage storefront
- The "voted best massage therapist two years running" title is self-reported on the practice’s Facebook page; no independent poll record was found
- January 2026 Facebook posts referenced closures and pending new hours, so current availability should be confirmed rather than assumed
- Acupuncture is not offered

**Best for:** Prenatal and rehab-minded clients who want a published price and online booking

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

## 7. Antonina Bodywork and Massage — Structural work for athletes and post-surgical clients

- **Area:** Avenue F
- **Address:** 908 Ave F, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 15 Yelp reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Structural deep tissue, Sports massage, Pelvic-floor pain relief, Pre- and post-surgical bodywork
- **Website:** https://www.antoninabodywork.com/

Antonina Bodywork has been open since 2006 and reads less like a spa than like a referral destination. The work described is structural deep-tissue bodywork: sports massage, pelvic-floor pain, and pre- and post-surgical clients, with a stated client base of athletes, dancers, and musicians, and a practice of coordinating with acupuncturists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and osteopaths rather than trying to cover every need alone. That is a specific and unusual position in a town whose other independents mostly sell a well-executed hour of relaxation. Fifteen Yelp reviews is a modest count, but for a solo practitioner working a narrow niche for nearly twenty years, volume is not the metric that should decide it — fit is. Someone with a diagnosed movement problem, a rehabilitation plan, or surgery on the calendar has a clearer reason to book here than someone who mainly wants a quiet hour. The constraints follow directly from the model. There is one practitioner and no backup coverage, so a cancelled slot means a rescheduled week rather than a different therapist. No price list is published anywhere we checked. And acupuncture is not offered — by design, since the practice refers out for it rather than staffing it.

**Strengths**

- Practising since 2006 with a narrow, clearly stated specialism in structural and sports bodywork
- Works with athletes, dancers, musicians, and pre- and post-surgical clients rather than a general spa clientele
- Coordinates with acupuncturists, chiropractors, physical therapists, and osteopaths — useful when massage is one part of a wider plan

**Considerations**

- Solo practitioner with no backup coverage — a cancelled slot means waiting, not switching therapists
- No published price list
- Acupuncture is not offered; the practice refers out for it

**Best for:** A specific injury or movement problem rather than a relaxation hour

**Source:** [Antonina Bodywork — About](https://www.antoninabodywork.com/about.html)

## 8. Balance Massage — Massage alongside salt-room, sauna, and sound-table sessions

- **Area:** US-281 north, Suite 206
- **Address:** 1510 N US Hwy 281 Ste 206, Marble Falls, TX 78654
- **Public rating:** 31 reviews on BestProsInTown, 11 on Restaurantji; no aggregate star average captured (observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Therapeutic massage, Halotherapy salt room, Hydrotherm therapy, Ozone steam sauna, Vibroacoustic sound table, Trauma Touch Therapy
- **Website:** https://www.marblefallsbalance.com/

Balance Massage opened in November 2015 and has built the broadest non-massage wellness stack in this market. Alongside therapeutic massage the studio runs a HaloOne halotherapy salt room — described on its own site as the only salt room in Marble Falls — plus Hydrotherm therapy, an ozone steam sauna, an inHarmony vibroacoustic sound table paired with a BrainTap headset, and Trauma Touch Therapy, a trauma-informed bodywork protocol. That mix makes it the obvious stop for a reader who would rather assemble a session out of parts than book a plain hour, and its Facebook footprint (469 likes, 72 check-ins) is among the larger local ones for a studio this size. It is also, in a town where acupuncture is scarce, the business most likely to be assumed to offer it, given how far the menu ranges. It does not: no acupuncture appeared on the site or in any directory listing checked in our sweep. Pricing is the other gap — no published menu surfaced anywhere, so rates require a call. Review signal is scattered rather than absent: 31 reviews on BestProsInTown and 11 on Restaurantji, with no aggregate star average verifiable on any platform.

**Strengths**

- The widest set of add-on wellness modalities in town — halotherapy salt room, ozone steam sauna, Hydrotherm, and a vibroacoustic sound table
- Open since November 2015, with the larger local social footprint of the independent tier (469 Facebook likes, 72 check-ins)
- Trauma Touch Therapy offered alongside conventional therapeutic massage, which is uncommon in this market

**Considerations**

- No acupuncture — none appeared on the site or in any directory listing we checked, despite the breadth of the menu
- No published price menu found anywhere in our sweep; rates require a phone call
- Reviews are spread across small directories with no aggregate star average we could verify

**Best for:** Readers who want salt-room, sauna, or sound-table sessions built around their massage

**Source:** [Balance Massage (official site)](https://www.marblefallsbalance.com/)

## 9. Back & Body Works Massage Therapy — A 21-year deep-tissue therapist, location worth confirming

- **Public rating:** 42 Birdeye reviews; star average not captured in our sweep (observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Deep tissue massage, Therapeutic massage, Reflexology
- **Website:** https://www.vagaro.com/backandbodyworksmassagetherapy

Brandi Sue Pitcox has been a licensed massage therapist for 21 years and opened Back & Body Works around 2022 — a launch covered at the time by DailyTrib, the only local-press write-up of a new massage practice found in this market. The work is straightforward: general and deep-tissue massage plus reflexology, with 42 Birdeye reviews and 408 Facebook likes behind it, which places her in the upper half of this town’s independents by verified review volume. The complication is geography. Directories put the practice at three different addresses over its life — 407 Main St Ste 3, inside Lavender Boutique & Spa, per Yelp; 1811-A Hwy 281 N Ste 4; and 1510 Hwy 281 #206, which is the building Balance Massage occupies — and no public source establishes which is current. That is why this entry carries no address: rather than publish one of three and send a reader to the wrong door, call (325) 248-4058 or check the Vagaro booking page first. Two other gaps to plan around: no prices are published, and acupuncture is not offered. For a client who values a long-practising therapist over a polished web presence, the phone call is a small cost.

**Strengths**

- 21 years as a licensed massage therapist before this practice opened around 2022
- 42 Birdeye reviews and 408 Facebook likes — an established local following
- Covered by DailyTrib at launch, the only local-press write-up of a new massage practice we found in this market
- Online booking available through Vagaro

**Considerations**

- Current address unverified — three different addresses appear across directories, so confirm the location before driving over
- No published pricing
- Acupuncture is not offered

**Best for:** Deep-tissue regulars who want a long-practising solo therapist and will confirm the location first

**Source:** [DailyTrib — Back & Body Works Massage Therapy opens in Marble Falls (2022)](https://www.dailytrib.com/2022/03/28/new-biz-back-and-body-works-massage-therapy-in-marble-falls-offers-physical-mental-relief/)

## Which one is right for you?

**If you're a retiree managing a chronic pain pattern trying to keep the same practitioner every visit, and get both acupuncture and hands-on work without coordinating two calendars:** choose **[Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture)** — This is the one practice in town where public sources confirm a single licensed practitioner holds both licenses and performs both services, which is what makes a blended 90-minute visit possible. Prices are published, so a recurring schedule can be budgeted before the first appointment. If a multi-practitioner team appeals more than continuity does, Sana Vida is the alternative — and it is the deeper acupuncture bench.

**If you're an Austin weekender already parked on Main Street trying to fit the best hour available on foot into a two-hour window between lunch downtown and the drive home:** choose **[Sage Studio ~ Massage & Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-sage-studio)** — At 900 Main St, about $75 an hour, and 4.8 stars across 125 Birdeye reviews, it is the strongest walkable option for a visitor who is not shopping for acupuncture. Two cautions: hours came from directory listings rather than a page the studio controls, and booking is spread across Square, GlossGenius, and Booksy — so confirm the day and time directly rather than assuming a Sunday slot exists.

**If you're a lake-season athlete carrying boating or golf strain trying to book structural work on one shoulder or hip rather than a general relaxation hour:** choose **[Antonina Bodywork and Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-antonina-bodywork)** — Open since 2006 with a stated focus on structural deep tissue, sports work, and pre- and post-surgical clients, and a practice of coordinating with acupuncturists, chiropractors, and physical therapists rather than covering everything alone. It is a solo practice with no published price list, so expect a phone call and a wait for the right slot rather than same-day availability.

**If you're a prenatal client comparing what this town actually charges trying to see a published prenatal price before committing to a booking:** choose **[Massage by Molly](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/marble-falls-tx#p-massage-by-molly)** — $90 an hour for prenatal work is the lowest published prenatal rate found in Marble Falls, from an LMT with a kinesiology degree and a physical-therapy background, bookable online through Schedulista. The published alternatives are Sana Vida at $120 for 50 minutes ($85 for members) and Palomino at $150 for 60. Recent Facebook posts referenced pending schedule changes, so confirm hours when booking.

## Common questions about massage and acupuncture in Marble Falls, TX

### Is Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center still open?

No. Yelp lists Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center as closed on a page last updated in November 2025, and its former domain, marblefallsmassage.com, now redirects to a GoDaddy "domain for sale" parking page — a redirect we confirmed directly in August 2026. The business opened in 2011 and, per its own marketing and years of reviewer accounts, took the local "Locals Love Us" Best Massage or Best Spa title every year from 2012, so it still surfaces in old search results, review pages, and word-of-mouth recommendations, and its directory listings remain live. If a search engine or an AI assistant still recommends it, that recommendation is out of date. Its former street address is cited inconsistently across sources, which is common once a listing has been dormant for a while.

### Do all three Marble Falls dual-modality practices use one practitioner?

Three businesses in Marble Falls proper offer both: Palomino Massage & Acupuncture at 515 Main St, Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar at 507 FM 1431, and Prickly Pear Care at 118 US-281. They are not the same proposition. At Sana Vida the two services are staffed by different people — a massage team and a separate acupuncture team led by owner Patti McCormick — so a visit combining both means two practitioners. At Prickly Pear Care the massage therapist is named repeatedly in reviews, but no public source we checked names the acupuncturist, so single-practitioner continuity there is unverified. Palomino is the only one of the three where public sources confirm one licensed practitioner performs both, which is how its 90-minute blended session works. A fourth business, AcuRepower, offers acupuncture but not massage.

### What happened to the studio that kept winning "Locals Love Us"?

That was Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center, which claimed the Best Massage or Best Spa category every year from 2012 in its own marketing and has since closed — Yelp marked it closed in November 2025 and its domain is now parked for sale. Its therapists are dispersed. One TripAdvisor reviewer claims a former therapist continued practising independently downtown, but no second source corroborates that and we will not attach a practice name to a single review. The practical effect on the market is that a decade of accumulated local reputation is now unattached, and the town’s other independents — Sage Studio, Antonina Bodywork, Back & Body Works, Balance Massage — are competing for a book of clients who used to have one obvious default.

### Where can I get a prenatal massage in Marble Falls, and what does it cost?

Six Marble Falls practices list prenatal work; three publish a price. Massage by Molly charges $90 an hour, the lowest published prenatal rate found in town. Sana Vida lists a 50-minute prenatal massage at $120, or $85 for members. Palomino lists prenatal massage from $150 for 60 minutes. Sage Studio, Prickly Pear Care, and Healing Within Massage Therapy all list prenatal work without publishing rates. Prices were observed in August 2026 and can change. Whichever you book, tell the therapist your trimester and any pregnancy complications when you schedule — prenatal massage is usually adapted by trimester and is a comfort and tension measure, not treatment for a medical condition, so check with your obstetric provider if anything about your pregnancy is being monitored.

### Is Sana Vida the closest thing Marble Falls has to a day spa?

Not in the resort sense of a treatment menu, locker rooms, and a relaxation lounge. The closest thing in town is Sana Vida Wellness Spa & Tea Bar, which combines massage, acupuncture, facials, and a retail tea bar on one booking and membership system. Beyond that the "day spa" results fragment: Balance Massage sells salt-room, sauna, and sound-table sessions around its massage; Restorative Skin Care pairs bodywork with skincare on limited hours; Feather Soft Skin does waxing, facials, and lashes but not massage; and Honey Head Spa built a niche around scalp treatments before posting a closure signal. For a full resort spa, the nearest option is Bayside Spa at Horseshoe Bay Resort, about 19 minutes away, where a 50-minute relaxation massage starts at $175 Monday to Thursday and $185 Friday to Sunday — plus a mandatory 22% service and house charge, and no acupuncture on the menu. Access there is limited to overnight resort guests and club members.

### Which Marble Falls providers publish their prices?

Five of the nine ranked here — and a minority of the fifteen businesses in the market. Palomino publishes a rate for each of its three session types, at every duration it offers them: acupuncture at $75 for 60 minutes; massage at $150, $225 and $300 for 60, 90 and 120 minutes; and the blended acupuncture-and-massage session at $175 for 90 minutes. Its cupping, dry needling and Chinese herbal lines are the exception — those are quoted on request or added to a session rather than listed. Sana Vida publishes the most detailed menu in town, listing retail and member rates side by side across its massage and private acupuncture services, from a $50 group acupuncture session to $170 for 80 minutes. AcuRepower publishes its acupuncture rates on its own site — $85 for an initial session, $320 for a four-session package, $620 for eight. Sage Studio’s roughly $75 hourly rate is corroborated across several sources, and Massage by Molly publishes a $70 to $140 range with prenatal at $90. The remaining four — Balance Massage, Prickly Pear Care, Antonina Bodywork and Back & Body Works — publish no rates we could find, so comparing them means calling. That is normal for small independent practices and is not a mark against them.

### Is Honey Head Spa closing?

We cannot confirm it either way, and the honest answer is to call before you drive. A Facebook post titled "Final Weeks at Honey Head Spa!", addressed to the spa’s clients and community, surfaced in our August 2026 sweep, which strongly suggests the scalp-spa concept at 1712 FM-1431 is winding down. But it is a single post that nothing else corroborated and that we could not date precisely, so the business is neither ranked here as closed nor presented as an active recommendation. Honey Head never took online bookings — appointments were arranged by Instagram or Facebook message — so there is no live calendar to check. If you are looking specifically for scalp or hair-spa work, no other Marble Falls business found in this sweep offers it.

## Nearby guides

- [Best massage & acupuncture in Horseshoe Bay, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/horseshoe-bay-tx)
- [Best massage & acupuncture in Granite Shoals, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/granite-shoals-tx)
- [Best massage & acupuncture in Burnet, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/burnet-tx)
- [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. [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — pricing](https://marblefallsspa.com/pricing)
2. [Yelp — Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center (closed listing)](https://www.yelp.com/biz/marble-falls-massage-therapy-center-marble-falls)
3. [marblefallsmassage.com (redirects to a domain-for-sale page)](https://marblefallsmassage.com/)
4. [TripAdvisor — Marble Falls Massage Therapy Center](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g56229-d3250633-Reviews-Marble_Falls_Massage_Therapy_Center-Marble_Falls_Texas.html)
5. [Serasana Marble Falls (Sana Vida) — services and pricing](https://serasana.com/marblefalls/)
6. [Sana Vida](https://sanavida.info/)
7. [Yelp — Sana Vida](https://www.yelp.com/biz/sana-vida-marble-falls-3)
8. [TripAdvisor — Sana Vida](https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g56229-d3374432-Reviews-Sana_Vida-Marble_Falls_Texas.html)
9. [NPI registry — Sana Vida LLC (acupuncture)](https://npino.com/acupuncturist/1609164953-sana-vida-llc/)
10. [Birdeye — Sage Studio Massage & Wellness](https://reviews.birdeye.com/sage-studio-massage-wellness-169823294186087)
11. [Booksy — Sage Studio](https://booksy.com/en-us/758191_sage-studio_massage_36327_marble-falls)
12. [Sage Studio (GlossGenius booking)](https://sagestudiomftx.glossgenius.com/)
13. [Birdeye — Prickly Pear Care](https://reviews.birdeye.com/prickly-pear-care-167945761667732)
14. [Prickly Pear Care](https://www.pricklypearcare.com/)
15. [Yelp — Prickly Pear Herbal Medicine and Acupuncture PLLC (Burnet)](https://www.yelp.com/biz/prickly-pear-herbal-medicine-and-acupuncture-pllc-burnet)
16. [AcuRepower — About](https://www.acurepower.com/about)
17. [AcuRepower — pricing](https://www.acurepower.com/pricing)
18. [AcuRepower — Contact](https://www.acurepower.com/contact-us)
19. [Massage by Molly — booking (Schedulista)](https://massagebymolly.schedulista.com/)
20. [CK Medical Spa (Facebook)](https://www.facebook.com/ckmedspa/)
21. [Antonina Bodywork — About](https://www.antoninabodywork.com/about.html)
22. [Yelp — Antonina Bodywork](https://www.yelp.com/biz/antonina-bodywork-marble-falls)
23. [Balance Massage (official site)](https://www.marblefallsbalance.com/)
24. [BestProsInTown — Balance Massage](https://www.bestprosintown.com/tx/marble-falls/balance-massage-/)
25. [Facebook — Balance Massage](https://www.facebook.com/MarbleFallsBalance/)
26. [DailyTrib — Back & Body Works Massage Therapy opens in Marble Falls (2022)](https://www.dailytrib.com/2022/03/28/new-biz-back-and-body-works-massage-therapy-in-marble-falls-offers-physical-mental-relief/)
27. [Birdeye — Back & Body Works Massage Therapy](https://reviews.birdeye.com/back-body-works-massage-therapy-169807647050712)
28. [Vagaro — Back & Body Works booking](https://www.vagaro.com/backandbodyworksmassagetherapy)
29. [Yelp — Honey Head Spa](https://www.yelp.com/biz/honey-head-spa-marble-falls)
30. [Restorative Skin Care — massage](https://marblefallsskincare.com/massage)
31. [Heart & Soul Integrative Health & Yoga — massage therapies](https://heartandsoulintegrativehealth.com/massage-therapies-in-marble-falls-texas/)
32. [Alignable — Healing Within Massage Therapy](https://www.alignable.com/marble-falls-tx/healing-within-massage-therapy)
33. [Moving Forward Massage & Lash Studio](https://www.movingforwardtexas.com/)
34. [Feather Soft Skin — about](https://www.marblefallswaxingsalon.com/about)
35. [Horseshoe Bay Resort — spa menu](https://www.hsbresort.com/spa/spa-menu/)
36. [Yelp — Watsu Bliss and Bodywork Massage (Horseshoe Bay)](https://www.yelp.com/biz/watsu-bliss-and-bodywork-massage-horseshoe-bay)
37. [Zennia Wellness (Austin mobile massage)](https://zenniawellness.com/)
38. [Healing Hands Over Texas Mobile Massage (San Antonio)](https://healinghandsovertexas.com/)
39. [Distance-Cities — Marble Falls to Horseshoe Bay](https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-marble-falls-tx-to-horseshoe-bay-tx)
40. [Travelmath — Austin to Marble Falls drive distance](https://www.travelmath.com/drive-distance/from/Austin,+TX/to/Marble+Falls,+TX)

## 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