# Round Rock's Best Massage & Acupuncture: 12 Compared (2026)

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

**Source page:** https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx

**Editorial angle:** Where licensure makes headlines

Round Rock’s market runs from $25 community acupuncture to a $235 resort massage — and state regulators shut down three unlicensed shops here last year. This guide ranks the 12 verified standouts from 28 real providers.

## Quick answer

- **Best overall:** [Round Rock Health & Wellness Center](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-round-rock-health-wellness-center) — The only Round Rock provider we found publishing both an in-network acupuncture list (BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna, UHC) and a self-pay rate card, with two named DACM-credentialed acupuncturists and 21 years at the same address.
- **Best value:** [Good Point Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-good-point-acupuncture) — Community-model sessions reported at $25–$29 — the lowest verified acupuncture price in the market, in exchange for a shared recliner room instead of a private table.
- **Best for desk-job neck, shoulder and jaw pain:** [Kraken Massage & Body](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-kraken-massage-body) — Intra-oral TMJD massage, orthopedic bodywork, craniosacral therapy and advanced cupping on one menu, at 5.0 ★ across 230 Birdeye reviews — the deepest clinical bench we found in a massage-only studio here.
- **Best for both modalities:** [The Point Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-the-point-wellness) — An acupuncturist-founded downtown practice listing acupuncture, dry needling and four massage styles as one coordinated program — though it publishes no prices, so cost is a phone call.

## A price ladder, an insurance code, and an enforcement docket

Round Rock stopped being an Austin bedroom suburb some time ago. It is a city of roughly 130,000 in Williamson County with Dell Technologies’ headquarters campus inside it — 12,000 to 16,000 local employees depending on the source — plus Kalahari Resorts, Dell Diamond, two hospital systems and the Premium Outlets. The wellness market reflects that scale. We verified 28 massage and acupuncture businesses to at least address level: 17 massage-only, 9 acupuncture-only and 2 confirmed to do both. Ten more surfaced as name-only listings too thin to publish. Healthgrades alone indexes 111 acupuncture-credentialed providers within ten miles. Depth is not this town’s problem; sorting it is.

The acupuncture bench is the genuinely unusual part. Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic has practiced here since 1993 — 32 years — and Round Rock Health & Wellness Center since 2004, alongside AcuWorks (2005), Ari Acupuncture, Wholesome Healing, Arbor, Shamrock, Round Rock Acupuncture Clinic and Good Point’s community room. One of them publishes an in-network carrier list for acupuncture: BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna and UHC. A 32-year TCM practice, real insurance billing and a $25 session in the same city is a combination no comparable Hill Country town has. One caveat on the count: a clinic that markets Round Rock service from a published Austin address on Northland Drive is treated here as an Austin business.

Then there is the boutique-versus-franchise split, which in Round Rock is a pricing question rather than a taste question. Massage Envy North publishes its numbers plainly — 60 minutes at $80 intro, $130 non-member, $70 member; 90 minutes at $120, $195, $105 — and Elements references a $49–$99 range with a $189 90-minute quote in a third-party summary. Independents cluster around $60–$130 an hour across aggregated third-party mentions, and most publish nothing at all on their own sites. Above them, Viva Day Spa lists $140–$225 for prenatal and deep tissue on brand-wide pages, and Spa Kalahari tops out at $140–$235 for 50 to 80-minute services per a published visitor account. Below them all sits Good Point at a reported $25–$29. That is the full ladder, inside one city.

The reason this guide is organized around licensing is that Round Rock’s licensing story was local news three times in 2025. TDLR and law enforcement closed “Talent Spa” at 1803 N Mays Street (raided October 1, with $41,609 seized), “ML Massage” at 3001 Joe DiMaggio Blvd, Suite 650B (closed March 27), and “Detour Body Works & Spa,” doing business as “Healing Hand Studio,” at 2201 Double Creek Dr, Suite 5006 (a 12-month closure order dated September 8). Two of those street numbers are shared with long-established licensed businesses in different buildings and suites — Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic is at 1803 N Mays St, Building A, and Massage In ATX at 2201 Double Creek Dr, Suite 1002 — and no evidence connects them to the closed operations. They are separate businesses. The practical lesson for a reader is small and useful: a street number is not an identity, and the state license lookup settles the question in under a minute.

- **28** — providers verified to at least address level — 17 massage-only, 9 acupuncture-only, 2 both
- **2** — clinics confirmed to offer massage and acupuncture in the same practice (a third, Kraken, unresolved)
- **5** — insurers listed in-network for acupuncture at one 21-year-old clinic — BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna, UHC
- **$25–$235** — a reported community acupuncture session to an 80-minute resort massage (resort rates per a published visitor account)

## How we built this list

1. **Licensure, published or withheld** — We favored businesses that name their practitioners and publish credentials or license numbers — Acupuncture Associates lists Texas license AC0030, Massage In ATX publishes #MT126513, Elements posts establishment numbers ME2874 and EE868472. Where a business publishes none, we say so rather than assume.
2. **Insurance and payment mechanics** — Whether a clinic publishes an in-network carrier list, a self-pay rate card, or neither. Exactly one Round Rock provider we fetched publishes both — a fact that reshapes the ranking in a way it would in no other town in this series.
3. **Who performs which modality, in-house** — A business counts as dual-modality only when its own materials place both services inside the practice. Kraken Massage & Body’s signals conflict — 2023 expansion coverage lists acupuncture; its own referrals page describes an outside acupuncturist — so it is ranked here as a massage studio and excluded from the town’s dual-modality count.
4. **Rating provenance, not rating size** — Yelp returned HTTP 403 to every direct fetch and Google Business Profiles could not be pulled live, so every figure here is an aggregator snapshot observed in August 2026 with its platform named. Where no aggregate star figure existed, we publish the review count alone — or nothing.
5. **Status conflicts reported, never resolved for convenience** — Massage Envy South Round Rock reads “closed” on Yelp and Yellow Pages and “temporarily closed”, with a hiring notice, on the chain’s own locator. An unresolved status keeps a business out of the ranking and into the FAQ instead.
6. **Address discipline** — Building and suite numbers are published in full wherever a street number is shared, and a clinic marketing Round Rock service from a published Austin address (3305 Northland Dr) is counted as an Austin business, not a local one.

Twenty-eight Round Rock providers were identified from simulated top-20 organic and local-pack results, then checked against business websites, directory aggregators (Birdeye, BestProsInTown, Healthgrades, Chamber of Commerce, Groupon), BBB records and Texas news coverage on 2026-08-02. Twelve are ranked here. The honest limits: ratings are aggregator snapshots rather than live pulls; we report license numbers as the businesses publish them and did not run per-practitioner TDLR lookups for this guide; ten further businesses surfaced with name-only signals too thin to publish; and Palomino Massage & Acupuncture, which publishes this guide, is ranked tenth — a placement argued openly in its own entry.

## Editorial disclosure

This guide is researched, written, and published by Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — and Palomino is one of the 12 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 Round Rock option compared

| Studio | Massage | Acupuncture | Both in one session | Rating | Pricing | Best for |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Round Rock Health & Wellness Center](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-round-rock-health-wellness-center) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 4.8 ★ · 312 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026) | Acupuncture $80–$120 initial · $64–$92 follow-up (self-pay) | Patients who want acupuncture billed through insurance, or massage and acupuncture coordinated inside one long-established clinic. |
| [The Point Wellness](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-the-point-wellness) | Yes | Yes | Yes | 18 reviews (Yelp) · ~92 reviews (BestProsInTown), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured | — | Readers who want acupuncture, dry needling and massage coordinated by a single downtown practice. |
| [Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-acupuncture-associates-chinese-medical-clinic) | No | Yes | No | — | — | Patients who want a long-established traditional Chinese medicine practice with a published license number. |
| [Good Point Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-good-point-acupuncture) | No | Yes | No | 67 reviews (Birdeye) · 26 reviews (BestProsInTown), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured | $25–$29 per session (reported by reviewers, not a published rate card) | Cost-sensitive and first-time acupuncture patients willing to trade a private room for a fraction of the price. |
| [Kraken Massage & Body](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-kraken-massage-body) | Yes | No | No | 5.0 ★ · 230 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026) | — | Desk-job jaw, neck and shoulder pain, and post-event athletic recovery. |
| [Elements Massage – Round Rock](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-elements-massage-round-rock) | Yes | No | No | 9.2/10 from 5,022+ reviews (studio's own site aggregator) · 4.7 ★ · 747 reviews (Groupon), observed Aug 2026 | $49–$99 referenced on site (length not stated) · $189 / 90 min per a third-party summary | Late-evening, Sunday or walk-in appointments without a phone call. |
| [Massage In ATX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-massage-in-atx) | Yes | No | No | — | — | Post-surgical lymphatic work, oncology massage, or anyone who wants the same therapist every visit. |
| [Viva Day Spa + Med Spa – Round Rock](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-viva-day-spa-round-rock) | Yes | No | No | 4.8 ★ · 490 Google reviews (per one source) · 4.7 ★ · 201 reviews (Chamber of Commerce), observed Aug 2026 | Prenatal and deep tissue $140–$225 (brand-wide pricing, not confirmed Round Rock-specific) | A polished spa visit with skincare or med-spa services in the same building. |
| [Tao Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-tao-massage) | Yes | No | No | 165 reviews (Google, via Birdeye) · 159 reviews (Yelp), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured | — | Sustained deep pressure from a studio with a long local track record. |
| [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture) *(our studio)* | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | Acupuncture $75 / 60 min · massage $150 / 60 min · acupuncture + massage $175 / 90 min | A Round Rock reader who wants both modalities in one appointment from one licensed practitioner, on a day already heading west. |
| [Satori Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-satori-massage) | Yes | No | No | 4.7 ★ · 75 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026) | — | Kalahari visitors and east-side residents who want a late, bookable independent studio. |
| [Spa Kalahari & Salon](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-spa-kalahari-salon) | Yes | No | No | 31 reviews (Yelp, observed Aug 2026) — no aggregate star figure captured | $140–$235 by service and length (50–80 min), per a published visitor account | Resort guests treating a massage as part of a Kalahari stay. |

*Modality columns come from each business’s own service menu; ratings and prices are cited to the platform or page that published them and were observed in August 2026. A dash means no figure we could verify was published — not that the figure is low.*

## The rankings

Listed 1 to 12. Rank is our editorial assessment for Round Rock readers — nobody paid to appear here or to move up.

## 1. Round Rock Health & Wellness Center — Insurance-billed acupuncture and massage in one 2004 clinic

- **Badges:** Editor's Pick
- **Area:** Double Creek Drive office park
- **Address:** 2251 Double Creek Dr, Bldg 3, Ste 303/304, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Public rating:** 4.8 ★ · 312 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026)
- **Published pricing:** Acupuncture $80–$120 initial · $64–$92 follow-up (self-pay)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Electro-acupuncture, Cupping, Gua sha, Chinese herbs, Massage, Chiropractic
- **Website:** https://rrwellness.com

Start with the paperwork, because that is where this clinic separates itself. It is the only Round Rock provider whose own site publishes an in-network acupuncture list — BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna and UHC — alongside a readable self-pay card that prices initial visits, follow-ups, limited visits and progress exams separately. In a market where most acupuncture practices publish no rates at all, that is a rare amount of information to have before you call. Behind it sits a 21-year-old multi-discipline practice: two named acupuncturists, Dr. Jose G. Peña and Dr. Kunika Bharodia, both LAc, MAOM, DACM and both trained at the American College of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine in Houston, working the same address and phone tree as the massage therapists and the chiropractic side. The acupuncture menu runs past needling into electro-acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, moxibustion, herbs and cosmetic work; the chiropractic side adds prenatal, pediatric and craniosacral care. The obvious caveat is the mirror image of the clinic's strength: massage rates are posted only as an image file, so the one number a massage-only client wants is the one you have to phone for. Two modalities, two sets of practitioners, one billing department — which is a different proposition from one practitioner doing both.

**Strengths**

- The only in-network acupuncture list we found published by a Round Rock provider: BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna and UHC
- Two named, credentialed acupuncturists — Dr. Jose G. Peña, LAc, MAOM, DACM and Dr. Kunika Bharodia, LAc, MAOM, DACM
- Operating since 2004 at the same Double Creek Drive address, with massage, acupuncture and chiropractic reachable on one phone line
- A published self-pay acupuncture rate card broken out by visit type, including limited visits and progress exams

**Considerations**

- Massage pricing is published only as an image file on the site, not as readable text — you have to call for exact rates
- 60-minute massage sessions are booked into 75-minute slots; confirm the hands-on time when you schedule
- Acupuncture and chiropractic route through separate options on one phone tree (press 1 for massage and acupuncture, press 2 for chiropractic)

**Best for:** Patients who want acupuncture billed through insurance, or massage and acupuncture coordinated inside one long-established clinic.

**Source:** [rrwellness.com — acupuncture, pricing and about pages](https://rrwellness.com)

## 2. The Point Wellness — Acupuncturist-founded downtown clinic with a massage menu

- **Area:** Downtown Round Rock, East Main Street
- **Address:** 116 E Main St, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Public rating:** 18 reviews (Yelp) · ~92 reviews (BestProsInTown), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Dry needling, Myofascial deep tissue, Prenatal massage, Lymphatic massage, Reiki, Infrared sauna
- **Website:** https://thepointwellness.com

Founder-discipline shapes a clinic's menu, and this one reads exactly like what it is: a practice built by an acupuncturist, Charleen Whipple, that then added hands-on work around the core. Acupuncture and dry needling sit at the top of the service list; Swedish, prenatal, lymphatic and myofascial deep-tissue massage follow; Reiki, colon hydrotherapy, infrared sauna, local cryotherapy and functional-medicine testing fill out a wellness bench wider than any other clinic in this guide. It is one of only two Round Rock practices we could confirm delivering both massage and acupuncture from the same business, and the only one of the two sitting on Main Street in the historic downtown core rather than in a suburban office park — a real difference if you are combining a session with anything else downtown. Two limits matter. No price list appeared on any page we fetched, so cost is a phone call, which is a meaningful gap in a market where the clinic ranked above it publishes a full acupuncture card. And while local coverage describes Whipple as a seasoned acupuncturist, we could not confirm the L.Ac. abbreviation from a fetched page — the state license lookup settles that in a minute if it matters to you.

**Strengths**

- One of two Round Rock practices confirmed to deliver both massage and acupuncture from the same business
- Acupuncture and dry needling offered alongside Swedish, prenatal, lymphatic and myofascial deep-tissue massage as one coordinated program
- Downtown Main Street location rather than a suburban office park
- Open Monday to Saturday, 8am to 7pm — a longer weekday window than most clinics here

**Considerations**

- No published price list on any page we fetched — rates require a call or a consult
- Closed Sundays
- The founder's credential abbreviation is not published on the pages we fetched; verify through the state license lookup if it matters to you

**Best for:** Readers who want acupuncture, dry needling and massage coordinated by a single downtown practice.

**Source:** [thepointwellness.com + downtownroundrocktexas.com feature](https://thepointwellness.com)

## 3. Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic — Founded 1993 — the longest-running acupuncture practice here

- **Area:** North Mays Street
- **Address:** 1803 N Mays St, Building A, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Massage:** No
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Acupuncture, Chinese herbs, Cupping, NAET allergy treatment
- **Website:** https://aacmc.com

Thirty-two years is the headline. Sue Livingston, L.Ac. opened this clinic in 1993 and still publishes her Texas license number, AC0030, on the site — a small act of transparency that is worth more in this particular market than it would be anywhere else in this series, and one only a handful of Round Rock businesses bother with. She holds an M.S. from Texas Health and Science University and practices alongside Angelica Gonzalez, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M., an NCCAOM-certified acupuncturist. The clinic is a traditional Chinese medicine practice in the older sense: acupuncture, herbal formulas, cupping and NAET allergy work, with no massage menu and no wellness-center add-ons. It also runs on older mechanics. We found no online scheduling — appointments appear to be made by phone — and no aggregate star rating could be verified from any fetched source, only testimonials on directory pages, which we do not treat as independent evidence. One address note that matters for readers searching by street number: this clinic is in Building A at 1803 N Mays St. Publish the building, not just the number, when you look it up.

**Strengths**

- Founded in 1993 — 32 years, the longest continuous acupuncture practice we verified in Round Rock
- Texas license number published on the clinic's own site (AC0030, Sue Livingston, L.Ac.)
- A second NCCAOM-certified practitioner, Angelica Gonzalez, L.Ac., Dipl.O.M.
- Traditional Chinese medicine bench — acupuncture, herbal formulas, cupping and NAET allergy treatment

**Considerations**

- No online scheduling found — appointments appear to be booked by phone
- No aggregate star rating or review count could be verified from a fetched source
- Acupuncture only — no massage offered

**Best for:** Patients who want a long-established traditional Chinese medicine practice with a published license number.

**Source:** [aacmc.com](https://aacmc.com)

## 4. Good Point Acupuncture — Community-model sessions reported at $25 to $29

- **Badges:** Best Value
- **Area:** Red Bud Lane
- **Address:** 2301 Red Bud Ln, Ste 200, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Public rating:** 67 reviews (Birdeye) · 26 reviews (BestProsInTown), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured
- **Published pricing:** $25–$29 per session (reported by reviewers, not a published rate card)
- **Massage:** No
- **Acupuncture:** Yes
- **Modalities:** Community acupuncture, Group recliner sessions, Fully clothed treatment
- **Website:** https://goodpoint-acupuncture.com

The economics here are the product. Yvonne Kettering treats several patients at once, fully clothed, in reclining chairs in a shared room — the community acupuncture model — and that shared setup is what drops a session to the $25–$29 that reviewers consistently report. Against private-clinic pricing in the same town, which runs $64 to $120 a visit at the clinic ranked first in this guide, that is a different order of magnitude, and it is the single strongest argument for trying acupuncture in Round Rock rather than reading about it. Community Impact covered the clinic's five-year anniversary in 2020, placing its opening around 2015, so this is not a pop-up. What you trade is privacy and consultation depth: a shared room is a shared room, and anyone who wants a long one-to-one intake will be better served elsewhere. Three practical caveats before you plan around it. The price comes from reviewer reports rather than a published rate card. The hours we found — afternoons Tuesday and Thursday, mornings Wednesday, Friday and Saturday — come from a directory listing, not the clinic's own site, so call. And the clinic also retails CBD products and doTERRA oils on site, which some readers like to know in advance.

**Strengths**

- The lowest verified acupuncture price in the market — $25–$29 a session, per consistent reviewer reports
- Community model: fully clothed, in recliners, no undressing and no table
- Operating since roughly 2015, per Community Impact's coverage of its five-year anniversary in 2020
- A genuine budget entry point in a town where most acupuncture clinics publish no prices at all

**Considerations**

- Treatment happens in a shared room with other patients — not a private treatment room
- The $25–$29 figure comes from reviewer reports, not a published rate card
- The hours we found came from a directory listing rather than the clinic's own site — confirm by phone
- CBD products and doTERRA essential oils are also sold on site; no massage offered

**Best for:** Cost-sensitive and first-time acupuncture patients willing to trade a private room for a fraction of the price.

**Source:** [goodpoint-acupuncture.com + Community Impact (2020 anniversary)](https://goodpoint-acupuncture.com)

## 5. Kraken Massage & Body — Clinical bodywork bench across the road from Kalahari

- **Area:** Joe DiMaggio Boulevard, opposite Kalahari Resort
- **Address:** 3000 Joe DiMaggio Blvd, Ste 7, Round Rock, TX 78665
- **Public rating:** 5.0 ★ · 230 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Orthopedic bodywork, Intra-oral TMJD massage, Manual lymphatic drainage, Craniosacral therapy, Advanced cupping, Sports recovery, Prenatal
- **Website:** https://krakenmassageandbody.com

Read the service list and the client profile writes itself: orthopedic bodywork, intra-oral TMJD work, manual lymphatic drainage, craniosacral therapy, advanced cupping, sports and athletic recovery, reflexology, prenatal and couples sessions, wrapped in recovery amenities — cold plunge, infrared sauna, red light, BrainTap. That is a narrower, more clinical vocabulary than the relaxation-first menus elsewhere in town, and it lines up with the town Kraken actually sits in: a Dell-heavy workforce carrying jaw and upper-back tension, and a recreational-sports population attached to Dell Diamond and Old Settlers Park. It carries a 5.0 across 230 Birdeye reviews, the highest rating-plus-volume combination in this guide. One thing is deliberately unresolved. A 2023 Community Impact article about a "Kraken Wellness Center" expansion lists acupuncture among the services, while the studio's own referrals page describes sending clients to an outside acupuncturist. Those two signals point in different directions, and neither is stale enough to discard, so this guide ranks Kraken as a massage studio and does not count it toward the town's dual-modality total. If acupuncture in the same building matters to you, one phone call resolves it — we could not.

**Strengths**

- 5.0 ★ across 230 Birdeye reviews — the strongest rating-and-volume combination verified in this market
- Intra-oral TMJD massage, craniosacral therapy and manual lymphatic drainage — a clinical bench most studios here do not carry
- Recovery amenities on site: cold plunge, infrared sauna, red light therapy and BrainTap
- Directly across from Kalahari Resort on the Joe DiMaggio commercial corridor

**Considerations**

- Listed here as massage only: a 2023 expansion article lists acupuncture among its services while the studio's own referrals page describes an outside acupuncturist — we could not resolve which is current
- Session pricing is not published on any page we fetched

**Best for:** Desk-job jaw, neck and shoulder pain, and post-event athletic recovery.

**Source:** [krakenmassageandbody.com + communityimpact.com (2023 expansion)](https://krakenmassageandbody.com)

## 6. Elements Massage – Round Rock — Widest schedule in town, with establishment licenses posted

- **Area:** Louis Henna Boulevard
- **Address:** 603 Louis Henna Blvd, Ste B185, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Public rating:** 9.2/10 from 5,022+ reviews (studio's own site aggregator) · 4.7 ★ · 747 reviews (Groupon), observed Aug 2026
- **Published pricing:** $49–$99 referenced on site (length not stated) · $189 / 90 min per a third-party summary
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Sports and athletic recovery, Walk-in massage, Evening and Sunday sessions
- **Website:** https://elementsmassage.com/round-rock

Franchise massage gets dismissed reflexively, which is a mistake in a market whose defining local story is licensing. Elements posts its establishment license numbers — ME2874 and EE868472 — directly on its own site, publishes a price range, runs a public explainer on what a massage costs in Round Rock, and opens Monday to Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 10am to 7pm with walk-ins accepted. That is the widest published schedule we verified in this town, and for anyone whose real constraint is a 7pm meeting rather than a modality preference, mechanics beat philosophy. Verification of the reviews needs care. The 9.2-out-of-10 figure comes from the studio's own site aggregator, and the count shifted between our fetches (5,022 to 5,041); the independent corroboration is Groupon, at 4.7 across 747 reviews, which is a real number from a platform with no stake in the score. Pricing is partial rather than absent: a $49–$99 range appears on site without a stated session length, and a third-party summary quotes $189 for 90 minutes and $258 for two hours. No acupuncture at this or any Elements location.

**Strengths**

- Establishment license numbers published on the studio's own site (ME2874 / EE868472)
- Monday to Saturday 9am–9pm and Sunday 10am–7pm, walk-ins welcome — the widest published schedule verified here
- A price range published on its own site plus a public cost explainer, in a market where most independents publish nothing
- Independent corroboration of the rating from Groupon: 4.7 ★ across 747 reviews

**Considerations**

- The 9.2/10 headline figure comes from the studio's own site aggregator rather than an independent platform, and the count varied between fetches (5,022–5,041)
- The published price range does not state a session length; the 90-minute and two-hour figures come from a third-party summary
- The Round Rock location's opening date is not published — only the franchise brand's 2009 founding
- No acupuncture

**Best for:** Late-evening, Sunday or walk-in appointments without a phone call.

**Source:** [elementsmassage.com/round-rock + Groupon listing](https://elementsmassage.com/round-rock)

## 7. Massage In ATX — One board-certified therapist, license number published

- **Area:** Double Creek Drive
- **Address:** 2201 Double Creek Dr, Ste 1002, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Manual lymphatic drainage (Vodder), Oncology massage, Orthopedic, Myofascial release, TMJ, Prenatal, Sports
- **Website:** https://massageinatx.com

Moe Marvi works alone, and publishes the paperwork that makes that defensible: Texas Board Certified Massage Therapist, Certified Manual Lymphatic Drainage Therapist, license #MT126513, trained at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin. In a guide whose organizing question is who is actually licensed to do what, a therapist who volunteers the number before being asked earns a place on the list. The bench is clinical rather than general: Vodder-technique lymphatic drainage, oncology massage, orthopedic and Fulcrum deep-tissue work, myofascial release, TMJ, sports and prenatal. There is a published explainer answering the prenatal-safety question directly, which is the kind of thing a solo therapist writes when the question comes up in the room every week. The limits are the ordinary limits of a one-person practice, stated plainly: one calendar, Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm and weekends 10am to 6pm, so a cancellation is a wait rather than a reassignment. Rates live on a separate prices page we could not fetch, and no aggregate rating or review count could be verified from any source — the credentials are the verified part, not the crowd score. One address detail worth publishing precisely: Suite 1002.

**Strengths**

- License number, board certification and CMLDT credential published on the therapist's own site (#MT126513)
- Vodder-technique manual lymphatic drainage and oncology massage — a clinical bench most general studios here do not offer
- Trained at the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School in Austin
- Seven-day availability for a solo practice: Mon–Fri 10am–8pm, weekends 10am–6pm

**Considerations**

- No aggregate rating or review count could be verified from a fetched source
- Rates are on a separate prices page we could not fetch — confirm the figure when you book
- A single-therapist practice: one calendar, with no second therapist to absorb a schedule conflict

**Best for:** Post-surgical lymphatic work, oncology massage, or anyone who wants the same therapist every visit.

**Source:** [massageinatx.com — home, sports massage and prenatal pages](https://massageinatx.com)

## 8. Viva Day Spa + Med Spa – Round Rock — Austin spa brand, nine-to-nine, seven days a week

- **Area:** South Mays Street
- **Address:** 603 S Mays St, Round Rock, TX 78664
- **Public rating:** 4.8 ★ · 490 Google reviews (per one source) · 4.7 ★ · 201 reviews (Chamber of Commerce), observed Aug 2026
- **Published pricing:** Prenatal and deep tissue $140–$225 (brand-wide pricing, not confirmed Round Rock-specific)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Deep tissue, Prenatal massage, Facials, Med-spa treatments
- **Website:** https://vivadayspa.com/locations/round-rock

This is Austin's spa economy arriving up I-35. The parent brand has operated in Austin since 2005 and, per the company's own site, opened Round Rock as its fourth Austin-area location in 2023 — bringing a polished day-spa format, daily 9am-to-9pm hours, and a named medical team on the med-spa side (Aisha White, MD as medical director, with Punam Bhakta, APRN, FNP-C). For a reader who wants massage as part of a longer appointment with skincare or injectables attached, no independent studio in Round Rock offers that combination. Three qualifications keep it out of the top half of this list. Its published massage pricing — $140 to $225 for prenatal and deep tissue — comes from brand-wide pages rather than a Round Rock rate card, so treat those figures as indicative. Its Yelp presence is split across two separate listings (4★ across 87 reviews, and 4.7★ across 82), a listing-hygiene problem that makes the true review picture harder to read than the headline Google figure suggests. And the med-spa menu is cross-sold alongside the massage menu, so a client who wants a therapeutic hour and nothing else should confirm what has actually been booked.

**Strengths**

- Open daily 9am–9pm, weekends included
- Parent brand operating in Austin since 2005; the Round Rock location opened in 2023 per the company's own site
- Published massage pricing pages — more than most Round Rock independents offer
- Named medical staff on the med-spa side: Aisha White, MD and Punam Bhakta, APRN, FNP-C

**Considerations**

- Published prices are brand-wide rather than confirmed Round Rock-specific
- Its Yelp presence is split across two listings (4★/87 and 4.7★/82), so the review picture is harder to read than one number suggests
- Med-spa services are cross-sold alongside massage — confirm you are booking the massage menu, not a package
- No acupuncture at this or any Viva location

**Best for:** A polished spa visit with skincare or med-spa services in the same building.

**Source:** [vivadayspa.com/locations/round-rock + Chamber of Commerce listing](https://vivadayspa.com/locations/round-rock)

## 9. Tao Massage — Ashiatsu barefoot pressure on the I-35 frontage road

- **Area:** North I-35 frontage road
- **Address:** 110 N I-35 Frontage Rd, Ste 230, Round Rock, TX 78681
- **Public rating:** 165 reviews (Google, via Birdeye) · 159 reviews (Yelp), observed Aug 2026 — no aggregate star figure captured
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Ashiatsu, Swedish, Deep tissue, Hot stones, Reflexology, Aromatherapy
- **Website:** https://taomassagetx.com

Ashiatsu is the reason to know this studio exists. Barefoot, weight-assisted deep pressure is a distinct technique rather than a marketing label, and Tao is the only Round Rock studio in our set that lists it. Around that sit Swedish and deep tissue with hot stone, reflexology and aromatherapy add-ons, self-reported 12-plus years in business, Vagaro online booking, and one of the largest independent review footprints in town at 165 Google reviews and 159 on Yelp. Its position on the North I-35 frontage road makes it one of the easier stops for anyone commuting the corridor rather than crossing town. Two things a reader should weigh. The Better Business Bureau lists Tao as non-accredited with a B− rating, citing one filed complaint the business did not respond to — a single data point, published here because it is a matter of public record and takes thirty seconds to check yourself. And prices do not appear on any source we fetched, so the rate is a phone call or a Vagaro page away. Hours run 10am to 8pm Tuesday through Saturday, closing at 5pm Sunday and Monday.

**Strengths**

- Ashiatsu barefoot deep pressure — the only Round Rock studio in our set that lists it
- Self-reported 12+ years in business, with one of the largest independent review footprints in town
- Online booking through Vagaro rather than phone-only scheduling
- I-35 frontage-road location, straightforward for corridor commuters

**Considerations**

- A B− Better Business Bureau rating (non-accredited), citing one filed complaint the business did not respond to
- Prices are not published on any source we fetched
- Sunday and Monday hours end at 5pm; Tuesday to Saturday run to 8pm

**Best for:** Sustained deep pressure from a studio with a long local track record.

**Source:** [taomassagetx.com + bbb.org business profile](https://taomassagetx.com)

## 10. Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac. and LMT, performing both herself

- **Badges:** Our studio
- **Area:** Main Street, downtown Marble Falls (Burnet County)
- **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, Prenatal, Cupping, Chinese herbal medicine
- **Book:** https://marblefallsspa.com/book

Palomino is not a Round Rock business, and this guide is published by it — the disclosure above is not decoration. It sits 52 miles west at 515 Main St in Marble Falls, and it appears tenth because Round Rock is deeper on nearly every axis that governs routine care: two practices delivering both modalities, nine more clinics offering acupuncture alone, an in-network insurer list at one of them, and a $25–$29 community room. What Palomino offers is structural rather than superior. Julie K. O'Leary holds both licenses herself — L.Ac., LMT and licensed herbalist — and performs the acupuncture and the bodywork in the same 90-minute appointment, rather than routing a client between two practitioners on two calendars. She has practiced since 2004, earned her Master of Oriental Medicine at AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin and her BA in Medical Anthropology at UT Austin. The three figures that matter are public: $75 for a 60-minute acupuncture session, $150 for a 60-minute therapeutic massage, $175 for the blended 90-minute session. For a Round Rock reader that combination makes sense in a narrow case — a Highland Lakes day out, or a complaint that has been split across two providers who each saw half of it. For weekly maintenance, book in town.

**Strengths**

- Both licenses held by one practitioner: Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac., LMT and licensed herbalist, performing acupuncture and bodywork herself
- Acupuncture and massage combined inside a single 90-minute appointment rather than split across two visits
- $75 for 60-minute acupuncture, $150 for a 60-minute therapeutic massage, $175 for the blended 90-minute session — all three figures public
- Practicing since 2004; Master of Oriental Medicine from AOMA Graduate School of Integrative Medicine in Austin, BA in Medical Anthropology from UT Austin
- A fixed Main Street address in Marble Falls with online booking

**Considerations**

- Not in Round Rock: 515 Main St, Marble Falls is about 52 miles and 68 minutes west, each way
- One practitioner means one calendar — Monday to Friday 11am–6pm, Saturday by appointment, closed Sunday; several Round Rock studios book until 9pm
- No in-network insurance list is published; Round Rock Health & Wellness Center is the only provider in this guide that publishes one
- The practice rebranded and relocated recently (JKO Massage & Acupuncture, 609 N US Hwy 281 → Palomino, 515 Main St), so directories may still show the former name, address and review history

**Best for:** A Round Rock reader who wants both modalities in one appointment from one licensed practitioner, on a day already heading west.

**About the drive:** Round Rock already has two practices where massage and acupuncture live in the same clinic, so the argument for pointing a car west is not supply — it is continuity. One practitioner, Julie K. O'Leary, L.Ac., LMT, trained at AOMA in Austin, takes the intake, does the acupuncture and does the bodywork herself inside one 90-minute appointment, at published session pricing, with nothing handed off between an acupuncture room and a massage room. RM 1431 begins at I-35 here in Round Rock and ends at US-281 in Marble Falls; Palomino sits at the far end of that same road, about 52 miles and 68 minutes away. For weekly maintenance that arithmetic plainly favors staying home. For a Highland Lakes day out — or for a complaint two providers have each treated half of — the drive buys one continuous session and one person who remembers what happened in the last one.

**Source:** [marblefallsspa.com — services and pricing](https://marblefallsspa.com/services)

## 11. Satori Massage — Three minutes from Kalahari, open daily until nine

- **Area:** Joe DiMaggio Boulevard, near Kalahari Resort
- **Address:** 2851 Joe DiMaggio Blvd, Bldg 3, Unit 6, Round Rock, TX 78665
- **Public rating:** 4.7 ★ · 75 reviews (Birdeye, observed Aug 2026)
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Full body, Couples massage, Sports, Hot stone, Prenatal, Reflexology, Foot massage
- **Website:** https://satorimassagetx.com

Location is the strategy, and Satori says so out loud: it markets itself as three minutes from Kalahari, and it books daily from 10am to 9pm through Square. For a family staying at the waterpark resort whose evening opens up unexpectedly, that combination — walkable-adjacent, late, bookable from a phone without a call — solves a problem the resort spa solves at roughly twice the price. The menu is generalist in the useful sense: full-body and foot massage, couples sessions, sports, therapeutic, relaxation, hot stone, prenatal, body glow and reflexology, at 4.7 stars across 75 Birdeye reviews. Two facts belong in the decision. The studio opened in October 2022 and changed management in August 2023, which means reviews written before and after that transition sit inside the same rating average — read the recent ones rather than the aggregate if consistency matters to you. And no prices appear in any source we fetched; the Square booking page is where the number lives. There is no acupuncture here, which in a town with eleven businesses offering acupuncture is a non-issue unless you were hoping to combine the two in one stop.

**Strengths**

- Open daily 10am–9pm — useful for resort visitors on a waterpark schedule
- Three minutes from Kalahari Resort, at independent-studio rather than resort pricing
- Online booking through Square, no phone call required
- 4.7 ★ across 75 Birdeye reviews, with couples, prenatal, sports and reflexology all on one menu

**Considerations**

- Opened October 2022 and changed management in August 2023, so reviews from before and after the transition sit in the same average
- Prices are not published in any source we fetched — booking runs through Square
- No acupuncture

**Best for:** Kalahari visitors and east-side residents who want a late, bookable independent studio.

**Source:** [satorimassagetx.com + Birdeye listing](https://satorimassagetx.com)

## 12. Spa Kalahari & Salon — The resort ceiling of Round Rock's price ladder

- **Area:** Inside Kalahari Resorts & Conventions
- **Address:** 3001 Kalahari Blvd, Round Rock, TX 78665
- **Public rating:** 31 reviews (Yelp, observed Aug 2026) — no aggregate star figure captured
- **Published pricing:** $140–$235 by service and length (50–80 min), per a published visitor account
- **Massage:** Yes
- **Acupuncture:** No
- **Modalities:** Relaxation massage, Deep tissue, Himalayan salt stone, Hot stone ritual, Prenatal (Mom-To-Be), Salon services
- **Website:** https://www.kalahariresorts.com/texas-round-rock/things-to-do/spa-and-wellness/spa-kalahari-salon/

Every price ladder needs a top rung, and in Round Rock this is it — which is precisely what makes the resort spa useful even to readers who will never book it. A visitor's published write-up puts relaxation massage at $140 for 50 minutes and $210 for 80, deep tissue at $155 and $225, Himalayan salt stone at $160 and $235, with Mom-To-Be and hot stone ritual services in between. Set that against the $60–$130 hourly band the town's independents cluster in, and the trade becomes legible: you are buying the resort, the salon, the locker rooms and the convenience of not leaving the building. The spa runs 9am to 7pm Monday through Thursday and to 9pm Friday and Saturday, inside the waterpark resort on Kalahari Boulevard. Three caveats. Massage and body treatments are limited to guests 18 and over. The day-spa amenities pass is a separate charge from the treatment itself — roughly $75 per one visitor account — so the sticker price is not the whole price. And those rates come from a visitor's account rather than the resort's own published card, so confirm current pricing when you book.

**Strengths**

- A full resort spa and salon inside the Kalahari complex, open to 9pm on Friday and Saturday
- The market's clearest price ceiling — a useful reference point when weighing an independent studio
- A broad treatment menu including Himalayan salt stone, hot stone ritual and prenatal services
- Convenient for anyone already staying at or visiting the waterpark resort

**Considerations**

- Massage and body treatments are restricted to guests aged 18 and over
- The day-spa amenities pass is a separate charge from the treatment (about $75, per one visitor account)
- Published rates come from a visitor's write-up rather than the resort's own rate card — confirm when booking
- No acupuncture

**Best for:** Resort guests treating a massage as part of a Kalahari stay.

**Source:** [kalahariresorts.com spa pages + a published visitor account](https://www.kalahariresorts.com/texas-round-rock/things-to-do/spa-and-wellness/spa-kalahari-salon/)

## Which one is right for you?

**If you're a Dell engineer with desk-locked neck, shoulder and jaw tension trying to book clinical bodywork that treats the jaw and the upper back as one problem rather than a relaxation hour:** choose **[Kraken Massage & Body](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-kraken-massage-body)** — Intra-oral TMJD massage, orthopedic bodywork, craniosacral therapy and advanced cupping sit on one menu, with cold plunge and infrared sauna if you want to extend the visit. It carries 5.0 ★ across 230 Birdeye reviews and sits on the Joe DiMaggio corridor, directly across from Kalahari Resort.

**If you're a first-time acupuncture patient on a tight budget trying to find out whether acupuncture suits you without committing to a three-figure private session:** choose **[Good Point Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-good-point-acupuncture)** — Reported $25–$29 a session, fully clothed, in a shared recliner room — the trade is privacy for price, and it is the cheapest verified way to find out whether acupuncture suits you. Call first: the hours we found came from a directory listing rather than the clinic’s own site.

**If you're an acupuncture patient holding BCBS, Aetna or UHC coverage trying to have a claim billed rather than pay cash every visit:** choose **[Round Rock Health & Wellness Center](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-round-rock-health-wellness-center)** — It is the only Round Rock provider we found publishing an in-network acupuncture list, and it backs that with a self-pay card ($80–$120 initial, $64–$92 follow-up) so you know the fallback price if the claim is denied. Confirm benefits with your plan before the first visit — a website is not an authorization.

**If you're a family staying at Kalahari for the weekend trying to fit a massage into the trip without paying the resort rate or buying an amenities pass:** choose **[Satori Massage](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-satori-massage)** — Three minutes from the resort, open daily to 9pm, bookable through Square without a phone call, at 4.7 ★ across 75 Birdeye reviews. The resort spa remains the better answer if you want the salon, the locker rooms and the convenience of staying inside the building — it just costs $140–$235 per treatment plus the pass.

**If you're a Round Rock reader already planning a Highland Lakes day out trying to get acupuncture and hands-on bodywork in one appointment from one practitioner:** choose **[Palomino Massage & Acupuncture](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/round-rock-tx#p-palomino-massage-acupuncture)** — We found no Round Rock business whose own materials describe a single licensed practitioner delivering both modalities in one session; Palomino’s blended 90-minute appointment is $175, a figure you can check before you drive. It is 52 miles west, so this only makes sense attached to a day in Marble Falls — for routine care, everything above is closer.

## The 68-minute question: what the drive west actually buys

**Drive time:** about 68 minutes · **Typical route:** RM 1431 west from I-35 to US-281 in Marble Falls

Two independent distance calculators put 515 Main St, Marble Falls at about 52 miles and 1 hour 8–9 minutes from Round Rock, on a route that stays on RM 1431 nearly the whole way: the road leaves I-35 in Round Rock, runs west through Cedar Park and along Leander’s southern edge, wraps the north shore of Lake Travis through Jonestown and Lago Vista, and finishes at US-281 in Marble Falls. Neither figure came from a live map pull — the research converged on two mapping sources plus the highway’s own route record — so treat 68 minutes as a clear-weather, no-construction estimate and add time on lake-season weekends.

For routine care that arithmetic does not favor driving, and this guide will not pretend otherwise. Round Rock has two practices running massage and acupuncture inside one clinic, nine further acupuncture-only clinics we verified, insurance billing at one of them, and a $25–$29 community room. Nobody should drive 52 miles for a service available across town at a fraction of the travel time.

The drive earns itself in one specific case: when you want both modalities inside a single appointment from the same licensed practitioner — which we found no Round Rock business describing — and when that appointment is attached to a day you were spending in the Highland Lakes anyway. The session is 90 minutes; Marble Falls is a lake town with a walkable Main Street at the other end of it; the rest of the day is the point.

## Common questions about massage and acupuncture in Round Rock, TX

### Does insurance cover acupuncture in Texas?

Your specific plan decides, not the state, so the only reliable answer comes from the number on your insurance card. What can be verified locally is which clinics bill at all. In Round Rock, Round Rock Health & Wellness Center publishes an in-network acupuncture list covering BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna and UHC. No other Round Rock clinic we fetched publishes an insurer list, and several publish no pricing whatsoever. Ask three questions before a first visit: do you bill my insurer directly, what is the self-pay rate if the claim is denied, and how is the visit coded. HSA, FSA, Medicare and Medicare Advantage rules all differ plan by plan — confirm with your administrator rather than the clinic. If coverage falls through, the town’s $25–$29 community room gives you a fallback price you can check in advance.

### Which Round Rock acupuncture clinics take insurance?

Of the Round Rock acupuncture practices we could verify, one publishes an insurer list: Round Rock Health & Wellness Center at 2251 Double Creek Dr, in-network for acupuncture with BCBS, Cigna, ASH, Aetna and UHC, alongside a published self-pay card at $80–$120 for an initial visit and $64–$92 for a follow-up. The Point Wellness, Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic, Ari Acupuncture, Wholesome Healing, AcuWorks and Good Point publish no insurer list on the pages we fetched — which does not mean they never bill, only that you have to ask directly. Good Point is priced rather than billed: a reported $25–$29 a session, which can land under some specialist copays. Verify benefits with your own plan before booking; a clinic’s website is not an authorization.

### What is community acupuncture, and is a $25 session private?

Community acupuncture treats several patients at the same time in reclining chairs in one shared room, everyone fully clothed. That shared setup is what makes Good Point Acupuncture’s reported $25–$29 session possible. So, no — it is not a private room, and the intake conversation happens in a shared space rather than behind a closed door. Round Rock has ten other businesses offering acupuncture, verified to address level, where a private treatment room is standard, generally at private-clinic prices: the self-pay card at Round Rock Health & Wellness Center runs $80–$120 for an initial visit and $64–$92 for a follow-up. Two practical notes about Good Point: the session price comes from reviewer reports rather than a published rate card, and the clinic also retails CBD products and doTERRA oils on site. The hours we found came from a directory listing, so confirm by phone.

### How do I verify a Texas massage or acupuncture license — and why does it matter more here?

The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation runs a free public lookup at tdlr.texas.gov/verify.htm: search a person or an establishment and you get license status, expiration and enforcement history. It matters here because 2025 produced three enforcement closures of Round Rock massage establishments — “Talent Spa” at 1803 N Mays Street, “ML Massage” at 3001 Joe DiMaggio Blvd Suite 650B, and “Detour Body Works & Spa,” dba “Healing Hand Studio,” at 2201 Double Creek Dr Suite 5006. Two of those street numbers are shared with unrelated, long-established licensed businesses in different buildings or suites: Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic sits at 1803 N Mays St, Building A, and Massage In ATX at 2201 Double Creek Dr, Suite 1002. That is exactly why the lookup beats the address — a street number is not an identity. We report license numbers as businesses publish them.

### Is Massage Envy South Round Rock still open?

Sources disagree, which is why that location is not ranked in this guide. Yelp lists 3107 S I-35 as closed and Yellow Pages as permanently closed, while Massage Envy’s own locator still shows “South Round Rock (TEMPORARILY CLOSED)” together with a hiring message. We could not resolve the conflict from any source as of August 2026, so we report it rather than pick a side. The North Round Rock location at 201 University Oaks Blvd is operating and publishes its rates: 60 minutes at $80 introductory, $130 non-member, $70 member; 90 minutes at $120, $195 and $105. If you hold a membership tied to the South location, call the chain rather than the storefront to find out where your unused sessions transfer.

### Does Spa Kalahari require a resort stay to book a massage?

The resort publishes a Spa Kalahari day-pass and specials page, which indicates spa access is sold separately from lodging — but we could not confirm from the resort’s own rate card whether treatment bookings are open to the general public, so call ahead before planning around it. Two things we can confirm: massage and body treatments are restricted to guests aged 18 and over, and the day-spa amenities pass is a separate charge from the treatment itself, roughly $75 per one visitor account. Treatment prices in a published visitor write-up run from $140 for a 50-minute relaxation massage to $235 for an 80-minute Himalayan salt stone session. Independent studios minutes away price well below that — Satori Massage markets itself as three minutes from the resort.

### How much does a massage cost in Round Rock?

Four tiers, with a wide gap between them. The chains publish the clearest numbers: Massage Envy North lists 60 minutes at $80 introductory, $130 non-member and $70 member, and 90 minutes at $120, $195 and $105; Elements references a $49–$99 range on its own site, with a 90-minute session quoted at $189 and two hours at $258 in a third-party summary. Independent studios cluster around $60–$130 an hour across aggregated third-party mentions, and few publish rates on their own sites, so expect to call. Viva Day Spa lists $140–$225 for prenatal and deep tissue on brand-wide pages that are not Round Rock-specific. Spa Kalahari tops the ladder at $140–$235 for 50 to 80-minute services, per a published visitor account. Compare like durations — an 80-minute resort price is not a 60-minute studio price.

### Do I tip at a medical clinic the same way I tip at a spa?

Consumer tipping guides converge on 15–20% of the service cost at spas and independent studios, rising toward 25% for exceptional work, and they consistently note that tipping is not customary at medical or insurance-billed visits — massage delivered inside a chiropractic or acupuncture practice is treated as a health service rather than a spa service. Round Rock makes the distinction unusually live, because both kinds of business are here in force: Round Rock Health & Wellness Center runs massage alongside insurance-billed acupuncture and chiropractic care at one address, while Viva Day Spa and Spa Kalahari are unambiguously spa settings. If you are unsure, ask at the front desk when you book. It is a normal question, and the answer also tells you which kind of business you are in.

### Which Round Rock clinics run acupuncture and massage on the same schedule?

Two we could confirm. Round Rock Health & Wellness Center has run both services from 2251 Double Creek Dr since 2004, with two named acupuncturists and separate massage therapists on the same schedule and phone line. The Point Wellness, founded by acupuncturist Charleen Whipple at 116 E Main St, lists acupuncture, dry needling and several massage styles as one coordinated program. A third is unresolved: Kraken Massage & Body appeared in 2023 expansion coverage listing acupuncture, while its own referrals page describes sending clients to an outside acupuncturist, so this guide ranks it as a massage studio. In both confirmed cases the two modalities come from different practitioners inside one business. We found no Round Rock business whose own materials describe a single licensed practitioner performing both in one session.

## Nearby guides

- [Best massage & acupuncture in Cedar Park, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/cedar-park-tx)
- [Best massage & acupuncture in Leander, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/leander-tx)
- [Best massage & acupuncture in Austin, TX](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture/austin-tx)
- [All best-of guides for the Hill Country and Austin area](https://marblefallsspa.com/best-massage-acupuncture)

## 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. [Round Rock Health & Wellness Center — acupuncture, pricing, about](https://rrwellness.com)
2. [The Point Wellness](https://thepointwellness.com)
3. [Acupuncture Associates Chinese Medical Clinic](https://aacmc.com)
4. [Good Point Acupuncture](https://goodpoint-acupuncture.com)
5. [Kraken Massage & Body](https://krakenmassageandbody.com)
6. [Elements Massage — Round Rock](https://elementsmassage.com/round-rock)
7. [Massage In ATX](https://massageinatx.com)
8. [Viva Day Spa + Med Spa — Round Rock](https://vivadayspa.com/locations/round-rock)
9. [Tao Massage](https://taomassagetx.com)
10. [Satori Massage](https://satorimassagetx.com)
11. [Spa Kalahari & Salon, Kalahari Resorts](https://www.kalahariresorts.com/texas-round-rock/things-to-do/spa-and-wellness/spa-kalahari-salon/)
12. [Massage Envy — North Round Rock (published rates)](https://locations.massageenvy.com/texas/round-rock/201-university-oaks-blvd.html)
13. [Massage Envy — South Round Rock (status)](https://locations.massageenvy.com/texas/round-rock/3107-s-ih-35.html)
14. [Birdeye — business review aggregation](https://reviews.birdeye.com)
15. [Better Business Bureau — Tao Massage profile](https://www.bbb.org)
16. [Healthgrades — Round Rock acupuncture directory](https://www.healthgrades.com/acupuncture-directory/tx-texas/round-rock)
17. [TDLR — Texas license verification](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/verify.htm)
18. [TDLR press release — three massage establishments closed (Sept 2025)](https://www.tdlr.texas.gov/media/pressrelease/2025-09-16-tdlr-shuts-down-three-massage-establishments-in-midland-and-round-rock.pdf)
19. [KWTX — illicit massage parlor investigation, $41k seized (Oct 2025)](https://www.kwtx.com/2025/10/08/investigation-into-illicit-massage-parlor-central-texas-leads-seizure-41k)
20. [Community Impact — Good Point anniversary; Kraken Wellness Center expansion](https://communityimpact.com)
21. [Thervo — Round Rock massage cost data](https://thervo.com/tx/round-rock/massage)
22. [City of Round Rock — about the city](https://www.roundrocktexas.gov/city-about-round-rock)
23. [Data USA — Round Rock, TX profile](https://datausa.io/profile/geo/round-rock-tx)
24. [Ranch to Market Road 1431 — route record](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranch_to_Market_Road_1431)
25. [Distance Cities — Round Rock to Marble Falls](https://www.distance-cities.com/distance-round-rock-tx-to-marble-falls-tx)
26. [Palomino Massage & Acupuncture — services and published rates](https://marblefallsspa.com/services)

## 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