About Us
Mission Statement
To establish a safe, open and inviting atmosphere in which each client's individual needs are respected and met. To always be highly ethical, professional, skilled and focused. To help guide and nurture an awareness of Mind, Body, Heart and Spirit and the space in between for all.
Where it began
Balance on Buffalo started small in 2002, when Gina Armstrong opened Therapeutic Massage Works LLC in a single rented room in the Prigge Insurance Building on Memorial Drive in Two Rivers. It was a modest beginning with a grand vision: to build a true wellness center.
She and her husband Tom had once gone to look at the old "stained glass place" on the corner of Buffalo and 10th Street — a beautiful cream city brick building dating back to 1889. In the months that followed, Gina kept dreaming of a buffalo, and the dream drew her back to it. In 2009, she returned, purchased the building, and named it Balance on Buffalo — honoring the dream that had led her there.
For Gina, balance has been, and continues to be, a lifelong journey — and Balance on Buffalo is where that journey found its home.
Rebuilt from the ashes
In May 2012, an intense four-alarm fire tore through the historic building, forcing Therapeutic Massage Works LLC to temporarily relocate while the 1889 structure was cleansed, remodeled, and restored. Almost nothing inside survived — but the building's soul did. The beautiful cream city brick walls stood firm, and the original staircase rising to the second story remained, holding the spirit of the place together while everything around it was rebuilt.
After eight months of extensive work, Therapeutic Massage Works returned home to Balance on Buffalo in January 2013 — fully restored, rebuilt, and ready to begin again.
Always growing
Balance on Buffalo continues to grow and flourish across a variety of health and wellness areas. Recent additions have expanded what's possible under our roof — including the Harmonic Egg®, a sound and light energy therapy chamber; the Quantum Energy Wellness Bed (QEWB); and the NovaPod, a multi-therapy wellness capsule for deep, full-body restoration. Each one deepens our commitment to offering meaningful, whole-person care.
That commitment has been recognized along the way, with honors including Best of the Lakeshore and Google's Best Of.
Our reach has grown, too. Since 2016, our Sound Therapy and Well-Being programs have expanded into the corporate arena, and we're proud to bring consistent, professional, and inspiring classes and workshops into the workplace.
SoundSpace USA — Home of the SoundBody Method™
In 2023, Balance on Buffalo opened SoundSpace USA at 5151 Expo Drive in Manitowoc — a light-filled, purpose-built home for the studio's growing sound work. It's a space designed to be felt: quiet, grounding, and made for gathering, where the resonance of Peter Hess® Therapeutic Singing Bowls, gongs, and vibration can be fully experienced.
Today, SoundSpace USA is the home of the SoundBody Method™, Gina Armstrong's signature approach to healing through sound, vibration, presence, and touch. It's where all of Balance on Buffalo's classes and workshops come to life — from immersive trainings and community sound experiences to private sessions on the table.
The space also opens its doors to the wider world of sound and healing. SoundSpace USA welcomes guest teachers of the highest caliber from across the country, bringing their classes, workshops, and expertise to the Lakeshore — so guests can learn from some of the finest practitioners in the field without leaving the community. It's a gathering place as much as a studio: somewhere the tradition Gina has spent a lifetime cultivating continues to grow, deepen, and welcome others i
Out in the community
Over the years, Balance on Buffalo has reached well beyond its own walls. Gina Armstrong has brought Reiki and Sound Vibration classes into the community through UW Manitowoc, UW Sheboygan, and UW Fox Valley — sharing the practice with students eager to learn. She also continues to oversee the massage therapy program at Acuity Insurance in Sheboygan, a program she developed more than twenty years ago and has nurtured ever since.
The vision first took shape in 2001, while Gina was in massage school — a quiet idea of what a true healing space could be. In the years since, that vision has shifted and grown alongside everyone who has walked through the doors of Balance on Buffalo. And while we've grown in so many ways, we continue to cultivate our massage therapy program at the heart of it all — providing professional, licensed massage therapists who are authentic and genuinely care about every client who walks through the door.
Our goal has always stayed the same: to offer a safe, nurturing space that welcomes all who are seeking — a place to explore, grow, learn, heal, and, if they choose, transform their lives. To those who grace Balance with their presence each day, and to everyone who has felt even a glimpse of the heart space that is Balance, we give thanks. We are forever grateful for the hands and hearts that have supported and helped create the Balance on Buffalo that shines today.