The road to relazation through Rejuvenating Massage

BY NICOLE STRACEK Wadena Pioneer Journal

WADENA

From playing volleyball, to coaching, to starting a business — Nikki Dykhoff has a passion for helping people be their best selves.

Little did she know that a class assignment on career exploration in her senior year of high school would lead to enrolling at M-State to obtain her massage therapy degree.

“I looked into it, and I’ve always been a person that didn’t like school, but the medical side helping people feel better was one of my passions. However, I knew nursing and all that stuff was not for me,” said Dykhoff.

After graduating from M-State in Wadena, Dykhoff started building her client base as a massage therapist at Glamour Salon working with owner Brittany Ewert. Honing her skills and still looking to go into business for herself in 2015, Dykhoff started Rejuvenating Massage with a mission to follow her passion for helping people feel better while also raising a family.

“I knew that owning a massage therapy business would also allow me to have flexible hours, but it was also a way for me to help people feel better,” Dykhoff said. Dykhoff was also coaching volleyball, and together with her husband Kyle the couple have four children.

“So just balancing family, coaching and the massage therapy business was challenging right away,” Dykhoff said. However, her overall vision for Rejuvenating Massage was to continue to expand upon the services and to bring in additional massage therapists.

“So my vision was to add more therapists and just have it be more of a therapeutic place,” said Dykhoff.

“I also knew Courtney Tumberg was looking to go to school for acupuncture and I thought it would be great to combine our businesses and it would correspond very well with the vision I had.”

After stepping back from coaching volleyball in 2021, Dykhoff said it allowed her to expand on the services within Rejuvenating Massage including acupuncture with Tumberg, aestheticism Whitney Zeise and tanning services. Two years ago Dykhoff added Endless Glow, a 24-hour tanning salon located in the basement that provides clients with the flexibility to utilize the tanning beds whenever they want.