SPRINGFIELD — Stressed by midterms? Or work? Then hopefully you had a chance to visit the Campus Spa Day.

The spa came to the students with the hopesof massaging away their stress.

When students arrived in the A. Lincoln Commons at Lincoln Land Community College on Oct. 22, they had an option to sign in to get a spa treatment.

While waiting in line for the spa, they could have had chips, granola bars and water.

But when one’s name was called, the 30-minute pampering began.

It started with a nice hand massage during which one’s hand was dipped into a hot paraffin wax to get his or her hands soft, smooth and smelling good.

Freshman Matt Miller said the paraffin wax “was hot and gross, but it felt good.”

After the hand treatment, students leaned back into the massage chair to get a back, feet and calve message. Students then got an oxygen treatment with the smell of grapefruits and sounds of the ocean waves in the background.

But that was not the end of the treatment. Each student went on to have a personal massage by therapist Jennifer Schmid. She has been a therapist for 14 years and has been doing the campus spa for 10 years.

Campus spa is a mobile spa with different teams that go to campuses during midterms and finals. They sometimes go to band festivals, fairs and carnivals.

The campus spa was provided by Planned Parenthood, according to Michelle Burger, LLCC’s student engagement coordinator. The event also was sponsored by the Student Life.

Miller, who let out a sigh during the treatment, said that he enjoyed the spa day.

Madison Mings can be reached at 217-786-2311 or [email protected].