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The benefits of therapeutic massage are widely recognized.  Regular massage improves your health and well being by helping you release muscle tension, improve circulation, and reduce the effects of stress.  Before your massage, I will consult with you so that you can decide the therapy which will address your specific needs.

 

    Swedish Massage

A gentle to firm, soothing massage using long strokes, kneading and friction techniques on muscles. Improves your blood circulation and helps relieve muscle tension. You will feel relaxed and energized.

    Deep Tissue Massage

Incorporates specific techniques to effectively relieve all layers of muscle affected by chronic pain and tension build up. Great for people who want the benefits of a Swedish massage, combined with a firm hand to work chronic knots.

    Polarity

There is little doubt that we are beings of energy.  That is why you often hear people say things like, "I’m feeling so drained today." Or when someone praises you for something well-done, think about the surge of energy you felt from that experience.  Or think about a time when you didn’t do something or go somewhere because it just didn’t ‘feel’ right.  Those are all energetic experiences.  Polarity work is an energy balancing massage--Gentle touch intended to recharge and cleanse your body and spirit.This technique incorporates verbal reflections and feedback.

    Body Insight

A type of deep massage developed by Gary Salinger of the Healing Arts Institute in Ft. Collins, Colorado.  Muscles have memory.  That is why people, over time, develop patterns of walking, standing, sitting, running, and basically every movement we do.  With all the thinking that the brain has to do every second of every day, we do not often take much time to notice our own patterns of movement.  Body insight works at a deeper level within the muscle, to reset the length of that muscle. This is accomplished through movement done by the client and by the therapist.

    Pre/Post Natal Massage

A gentle massage given to help reduce stress, anxiety and many of the physical discomforts which can be experienced during and after pregnancy.

    Sports Massage

Specific movements designed to reduce injuries, alleviate inflammation, and warm up muscles before and after training or events. Helps to prevent, or accelerate recovery from, sports related injuries.

    Postural Correction

As part of my training, I was shown how to see deviations in posture.  What this technique does is examines an individual’s patterns of movement, and brings them to the attention of that person.  (Often, simply having an awareness of your posture can cause you to work to change it.)  What I do to supplement that awareness is to work certain muscle groups so that these postural deviations can be corrected.

    Breathing

No one will disagree with the simple fact that oxygen is absolutely crucial to our survival.  And in fact, the more good, clean oxygen that we get, the better we think, process food, run, walk, and do all the movements and actions of our everyday life.  When our breathing becomes more shallow, we inhibit every one of our daily tasks from being performed as well as they should be.  This technique works to help people recognize their own breathing patterns and work to breathe more effectively.

    Breakdown of scar tissue   (Read More)

Because surgery is invasive, people will often mentally neglect and even reject the part of the body which was operated on.  What this generally means is that people will not touch or even take much notice of the part of the body where they had the operation.  What then happens is that the part of the body which was operated on will not be moved much or worked with, and thick scar tissue can develop.  This type of massage aims at working to break down the scar tissue, because scar tissue can restrict movement and can also create unnecessary pain.  (Read More)

    Hydrotherapy

Hydrotherapy is something which most Americans already do in some form.  When you have a sore muscle, you will get out the heating pad.  When you have sore joints, you may get out an ice bag.  Sometimes, muscles become so tight that they are "as hard as a rock."  When a therapist ices a muscle, it can cause the muscle to become numb, allowing a therapist to work into a muscle without causing a client pain.  Similarly, heat can bring blood and nutrients into an area, causing a muscle to open up.  Also, sometimes it just feels good on a hot day to have an ice pack to cool you down, or on a cold day to have a heating pack/pad to warm you up.

I believe that we all have the power to heal from any dis-ease that we encounter.  I know that I have been given gifts to help healing within myself, as well as to help others learn how to heal themselves.

My goal is to work with you to develop rapport and healing, and to have you go away from a session feeling relaxed, refreshed, and ready to have the most positive impact you can in the world.

So within my sessions, I try to use the different forms of healing and relaxation that I know.  If you would like to ask me any questions about anything I've listed above, or any other questions relating to massage, please email  [email protected]

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