SERVICES
I strive to help clients of all ages achieve long-term wellness so they can return to the activities they love.
Swedish Massage
A Swedish massage is a popular type of massage therapy known for its use of long, gliding strokes, kneading, deep circular movements, and tapping to promote relaxation and relieve muscle tension. It is a gentle yet effective full-body treatment designed to improve circulation, increase flexibility, and boost overall well-being.
Deep Tissue Massage
Deep tissue massage is a therapeutic technique that focuses on realigning deeper layers of muscles and connective tissue through slow, deep strokes. It targets chronic muscle tension and pain, including "knots" or adhesions (bands of rigid tissue), and is often used for conditions like sports injuries, back tightness, and repetitive strain injuries. Unlike a typical relaxing massage, the pressure is firm and concentrated, which helps to break down scar tissue and adhesions, relieve muscle tension, and improve mobility.
Sports Massage
A sports massage is a specialized form of massage therapy designed for physically active individuals, using techniques to prevent injury, enhance performance, and aid recovery. Unlike a general relaxation massage, it is goal-oriented and focuses on specific muscle groups and issues like muscle tightness, imbalances, and soreness by using methods like deep tissue work, stretching, and trigger point therapy. Sports massage can be used before, during, or after athletic activity, depending on the individual's needs.
Fascial Therapy
Fascial therapy is a manual therapy that involves stretching, manipulating, and applying pressure to fascia, the connective tissue that surrounds and supports muscles, organs, and nerves. It aims to release tension, improve mobility, restore balance, and reduce pain by addressing adhesions and restrictions in the fascial system.
Muscle Energy
Muscle Energy Technique (MET) is a manual therapy method where a patient actively uses their muscles to contract against a therapist's counterforce, which helps to stretch tight muscles, mobilize joints, and relieve pain. It is based on the principles of post-isometric relaxation and reciprocal inhibition, using the body's own muscle energy to promote relaxation and healing. Unlike passive stretching, it is an active technique where the patient plays a key role in the process.
Strain counter strain
Strain Counterstrain is a gentle, hands-on manual therapy technique used to treat muscle and joint pain by identifying tender points and passively positioning the body into a "position of ease" that shortens the affected muscle. This passive positioning, held for about 90 seconds, helps to relax the hypertonic (spasmed) muscle, reduce pain, and restore normal function and range of motion. It is an indirect technique because it moves the body away from the direction of the pain.
Fascial cupping
Fascial cupping is a therapeutic technique that uses suction to lift and separate the layers of skin and fascia, the connective tissue surrounding muscles, joints, and organs. By applying suction with cups made of glass, silicone, or plastic, the therapy increases blood flow, reduces muscle tension, and releases fascial restrictions. This process can help improve mobility, reduce pain, and break up scar tissue, contrasting with traditional massage's downward pressure by using a negative pressure, or pulling, motion.
Visceral Manipulation
Visceral manipulation is a gentle, hands-on therapy that addresses restrictions in the internal organs (viscera) and their surrounding connective tissues to improve function and relieve pain. It is based on the principle that organs need to move freely to maintain health and that restrictions, often caused by injury, surgery, or other issues, can lead to pain or dysfunction elsewhere in the body. A therapist uses specific manual techniques to assess and release these restrictions, which can restore balance and support the body's natural healing abilities.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy (CST) is a gentle, non-invasive bodywork technique that uses a light touch to release tension in the craniosacral system, which includes the membranes and fluids surrounding the brain and spinal cord. By applying subtle pressure to the head, spine, and sacrum, therapists work to improve the function of the central nervous system, promote natural healing, and help alleviate issues like headaches, neck pain, and stress.
Nueurokinetic Therapy
Neurokinetic Therapy (NKT) is a manual therapy that uses muscle testing to identify and correct dysfunctional movement patterns by treating the motor control center of the brain. It addresses the root cause of pain by retrain the brain to use the correct muscles and release overactive compensatory muscles, rather than just treating the symptoms. The therapy involves releasing tight muscles and activating weak ones, which helps restore balance and improve long-term function
Magnet Therapy
Magnetic therapy is used as an active therapy localization and is worn for a period of time to help the body remember functional movement patterns. It includes using static magnets (like in jewelry). This is an experiment I have been using for a while and have been successful in helping the body recover from pain
Eldoa
ELDOA is a system of postural exercises created by osteopath Dr. Guy Voyer that uses specific stretches to create space in the joints, particularly the spine. The name is a French acronym for "Longitudinal Osteo-Articular Decoaptation Stretching" (Étirements Longitudinaux avec Decoaptation Ostéo Articulaire). This method helps relieve pain, improve posture, enhance joint mechanics, and increase muscle tone by stretching and strengthening muscles and fascia.
Anatomy in Motion
Anatomy in Motion (AiM) is a movement-based therapeutic approach developed by Gary Ward that uses the gait cycle (walking) as a roadmap to understand how the entire body is connected. It views the body as a whole and seeks to find the root cause of pain by identifying restricted or compensated movements, which are addressed through corrective exercises to restore optimal, pain-free motion.