Therapeutic Massage

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• Deep tissue massage

• Swedish massage

• Myofascial release

• Trigger point therapy

• Active and passive stretching

• Neuromuscular release techniques

For a list of some of the conditions that can be helped by massage therapy, click here.

Technically skilled, intuitive, knowledgeable

I tailor every massage session to the individual client—

no cookie-cutter massages here!

Every person is different, and each person's body has different needs.

Those needs will also vary from session to session,

so it is seldom that any two sessions will be exactly the same for a single client.

 

Included in therapeutic massage are the following modalities:

• Swedish massage: your "typical" massage. Strokes are long and relaxing. I will work deeply or lightly, depending on your preference.

• Deep tissue massage: deep strokes and pressure to release deep muscles and fascia (fascia is  the connective tissue that surrounds all the muscles and organs of the body; when it is restricted, it causes the muscles to bind).

• Myofascial release: release of muscle (myo) fascia.

• Trigger point therapy: release of specific muscle points on the body, thus allowing other muscles to relax.

• Active and passive stretching.

• Neuromuscular release techniques that you can do on your own to correct chronic or acute back and neck problems.

I have an extensive knowledge of anatomy, and bring that, as well as my intuitive skills, to the work. Depending on your needs and what you desire in a session, I may also incorporate craniosacral or polarity therapy (energy work). Nine times out of ten, I find that when a person's muscles will not release, some gentle energy work with the fascia removes residual mental and emotional tension. After two to ten minutes of this work, the muscles and fascia have softened enough to respond to massage.