Therapeutic Services
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Our belief is that most chronic muscular and joint pain is a result of improper movement patterns over the course of time. For example, many of our clients work in office environments. They misuse their bodies by slouching in their chairs at a computer all day. Then, they drive to the gym and try to make that same body move through a series of vigorous exercises. Those same tightened muscles that allowed them to survive in an office chair all day, are not able to suddenly become pliable and perform at optimal levels. Over time, (sometimes a long time, sometimes short) people begin to experience pain.
Our method of treatment is to re-educate the body about how it was originally designed to move. We do this through combining therapy and exercise. Our staff of Licensed Massage Therapists have extensive backgrounds in exercise. Some are Personal Trainers and Coaches, others have been trained in healing modalities such as the Egoscue Method, Alexander Technique, Cranial Sacral, Body Mapping, and Feldenkrais Technique. Combining therapy and exercise, we are able to get these clients back into the gym.
MASSAGE THERAPY
We offer Deep Tissue, Sports and Therapeutic Massage Therapy, as well as Movement Therapy. First time massage therapy clients should plan to arrive 15 minutes early for their first appointment. This allows the therapist to take a full health history and gives the client time to ask questions. At the end of the massage the client will have time to reconnect and clear their head. The therapist will also provide a treatment plan to address tension, holding patterns, scar tissue or fascial restrictions that may have been discovered. Addressing these issues sooner, rather than later, will improve overall well being and increase quality of life.
MOVEMENT THERAPY
• Somatic Sensory Motor Re-education
• Neuromuscular Re-education
• CranioSacral Therapy
• Manipulation of soft tissue via myofacial release
• Therapeutic specific exercise
This work will positively affect your life like nothing you have ever done!
Integrated Functional Exercise is Good For:
• TMJ (Temporomandibular Joint Disorder)
• Headaches
• Lower back pain
• Therapeutic exercise
• Posture
• Alternative health care
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