Clinical massage therapy is based on the following principles:

• Each individual is a whole organism- everything is connected, and everything is related.  No one is merely the sum of her parts.
• Chronically or pathologically shortened muscle tissue can do no work.
• The soft tissues of the body respond to touch.

Thus, clinical massage therapy involves direct manipulation of the body’s soft tissues to address and relieve pain and dysfunction resulting from a wide range of causes including injury, stress, repetitive motion, postural distortion, restricted breathing patterns, etc., Clinical massage can also assist with symptomatic management of conditions such as fibromyalgia, IBS, MS, Parkinson’s, and other dysfunction.

Clinical massage is structural in nature, and applied techniques include deep muscle sculpting, Swedish, deep tissue, trigger point, myofascial release, passive stretching, massage cupping, and similar approaches.

People sometimes ask if this type of therapy “hurts” and an honest reply might be that “it can hurt good!”  It’s a commonly held misperception that clinical massage must be painful in order to be effective, but in practice nothing is farther from the truth.  Sensitivity levels differ from person to person, and some clients require – and can only tolerate – a very light touch. Others find best relief when a trained therapist applies firm pressure using elbows or forearms, for example. In every case, the therapy is adapted and adjusted to the needs, sensitivity level, and presenting condition of the client.

Services offered include:

• Deep tissue massage
• Chair massage
• Swedish massage
• Reiki