Musculoskeletal Pain: I treat pain from muscles, joints and nerves in most places of the body. Massage therapy frequently decreases the pain, and sometimes eliminates it. This often involves deep tissue massage, trigger point therapy and joint mobilizations. I always work within your comfort level.
Postural Concerns: I often address postural issues during treatment. Sometimes this is the primary focus, other times it is a small part of addressing the pain concerns. This is usually done with myofascial release (MFR). I do direct myofascial release within your comfort level to open up closed and tight areas of the body. I often do this in the upper chest area where we all tend to hunch.
Swelling: I treat swelling, edema and lymphedema through manual lymph drainage (MLD). I have extensive training in MLD through the Dr. Vodder School of North Americal. www.vodderschool.com Swelling can be from acute injuries, chronic injuries, arthritis, venous issues and lymph node removal.
TMJ/TMD: Many people have jaw pain or grind their teeth. I have massaged many people in a process of reducing their jaw pain and/or grinding. The massage is done either outside the mouth, inside the mouth, or both. Often clients get the best results when they are using a bite plane and doing the massage together. The jaw joint is officially the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Disfunction in this joint is commonly called TMJ, but can be more accurately called temporomandibular disfunction (TMD).
Breast Massage: Breast massage is not a common part of massage therapy, but it can be a very needed one. Massage can decrease breast pain, help with scar tissue from surgeries or breast feeding, and help with fluid drainage. It is always done with gentle techniques, as breast tissue does not include muscles. I usually use manual lymph drainage (MLD). Please let me know if you want to discuss breast massage.
Osteoarthritis: While massage therapy does not cure any arthritis, it can benefit many forms of arthritis by decreasing swelling. For osteoarthritis in particular massage therapy can help with imbalances between tight muscles and weak muscles. Often there is an imbalance front to back or left to right. Additionally, improving postural issues will slow the progression of osteoarthritis. The massage can include manual lymph drainage (MLD), deep tissue massage and myofascial release. All within your comfort level.
Stress: Our society is very stressful. It is easy for us to take this stress into our bodies. This can be felt as tension, tightness, or pain. Massage therapy can help decrease the effects of stress on your body, and teach you ways to take less stress into your body. Massage therapy to reduce stress is as varied as there are clients and therapists. Let me know what sounds relaxing to you, and we will develop your treatment plan accordingly.
Postural Concerns: I often address postural issues during treatment. Sometimes this is the primary focus, other times it is a small part of addressing the pain concerns. This is usually done with myofascial release (MFR). I do direct myofascial release within your comfort level to open up closed and tight areas of the body. I often do this in the upper chest area where we all tend to hunch.
Swelling: I treat swelling, edema and lymphedema through manual lymph drainage (MLD). I have extensive training in MLD through the Dr. Vodder School of North Americal. www.vodderschool.com Swelling can be from acute injuries, chronic injuries, arthritis, venous issues and lymph node removal.
TMJ/TMD: Many people have jaw pain or grind their teeth. I have massaged many people in a process of reducing their jaw pain and/or grinding. The massage is done either outside the mouth, inside the mouth, or both. Often clients get the best results when they are using a bite plane and doing the massage together. The jaw joint is officially the temporomandibular joint (TMJ). Disfunction in this joint is commonly called TMJ, but can be more accurately called temporomandibular disfunction (TMD).
Breast Massage: Breast massage is not a common part of massage therapy, but it can be a very needed one. Massage can decrease breast pain, help with scar tissue from surgeries or breast feeding, and help with fluid drainage. It is always done with gentle techniques, as breast tissue does not include muscles. I usually use manual lymph drainage (MLD). Please let me know if you want to discuss breast massage.
Osteoarthritis: While massage therapy does not cure any arthritis, it can benefit many forms of arthritis by decreasing swelling. For osteoarthritis in particular massage therapy can help with imbalances between tight muscles and weak muscles. Often there is an imbalance front to back or left to right. Additionally, improving postural issues will slow the progression of osteoarthritis. The massage can include manual lymph drainage (MLD), deep tissue massage and myofascial release. All within your comfort level.
Stress: Our society is very stressful. It is easy for us to take this stress into our bodies. This can be felt as tension, tightness, or pain. Massage therapy can help decrease the effects of stress on your body, and teach you ways to take less stress into your body. Massage therapy to reduce stress is as varied as there are clients and therapists. Let me know what sounds relaxing to you, and we will develop your treatment plan accordingly.