I use a variety of techniques to help my clients achieve their goals of reduced pain, increased range of motion, reduced stress and increased general wellness.
As a clinical massage therapist my goal is to help people achieve therapeutic goals like pain relief, increase range of motion, and improve quality of life using a variety of techniques, and clinical reasoning Muscle Energy Techniques, (MET) which is a contract and stretch technique that uses the body's self protection systems to help relax muscles. Trigger Point Therapy, which is fairly simple in
practice. Find the spot in a sore muscle that is most sore, usually accompanied by a knot, and press on it until it relaxes. Doing this temporarily suffocates the erratic muscle fibers and causes them to reset, reducing or eliminating pain. Myofascial Stretch, which is also fairly straightforward, I pin and stretch a selected muscle while I have my client contract it's antagonist(s), the muscles that work opposite it, to stretch out both the muscle fibers and the connective tissue of the muscle. Craniosacral Therapy, (CST) which is a very good stress reducer and general whole body treatment because it fully activates the parasympathetic nervous system (Rest and Digest system) to help the body return to it's natural emotional, physical and psychological state. CST is also an almost imperceptibly subtle group of techniques where the movements are so small and gentle they are rarely felt. Though CST is also a highly invasive technique, because it works below the body's level of perception, and therefor below it's level of psychological guarding. Myofascial Release, also under the umbrella of CST technically, it uses the same subtle movements to realign fascia - the connective tissue that connects all parts of the body together - to reduce pain, relax muscles and calm stubborn trigger points.
