Bodywork and Massage Services
Myofascial Release
Myofascial release is a profoundly effective therapeutic bodywork approach that involves gentle stretching, pulling, compression/decompression, and soft tissue techniques to balance physical structure. It is a gentle way of treating the fascia, the connective tissue that holds the body together and gives it its shape and posture. While muscles go from point A to point B, fascia is like a three-dimensional web from head to toe. It allows for fluid movement, but restrictions from trauma can often cause imbalance that result in physical symptoms. Fascial restrictions cannot be seen by modern diagnostic equipment. Medical science is just beginning to understand the importance of this physiological system that myofascial release treats so effectively.
Rebounding is a therapeutic technique used to compliment myofascial release or any bodywork technique. The tissue is rocked or “rebounded”, which creates a more fluid state in the body; freeing tight joints, softening hardened, knotty areas, improving lymph flow, and creating a more relaxed state. Rebonding is especially helpful for freeing the ground substance or matrix of fascia, which is the direct environment of every cell of the body.
Myofascial Unwinding
Myofascial unwinding is a movement therapy used to compliment structural myofascial release or an bodywork or psychological approach. Unwinding can be thought of as the movement of the mind. When a client feels safe, with the facilitation of a skilled therapist he or she may allow their body wisdom to move them into postions in space that free tension and create inner space. Sometimes the results are perceived as a physical loosening; in other situations, it can release trapped memories, emotions, and belief systems.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral therapy is a very gentle bodywork approach that treats imbalances of the cranial bones and the connective tissue that lines the brain and spinal cord via a body rhythm called the craniosacral rhythm. It has proven to be highly effective for many people with chronic pain, vertigo, tennitus, and many others.
Visceral (Organ) Manipulation
Visceral Manipulation is a gentle approach to restoring freedom and function to the internal organs. This is done by releasing visceral-fascial specific restricitions through skilled palpation and knowledge of the organs, specifically their mobility or movement influenced by outside forces like breathing and voluntary movement, and motility or the inferent movement of the organs themselves. It is thought by its developers that 90% of musculoskeltal restrictions have a visceral component.
Deep Tissue and Sports Massage
Muscle Energy Techniques
Muscle energy techniques are a therapeutic approach designed to mobilize restricted joints, alleviate tension patterns, and to strengthen weak links of the body's kindetic chain. The therapist facilitates the client mobilizing his or her muscles from a controlled position in a specific direction against a counterforce.
Swedish Massage
This is the type of massage often associated with spas. It is generally lighter in pressure and aimed at creating relaxation and calmness. It can be helpful for circulation. As with all bodywork, Swedish massage can release endorphins, “feel good hormones”. Though Swedish massage is not Chad’s passion, there are times he will include some of this with most people he works on; as a little nurturing can often go a long way in transforming mood. And he will gladly serve you in the way that you deem best for you.
Lymph Drainage Therapy
Therapeutic Touch
Where deep tissue massage is a technique noted for deep pressure, therapeutic touch is quite the opposite, with the hands only lightly physically touching the body, if at all. This is a form of energy work, intended to balance the body’s energy flow, dubbed such names as meridians, chakras, chi, aura, and others. While Chad rarely uses energy work for a large portion of a session, he has found that it can be helpful in certain situations, and that it is an excellent tool for locating areas of imbalance and trauma.
Reiki
Reiki is another form of energy work similar to therapeutic touch. which is used to balance the body's energy through intention and light touch to off the body techniques. Some practitioners use this subtle and gentle approach to help people with severe pain and terminal illness.