massage therapy

Whether you’re coming to massage therapy to help an injury heal, to peak for a key event, or as part of your overall self care, I hope you’ll find my detailed, structural and goal oriented massage style particularly effective. 

Utilizing fascial release techniques, trigger point therapy, deep tissue and sports massage, I treat overuse and injury, aid in recovery, and help bodies regain and maintain postural alignments.

My style feels different than most typical massages, often invoking the question of what it is exactly that I'm doing. I work slowly and specifically, continually evaluating as I treat.

Depth is not necessarily the aim, although we may work exceptionally deep. Specificity is the emphasis—taking in information and targeting where work it's needed.

I work slowly, for lasting change, making sure the nervous system is accepting the work. I love problems and specialize in treating even the most difficult of injuries using a combination of modalities. 

fascial release techniques

Fascia is everywhere in the body, enveloping not just the muscles, tendons and ligaments, but everything, everywhere—bones, organs, blood vessels, nerves. Fascial work can help to release adhesions that may have developed throughout—from injury, trauma and long term postural or movement imbalances. The relief from this work can significantly help restore freedom of movement with decrease in acute and chronic pain.

trigger point therapy

Trigger points form in muscle and tendon tissue due to repetitive stress, weakness, postural imbalance—over and underuse. These knots or taut bands often radiate to other areas in the body, creating sometimes vague yet often intense pain. Releasing them with static pressure can greatly restore proper function and alleviate symptoms. 

deep tissue

From my vantage point, deep tissue can mean whatever the user wants it to. So in general terms, I'd have to say that deep tissue work is the cornerstone of what I do—I use a combination of fascial release techniques and trigger point therapy to work with purpose and specificity.

sports massage

Sports massage is another relatively non-specific term, but you can think about it’s purpose as aiming to get blood flowing to tissues in preparation for movement, or to speed recovery immediately following intense effort. During these times, the goal is to get you loose and ready to perform rather than to make big structural changes in which your body may need time to restore and adapt.