Massage Techniques

Muscle Energy Technique – this is a soft tissue treatment that requires active participation from the client. (It is thought that active participation from the client helps the client get better faster and more thoroughly than no participation.) This involves very gentle movements, from the client, with equal resistance from the therapist.

Active Isolated Stretching – a concept taught by Aaron Mattes. This, again, requires active participation from the client. This form of stretching has a goal in mind, which is to increase flexibility of that joint, via stretching. If that is not the goal, or result, of YOUR stretching program, you are wasting your time and you need to call me!

Positional Release – this may or may not involve much participation from the client. The therapist uses the client’s arms and legs to put the body in a ‘position of ease,’ which will allow the client’s body to ‘let go’ of the ‘position of tension’ it was previously holding on to.

Cranial Mobilization – Again, this may or may not require participation. The therapist uses different amounts of pressure against different parts of the client’s cranium, in order to induce relaxation of the muscles which attach to the cranium and also those which attach to the spine.

Any, or all, of these treatments may be used by the therapist to achieve the best results for your treatment. All of them may cause you to be sore the next day. It might feel like you had an intense workout, even though most of the above techniques are quite gentle.