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Integrated Massage Therapy is a unique combination of the techniques that I learned through 20 years of training and
hands-on experience. It really developed itself as I came to understand two basic principals: a) that although
all modalities may work, they work best when the body is ready for that modality and b) that a pre-programmed routine or single
focus usually does not serve all clients well. Therefore, Integrated Massage Therapy is a customized, often moment-to-moment
intuitive experience, drawing on the appropriate aspects of the following modalities:
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THERAPY is a system of structured palpation or movement of the soft tissue of the body. You are covered by a sheet and blanket
and kept warm on a heated, padded table, with only the area being worked on exposed. The many benefits of massage may include
generalized relaxation, dissolution of scar tissue adhesions, and improved circulation, which may speed healing and reduce
swelling from injury. Massage enhances your general health and well-being.
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DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE utilizes deep-tissue/deep-muscle
massage techniques that affect the sub-layer of musculature and fascia. It helps with chronic muscular pain and injury
rehabilitation. I generally integrate it with other massage techniques.
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MUSCLE TESTING involves
finding a muscle that is unbalanced and then attempting to determine why that muscle is not functioning properly. Corrections
may involve specific joint manipulation or mobilization, various myofascial therapies, cranial techniques, meridian and acupuncture
balancing, nutrition, dietary management, counseling skills, and evaluating environmental irritants. (Adapted from www.icak.com.)
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TOUCH
FOR HEALTH combines methods and techniques that include acupuncture principles, acupressure, muscle testing, massage, and
dietary guidelines. Muscle testing determines which muscles are strong or weak, indicating if a physical problem or organ
malfunction exists. A variety of methods are used to strengthen weak muscles or otherwise correct imbalances, including
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POSITIONAL RELEASE is a noninvasive treatment that
helps decrease protective muscle spasms and alleviate dysfunction in the musculoskeletal system. By properly positioning you
for ninety seconds, I can help restore pain-free movement. After resuming the original position and pressing the trigger point,
the referred pain is gone.
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MUSCLE ENERGY is a direct manual
therapy used to normalize joint dysfunction and increase range of motion. I evaluate the primary areas of dysfunction in order
to place the affected joints in precise positions that enable us to perform gentle isometric contractions. These directed
movements help correct neuromuscular and joint difficulties.
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LYMPH DRAINAGE THERAPY developed by
Bruno Chikly, M.D. is unique in that his system, in addition to manually moving the lymph, taught me how to palpate and identify
the rhythm, direction, and quality of the lymphatic flow. This allows me to access more specific lymphatic clearing.
Lymph Drainage Therapy helps to build the immune system, clear inflammation from organs, muscles and cells, and maintain breast
health often clearing cystic breasts and stretch marks.
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CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY is a gentle method
of evaluating and enhancing the function of the craniosacral system. This manual therapy enhances the body’s natural
healing process and has proven effective in caring for a wide range of problems associated with pain and dysfunction.
Since this system influences the development and function of the brain and spinal cord, any imbalance or dysfunction in the
craniosacral system could cause sensory, motor, or neurological disabilities. Craniosacral Therapy encourages the body’s
natural healing mechanisms to improve the functioning of the central nervous system, dissipate the negative effects of stress,
and enhance health and resistance to disease.
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HANNA SOMATIC EDUCATION is a system of sensory-awareness
and neuromuscular training making it possible for you to recognize, release, and reverse chronic pain patterns resulting from
injury, stress, repetitive motion, or habituated postures. Somatic exercises relieve tension quickly, lengthen and relax muscles,
reduce pain, and help you regain comfort.
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ESOTERIC HEALING is a healing performed through the
energy field (which flows through and around us) and the chakras, or energy centers of the body. Each of the seven major centers
vitalizes its related endocrine gland(s). It is possible to map and measure this field and to assist in the restoration of
good health through working to rebalance the energy field. This work is performed in your energy field, without touch, and
works variable distances from the body.
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MATRIX ENERGETICS is a complete system of healing,
self-care and transformation. It is powered by intent, which has a physical and observable effect. Matrix Energetics starts
with a gentle light touch and the power of focused intent and can be used to heal, to transform and to create new possibilities.
It's very much about transforming your beliefs concerning healing, disease and the structure of reality. Matrix
Energetics sometimes appears magical in its expression but is based on the laws and expression of subtle energy physics and
the concepts and laws of quantum physics. (Adapted from www.matrixenergetics.com)
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FIRST
LINE THERAPY is a comprehensive program that provides you with the knowledge you need to make healthy lifestyle choices each
day going forward. Therapeutic lifestyle change programs are based on the premise that many of the chronic conditions associated
with aging—e.g., hypertension, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and osteoarthritis—are not inevitable consequences
of the aging process. Instead, these conditions are largely preventable simply by making sound lifestyle choices. Symptoms
that many view as signs of aging—such as low energy, poor memory, low libido, chronic pain, and weight gain—are
not signs of aging, but rather signs of illness. Simple lifestyle changes can help bring balance to the body and the
body heals itself. Linda is a Certified First Line Therapy Lifestyle Educator.
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TBM, using muscle testing and
reflex points, helps eliminate the roadblocks to health by turning on the healing ability of the body and letting your natural
energy do the work to correct imbalances. By integrating a series of tapping and breathing techniques, TBM helps the
body synchronize and balance its parts so they communicate effortlessly and heal themselves. It strengthens the body’s
innate knowledge of how to repair itself. TBM is used to address a range of health issues including fibromyalgia, parasites,
chronic fatigue, allergies, sugar addiction and cellular damage.
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AROMATHERAPY is the use
of essential oils (extracted from herbs, flowers, resin, woods, and roots) in body and skin care treatments. Used as
a healing technique for thousands of years by the Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans, essential oils aid in relaxation, improve
circulation, and help the healing of wounds. Aromatherapy diffusers are often utilized to fill the massage room with the healing
scent of the specific oils.
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CONTINUUM
is a visionary inquiry into our capacity to innovate and participate with the essential, generative, and biological movement
processes of life. Continuum explores the idea that what we call a body or a brain is actually a creative, nonlinear, unfolding
event. Movement is something we are, as well as something we do.
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BRAIN GYM (or Educational Kinesiology)
is a sensorimotor program based on research by educational therapists, developmental optometrists, and other specialists in
the fields of movement, education, and child development. Brain Gym consists of targeted activities similar to those performed
naturally by young children as part of the process of brain development. Brain Gym prepares learners with the physical skills
they need to read, write, concentrate, organize, and otherwise function effectively. Linda's experience is
that Brain Gym also helps the elderly population.
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