Bodywork

Chair Massage

During my time with Windy City Massage in Chicago, IL we had a client who booked me quite frequently for teacher days at the public schools. I was able to see a wide range of clients at these schools and offer them relief through chair massage. I found working with teachers and administration to be especially rewarding considering all of the hard work they do day to day for these kids.

Sports Massage

I spent four months interning at the Wellfit Triathlete training facility in Chicago, IL working on the athletes. They would have specific muscle groups needing work with PNF, assisted stretch, and massage. This work was very rewarding as I spent time working on many athletes coming straight from workouts or heading right into workouts. Through massage they could see measurable difference in their performance and comfort.

Pregnancy

Work at a chiropractic clinic in Chicago, IL during a time that I was the only certified prenatal massage therapist meant that I worked on all of the prenatal clients in a clinic that specializes in chiro[ratic for pregnancy. I worked at a chiropractic clinic in Chicago, IL that specialized in prenatal chiropractic and massage. As the only prenatal certified massage therapist in the building I was able to work with many prenatal clients. Working with prenatal clients is very rewarding as you are able to offer those 60 -90 sessions of total relaxation for mothers-to-be while getting to the typical tricky areas of discomfort that tend to be in the hips, low back, and shoulders.

Piedmont Spa - Massage Therapist

Since moving to Oakland, CA. I've been working at Piedmont Spa as one of their eighteen massage therapists. The spa is very much like a family with many clients who've been coming for 30-40 years (opened in 1980). We have many types of clients and I have had clients coming in for grief massage, prenatal massage, sports (PNF, assisted stretch, trigger point, myofascial), general relaxation, reflexology for specific medical conditions (seeking complimentary care), MS, fibromyalgia, anxiety, depression, stress, and more specific deep tissue work. I continue to enjoy working at Piedmont Spa.

Oncology Massage

The accelerated class Massage for Cancer is approved by the California Massage Therapy Council and the Board for Registered Nursing. We were taught by Kim Thompson who has been an oncology massage therapist for twenty years and worked with cancer patients during our studies. The course was comprehensive. To be able to provide caring and gently massage while keeping in mind the specific safety protocols for this population is incredibly rewarding. I am pursuing the title of preferred practitioner with the Society for Oncology Massage and a volunteer opportunity with Charlotte Maxwell Cancer Clinic in Oakland.