Hilde has been a Massage Therapist for more than 20 years, and loving every minute of it. She had her private practice in New York, and in 2006 with moving to Philadelphia she worked for ten years full time for the Four Seasons Hotel Philadelphia. - Hilde Nieuwenhuijsen's love for her work has made her years of practice a journey, resulting in a wealth of experience and a creation of well- being and happy clientele. She specializes in working with back, hip and neck issues due to stress in Fascia, Visceral and Neural Tissue. - Tension and stress in the Fascia, Visceral / Neural Tissue and Structural System can cause muscular distress and fatigue, nerve impingement and structural misalignment. Often time resulting in a secondary emotional, psychological and spiritual misalignment. With the right techniques and the vast experience that Hilde brings you will be delighted how quickly improvements will occur and how well they stay in place. 
- Hilde facilitates the concept of tensegrity (tension and integrity*). Working with the proprioceptive system, which is the process by which the body can analyze incoming information and immediately decide the tension ratio of the stretch receptors in the muscles which is important for the position of the joints in the body. - Fascia is a dense fibrous connective tissue that intertwines and surrounds with muscles, tendons and ligaments, bones, nerves and the blood vessels of the body. - Visceral tissue is the tissue that suspends the organs within their cavities and wraps them in layers of connective tissue membranes. - Neural Tissue is the nerve tissue. It often gets pinched due to pressure of tight Fascia, Visceral Tissue and Structural Misalignment - - *(Originated by Buckminster Fuller, building on the sculptures of Kenneth Snelson) hide