Question: What attracted you to a career in massage?
I suffered many injuries during my time serving in the United States Marine Corps. Although I had a less physical office job afterwards, I suffered from an extreme amount of chronic pain and migraines caused by my injuries. I have a young child and a sensitivity to medications, so my search for relief let me to the wonderful world of holistic medicine and massage. Not only have I found a way to start my own path to healing, I discovered a career that I love and that enables me to continue to help others.
Question: Which school did you attend and which certifications do you hold?
I graduated from Bellus Academy in Poway, California on January 24, 2017. I am a CAMTC Certified Massage Therapist and Holistic Health Practitioner. I also hold a Wellness for Cancer, Level 1 Certification.
Question: What techniques do you specialize in?
I can do it all!
Modalities: Swedish, Deep Tissue Muscle Sculpting, Hot Stone, Prenatal, Sports, Chair, Manual Lymphatic Drainage, Trigger Point Massage, Thalassotherapy, Body Wraps/ Body Scrubs, Thermotherapy, Cryotherapy, and Contrast Therapy, Ayurvedic and Traditional Chinese Medicine, Neuromuscular Therapy. Basic Craniosacral and Shiatsu Techniques, Reflexology, and Nutrition.
Techniques: Muscle Energy Techniques, Deep Transverse Friction, Strengthening/Lengthening, Stretching, Myofascial release, Range of Motion Exercises, Kinesiology Taping, Postural and Gait Evaluations, and Orthopedic Procedures.
Equipment Knowledge: Vichy Shower Treatments, Hydro Tub Spa Treatments, Hot Stone Warmers, Hot Towel Cabbie.
Product Knowledge: Biotone’s massage lotion, crème, gel, and oil; Sugar Body Polish, Exfoli-Sea Salt, Glow, and Firmi-SeaBody Mud. Kerstin Florian’s Aromatherapy Turkish Body Scrub with Eucalyptus. SpaZone’s Slimming Seaweed Gel. Biofreeze, Sombra, Prossage, and a variety of essential oils for aromatherapy.
Question: What issues or conditions does your work help improve?
Massage is known to help alleviate pain and increase relaxation from symptoms related to anxiety, depression, PTSD, high blood pressure, anorexia, bulimia, hypertension, and carpal tunnel syndrome. In addition it can help relieve pain due to tennis elbow, golfer's elbow, frozen shoulder, texter's/gamer's thumb, sciatica, muscle pain, tension, joint pain, range of motion, arthritis, and fibromyalgia. I also work to ease side effects from radiation and chemotherapy, plus so much more!
Question: What hobbies and other interests do you have?
Being a mom is a full time hobby for sure, but I am an artist at heart and enjoy sharing my creativity with the world!