Bodysmith

I have always had a willingness to help people and found that helping people recover and prevent physical pain was my passion. I have personally experienced many injuries through my years of competitive sports including wrestling, mixed martial arts, and rugby and have experienced the benefits of bodywork firsthand.

Kinesio Taping is spreading around the world. I am really pleased that we can help so many people in so many places to live better lives. Dr. Kenzo Kase, Founder of Kinesio Taping. Kinesio Tape, also called Kinesio Tex Tape is the original elastic adhesive tape developed in 1979 by Dr. Kenzo Kase. Kinesio tape is latex free, hypoallergenic, and wearable for days, often 3 to 5 days, but I have seen it work for patients for longer than a week.

Sports and Orthopedic Massage have similar techniques but differ in the objective of the session. This will include and begin with a complimentary consultation to see where you are at in that moment to be able to create a custom treatment plan for your individual needs. Sports massage will depend on whether the athlete is in the pre-performance, maintenance, or rehabilitative stage and will be customized to that individual and their sport.

Orthopedic Massage and Therapeutic Bodywork techniques focus on an individual's joints, muscle tension, fascial restrictions, and joint range of motion. It is a unique approach using a combination of techniques with the goal of restoring structural balance and proper biomechanics.

Improved range of motion helps you maintain better structural integrity reducing the amount of energy your muscles need to work, increases the flow of oxygen through clearer pathways, helps prevent overuse injuries from repetitive movements, and relieves tension off of areas that have been compensating or overworking.

They are similar in that both practitioner styles are used to manipulate their client's soft tissue through physical touch, but the goals tend to differ. Massage Therapists put a greater emphasis on stress reduction and overall relaxation, while Therapeutic Bodywork focuses more on pain relief, functionality, and working towards the ideal posture to create better balance throughout the body.