*** Do you have chronic pain or an old injury that just won't get better?
*** Have you done "all the right things" (physical therapy, chiropractor, massage, medication) and you still aren't able to be pain-free?
Then you owe it to yourself to receive a Manual Therapy Session with Steve.
For Pain-Free Results....That Last!
Our Principal Massage Therapist, Steve Von Hargett, LMT, COTT, is the only Hawaii Certified Onsen Technique® Therapist, and is also a Pilates Instructor and GYROTONIC® trainer.
Experience the difference of having a skilled Movement Specialist as your therapist, who understands your body, muscular imbalances, injuries, compensation patterns and movement in an entirely deeper way.
About Insurance: Steve happily accepts No Fault Insurance referrals. Talk to your Doctor for a referral and get out of pain faster. Steve also offers Manual Therapy sessions at your home or condo. Please inquire!
Types of Sessions Available with Steve...
ONSEN® STRUCTURAL MANUAL THERAPY (60 or 90 mins) The Best Choice for Chronic Pain Relief (that lasts)!
An Onsen™ Manual Therapy session includes key components - assessment, muscle energy technique, post-isometric relaxation, transverse friction massage, and exercise (most likely) for stability.
Assessment is how Steve will find where your body's structure is limited/stuck and where it may be hypermobile. This will provide the roadmap to bring you back to balance.
Muscle Energy Technique is a means of manually assessing imbalances and distortions in the skeletal system and correcting them, via the soft tissue, using a tiny amount of the patient's own energy (force) applied in a specific direction. Extremely gentle, MET provides dramatic and lasting improvements in flexibility, muscle tension and comfort.
Post-isometric relaxation works with the natural laws of the
body. When a muscle has been actively contracted, the nervous system responds
with an appropriate level of relaxation when the muscle relaxes.
Transverse friction massage works to break up scar tissue
and adhesions that may have formed during an injury or repetitive use injury.
Frictions help restore elasticity and increase blood flow to the area being
worked. This helps to remove waste products, toxins, and bring in fresh
nutrients, blood and oxygen to an area promoting healing.
Optional exercises may be given to provide either stability or mobility to the affected area(s).
This is Steve's specialty. Book a session today - you may
just be amazed at how different your body feels and moves afterward.
~ 90 minute sessions are recommended for new clients, as well as complex "issues in the tissues," and for folks who simply enjoy a longer session.
~ 60 minute sessions are best for follow up care or for specific needs (e.g., taping, shoulder treatment).
Book your Session with Steve online or phone 808.345.2562/email Steve directly.
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THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE (60 or 90 mins) The Best for a Specific Targeted Treatment - OR - General Full Body Massage
Steve
is a certified Integrated Medical Massage
Therapist specializing in injury and medical rehabilitation. As such, he
assists each individual in regaining soft tissue and structural health
and
function, reduce stress, and promote mind-body awareness, rejuvenation,
and
revitalization. Steve does this with techniques from the following
disciplines:
Swedish massage, sports massage, trigger point therapy, structural
manual therapy, myofascial release, neuromuscular massage,
lymphatic drainage, Somatic Therapies, Chi Kung Healing, and taping. He
works with all
forms of stress and injury from whiplashes and work injuries, to chronic
muscle
soreness from posture or work related movements.
Allow Steve to draw upon his unique training to design a session that meets your specific needs from relaxation and rejuvenation to pain relief and increased functional movement.
Book a Session with Steve online or phone 808.345.2562/email Steve directly
Conscious BodyWork™ with Laura
(60 or 90 mins) "...a synthesis of styles and techniques created by Laura Crittendon, LMT, CYT, DMT, CCHt."
This
one of a kind approach to Massage Therapy draws upon the ancient power
of conscious attention, focused intention, and breathwork as powerful
tools to bring about change in the living tissue of the body. Sessions
restore balance, flexibility, health, along with an overall sense of
well-being. Sessions are unique and focused on each client’s main
concern.
Sessions begin with setting our joint focused intention. Then Conscious
Breathwork and a simple guided visualization are used to help relax the
body and the mind. Laura then uses Harmonic & Vibrational Healing
with highly calibrated Tuning Forks (on specific acupuncture points) to
ground, open and clear energetic pathways, and restore proper energetic
function in the body. The nurturing sound and gentle vibration from
these forks then helps to instill a deep sense of calm and peace. Next,
gentle Lymphatic drainage opens clogged channels to allow for deep
release of toxins and excess fluids from the soft tissues of the body,
allowing healing to occur. Myofascial Release then releases tight or
stuck physical holding patterns, returning the body to a state of ease.
This fascia work also allows the Hawaiian Lomi Lomi, Neuromuscular, trigger point
therapy, Energy Work, and Manual Therapy techniques that follows to release tight muscles,
further reducing stress, and allowing peace and joy to emerge.
Laura may also recommend and/or incorporate therapeutic exercise, Pilates, Yoga, Chi Kung, Meditation, or
breathwork exercises as homework to enhance the results from your
session. Private Therapeutic Exercise/Yoga sessions are also available
separately.
Rates:
Mini-Session 60 minutes ~ $75 + tax
Full Session 90 minutes ~ $100 + tax
This is Laura's specialty, and according to Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii, 2nd Edition, "Although best paired with a yoga or Pilates session, Laura
Crittendon’s lomi lomi is tough to beat." (Fodor's Big Island of Hawaii, 2nd
Edition, p 173) ~ Mahalo for the review! - L
