What we offer
Massage and bodywork
Therapeutic massage and manual lymphatic drainage with Patricia Stein, LMT.
01 / What happens
- 01Sessions are booked directly through the front desk.
- 02Thirty and sixty minute sessions are the usual lengths.
- 03You can schedule bodywork on its own, or on the same day as a chiropractic visit.
- 04Patricia will ask what you want from the session before she starts, and you can change your mind partway through.
Patricia Stein, LMT, does the hands-on bodywork at the practice.
Sessions run thirty or sixty minutes. Most people book the hour the first time, and some settle into the half hour after that.
What a session involves
Patricia works with the ordinary toolkit of therapeutic massage: Swedish technique for general work, deeper pressure where it is wanted, direct work on specific tight points, work along the fascia, gentle movement of joints through their range, and assisted stretching.
Which of those you get depends on what you say you want and what she finds. It is a conversation at the start, not a menu you choose from in advance, and you can redirect it at any point. If something is too much, saying so is normal and expected rather than a problem.
Manual lymphatic drainage
Patricia is certified in manual lymphatic drainage and performs it here.
It does not feel like the rest of the massage menu. The pressure is very light, lighter than most people expect, and the strokes are slow, rhythmic and directional. It works on the vessels just under the skin rather than on muscle, which is why pressing harder would defeat it. People often find it strange for the first few minutes and then very settling.
Sessions are booked through the front desk like any other bodywork.
Where this stops
If you have diagnosed lymphoedema, or you are recovering from surgery that involved lymph node removal, that is a different scope of care. It wants a certified lymphoedema therapist working alongside your physician, often with compression garments and bandaging, and it is not what is offered here. Tell the front desk what you are dealing with when you call and you will get a straight answer about whether this is the right place.
Booking it alongside a visit
Plenty of people book bodywork on the same day as a chiropractic visit so both happen in one trip. The front desk will put them back to back if there is room in the diary.
The two are independent. You do not need to be a chiropractic patient here to book massage, and booking massage does not sign you up for anything else.
Breathwork
Patricia also works with Somato Respiratory Integration, the breath and attention practice described on its own page. Some sessions are bodywork, some are breathwork, and some are a bit of both.
Call the front desk for availability and current pricing.
So grateful to have left my appointment feeling fantastic. Dr Todd id great at getting right to the isdues and releasing all my tensions. So important in our crazy world.