Arches Bodywork

Therapeutic Massage / East to West

A style of massage which focuses on getting results vs just relaxing.

This term indicates that the purpose of the massage is to achieve a structural change or therapeutic benefit in the body. 

Since every massage is customized according to our client’s specific goals and preferences, which techniques are actually used during a session can vary greatly from client to client—even from session to session. 

East to West service may include: 

• Acupressure
• Reflexology
• TCM cupping 
• Gua Sha
• Tui Na

Myoskeletal Alignment Technique

The Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT) sytem brings together the most advanced therapeutic strategies to relieve and ultimately correct, patterns in the body that lead to pain and deterioration. 

With MAT theory, clients can be free from pain, avoiding invasive surgery, or toxic pain medications.

How does MAT work?

• Contract/Relax techniques help the nervous system feel less threatened by the movement.
• Active pain-free therapy signals to the brain that the movement is now safe
• By doing this repeatedly, the nervous system will often start to disassociate the movement from the pain.

Clients are treated while wearing close fitted workout clothes, like shorts/shirt or yoga pants and sports bra/tank top.

Thai Massage Therapy

Rooted in Thai Medical Theory-traditional Thai massage is a physical therapy composed of deep compression, myofascial release, stretches, joint mobilization and channel work.

Channel work is fine tuned compression inside the physical trenches found between muscles, or between muscle and bone. This work is deep, but not necessarily painful.

This work when done slowly and with care-creates better flow within the circulatory and lymphatic systems. It also helps to release pain or discomfort within joints, muscle and fascia (fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place)

How does Thai massage differ from table massage?

• Performed on a mat on the floor
• Clients remain clothed
• No creams or lotions used
• In addition to hands, forearms and elbows, Thai practitioners also use feet, knees and legs to deliver massage techniques.
• The approach is different, the benefits are the same.

Pregnancy Massage

Certified in ¨Nurturing the Mother¨ by Claire Marie Miller

Safe for ALL trimesters when approved by your health care provider.

In the early weeks, momma can lie on her back without any problem. After about the 16th week, pillows will be introduced and massage will be performed with mom mostly laying on her left side. This supports the venous return by allowing the baby to roll off the vena cava.

Deeper, therapeutic techniques can be applied to the upper body, low back and hips. Light lymphatic strokes will be used for ankles and legs. Reflexology and stretches incorporated as well. 

Unscented, cold-pressed, fractionated coconut oil will be used. 

Hi! I´m Marilyn,

I was born and raised in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Colorado Springs, CO. Long before massage therapy came into my life, I attended art school-earning a bachelors degree in photography and painting. I spent nearly a decade in Brooklyn where I started a small book-binding studio and met my husband. We spent a little time in Philadelphia, and started a family in Montclair, NJ before settling in Belmont, NC to be closer to all of the grandparents. 

I shifted gears to massage therapy in 2015 after sitting sideline to my husband's long recovery from a rock climbing accident. It was that experience (and an amazing massage therapist) that encouraged me to persue a career in a field that physically helps people through the tough stuff life has to offer. 

I enrolled into a program that is based in neuromuscular therapy and continued to build on that foundation with additional stretch techniques, orthopedic techniques, and a certification in medical massage.  I have been told that I have an intuitive approach to massage that helps people relax but also produces long-lasting relief. 

I look forward to working with you!

Hi! My name is Danny,

I'll be your Therapist today, let me tell you a little bit about myself...

As someone who has been practicing various forms of Manual Therapy for over a decade and counting, I understand that the needs of each individual vary from one to another. I have taken the time over the years to develop my structure in how to approach helping those trying to improve their health through Functional and Integrative methods. The main focus of my professional practice has become pre and post-rehabilitative injuries, orthopedic injury, chronic pain / musculoskeletal disorder, herbal supplementation, and nutritional planning. 

I spend my time understanding the techniques and methods that help achieve relief on top of learning how different parts of the body and mind are connected. Learning and applying how to better improve patient/client outcomes through methods of the appropriate bodywork and medicinal herbalism/nutritional planning have significantly improved many of my long-care patients/clients' safely. Applying methods of trial and error on how all of these major components are connected has helped me understand the needs of my patients/clients allowing me to make appropriate recommendations based on their circumstances to gain the best results safely, and for long-term relief. 

I guide my practice using and continue learning from the best knowledge and research from industry experts around the world to help my patients live a healthy and pain-free life. Know that you are in good hands by knowing that I am committed to the rehabilitation and overall wellness of my patients/clients and hope to better their lives one person at a time.