The field of Integrative Manual Therapy has enhanced recovery, restoration of hope and regained purposeful, co-operative participation in the healing process. Integrative Manual Therapy is a systems approach for structural and functional rehabilitation.

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     The body is always speaking volumes of information that provide incredible diagnostic tools. Integrative Diagnostics focuses on listening to that information. As a simple example each system in the body has its own unique circadian rhythm–a more subtle version of the way in which the vascular system presents a distinct heartbeat for diagnosis. Integrative Manual Therapy practitioners utilize advanced yet gentle palpation techniques to "listen" with their hands to all of these rhythms. In doing so they determine whether each system is in optimum flow or suffers anomalies and impediments.

     The palpation techniques employed in Integrative Diagnostics also aid the practitioner in revealing a great deal of information about the health and functionality of all parts of the body including the fascia lymphatic system organs muscles and bones.

     Key to these techniques is the fact that ailments appearing to be obviously related to one area of the body are often actually "referred" from other parts. This results from the body's tendency to give priority to protecting the most important systems such as the heart and brain. Integrative Diagnostics is extremely effective at revealing how dysfunction in one body system can negatively impact other systems.

     The results of Integrative Diagnostics are evaluated along with "functional medicine" test results, nutritional counseling and other contemporary modalities. We combine all of this information to yield an individualized treatment plan for each client.

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A method of exercise and physical movement designed to stretch, strengthen, and balance and center the body. With systematic practice of specific exercises emphasizing proper breathing, correct spinal and pelvic alignment, and complete concentration on smooth, flowing movement, you become acutely aware of how your body feels, where it is in space, and how to control its movement. By developing proper technique, you can actually re-train your body to move in safer, more efficient patterns of motion – This, coupled with the mind-body awareness promotes healing, stress- reduction, general health and well-being.

Pilates yields numerous benefits. Lung capacity and circulation, posture, balance, and core strength are all heartily increased. Bone density and joint health improve, and many experience positive body awareness for the first time. Pilates teaches balance and control of the body, and that capacity spills over into other areas of one's life. It is a positive form of movement-based exercise that truly can be tailored to any level of not just fitness, but also of health.

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     The use of stretching, strengthening, and specialized biomechanical exercises to relieve chronic pain by creating new ways of resting, holding and moving the human body.  Neuromuscular reeducation creates new pathways for the muscles and joints thereby increasing mobility and promoting pain free, healthy tissues. It is used as an adjunct to acupuncture and herbal therapies for acute and chronic pain conditions. It is used, at times, to correct the cause of a painful condition caused by clear biomechanical and postural factors.

     Treatment may include balance exercises such as one-legged standing and the progressive use of a wobble board. Tandem exercises along with a postural challenge may be utilized to evaluate stability. The individual receiving treatment is encouraged to feel the correct position of joints and to perceive the direction of movement of the body extremities.

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     This most commonly used practice incorporates various strokes and techniques on the more superficial layers of muscles. It is used mainly to promote relaxation, improve blood circulation and relieve muscle tension.

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     A hands-on healing system based on channeling universal life force energy. Reiki teaches that a life force energy is present in all living things, and that a shortage or blockage of this energy results in physical and mental imbalance and illness. Balance can be restored by tapping into the universal source of life force energy.

     Reiki therapy generally results in an overall relaxation response. Although Reiki practitioners do not claim that Reiki can cure specific illnesses, they believe that it promotes the body's ability to heal itself and that it supports other treatment programs. Recipients feel calm and centered, more energized, or both. Reiki practitioners believe that the process also causes deeper healing on emotional and spiritual levels.

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     A massage therapy in which digital pressure is applied to applied to painful, irritated, hypersensitive areas in muscles, ligaments, tendons, and fascia to break cycles of spasm and pain.

     A trigger point is an area within soft tissue structures that is characterized by local tenderness and/or referred phenomena which can include pain, tingling, numbness burning, or itching. An active trigger point can cause immediate pain or prevent a muscle from fully lengthening.  

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     A number of different techniques are incorporated to maintain optimal muscular function during athletic performance. It is geared to decrease the risk of injury as well as aid in the recovery of acute and chronic injuries.

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     The connective tissue system (fascia) of the body is stretched and restrictions are released, helping to eliminate pain and restore motion.

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        Laser therapy is super pulsed cold laser light that penetrates deep into the tissues.  Laser therapy is excellent for pain relief, both acute and chronic, skin and wound care,  and improving circulation in the tissue.  Used by Olympic athletes as well as chronic pain sufferers, effects of laser include increased metabolic activity, anti-inflammatory action, and increased vascular activity. Laser therapy stimulates nerve function and reduces scar tissue formation.

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Tui na is a bodywork therapy that was developed in China over 2,000 years ago. Like Acupuncture, Tui na works with the Qi (chi) energy of the patient to bring a balanced state of health. But unlike, acupuncture, no needles are used. The work is done entirely with the practitioner's hands to help increase the beneficial flow of Qi through the patient's meridian system. Tui Na can be used to treat chronic and acute injuries, as well as respiratory, digestive and pediatric disorders.

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Hawaiian people have been using basalt lava stones since ancient times, for physical and spiritual healing and well-being. Hawaiians have always felt closely connected to the spirit of the land, and have traditionally revered rocks as ‘keepers of the spirit’. Massage using hot stones, or ‘pohaku’ as they are known in Hawaii, has been performed for hundreds of years to address the many levels of healing needed to restore balance to the body, mind and soul. The warmed pohaku is integrated into the strokes of Swedish and Hawaiian Lomi Lomi massages for deep relaxation and release of muscle tension.

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