Massage & Bodywork

Got pain? I like a good challenge! Bring it on!

Experience the best results in pain relief with deep tissue, myofascia bodywork, medical structural and injury or sports massage. I guarantee you'll be satisfied with my work. I'm very thankful to be so uniquely gifted, and that I love to use this gift to help others in great need of pain relief. All bodywork is geared towards what each individual needs. Everyone's aches and pains are different! Have you been trying to find a good massage therapist who can really help you with your body's aches and pain issues, and stays focused on your specific needs instead of a regular routine massage?

Well, you have just found one who also has over 11 years experience of hands-on medical and structural bodywork therapy, working on patients of doctors and chiropractors at my studio office, Chiropractic & Spine Rehab Centers, and also working at multiple sports events (e.g. Lance Armstrong Challenge, Austin Marathon, Cap 10K, MS150's, Danskin and other Triathlons, etc.), and at on-site corporate 15 minute table or chair massage, too!

This style of deep core bodywork is what most people are looking for in their search for a deeper tissue massage therapist or a myo body worker, but with so many variations of massage out there, it's difficult for anyone to know the best terminology to use in their research. Myofascia therapy, a meridian line release technique is a type of work that I perform, which unlocks the years of chronic muscle build up due to jobs with same repetitions or movements, such as standing, lifting or just sitting at computers all day, and over exertion from strenuous exercise or just from sleeping in wrong positions and waking up in pain. Doctors note that 80% of their patients mention that they woke up in pain, or pain from that sudden movement when muscles pull something out of whack in the morning, when your body's over tightened muscles were not quite ready for that movement yet!

Come prepared. Please wear cotton or loose fitting clothing for your session, with this style of bodywork. Clothing removal is not required, as I'm working deeper in the body below the layer of skin, with myofascia, medical structural or sports movement bodywork therapy! Not wrestling with sheets enables me to use a better range of motion of your extremities. You'll notice a much longer-lasting result than from a regular massage!

About My Work:

I specialize in working on patients who have been referred to me by doctors and chiropractors and patients who are in pain from all types of accidents, injuries, neurological or body structural problems and those who've had surgery, too! I have a very keen sense and a unique knowledge of each individual's body anatomy and along with the history of the each individual's pain issues. As I keep soap charts like doctors do for their patients, it helps me to know which techniques or treatments to use. My deeper techniques will not take individuals over their own pain thresholds (not a forced type of work), but everyone insists that I do not stop when I am on it! Insisting that they know this style of bodywork helps them and will bring them longer-lasting results!

About Myofascia:

Humans have seven layers of fascia starting from the skin down to the bone. I focus in the third layer, our superficial myofascia, which also weaves or webs though the rest of our deeper muscle tissue layers to grip onto the bone (e.g. like the thin white lines or webbing that you see in meat cuts at the market place). This weaving involves myofascia meridian lines or our postural set, the layer which molds us into the shape that we are. These meridian lines (e.g. like deep cables or puppet strings), connect from the back of your head down to the stirrup of your foot and back, are called stabilized meridians; another line connects from the back of your head down to mid-thoracic area and then out to your hands and back is called mobile meridian, which shorten or tighten up across joints, causing the different types of pain we humans feel as restricted joint movements, muscle soreness, spasm, tension and chronic muscle buildup. Most pain is referred from another area in the body. The terminologies doctors use are arthritis, bulging discs or disc degeneration, carpal tunnel, endometriosis, fibromyalgia, sciatica, scoliosis, spinal stenosis, spondylosis, spondylolisthesis, and TMJ among many other terminologies, in serious chronic cases.

I'll also teach you what you can do to have preventative maintenance. If you have any questions, please feel free to call me and ask away!

Steve

With medical structural bodywork and deep tissue movement treatment, I combine many different techniques in each session in order to get the job done right!

Examples of techniques:

Assisted isometric stretching (AIS) combined with compression, range of motion (ROM) or movement, mixed with deep tissue massage (DTM), myofascia release (MFR) or myotherapy, reflexology, Reiki, my own techniques similar to rolfing, and trigger point release and much more are techniques applied to the back, cervical, upper or lower extremities to release chronic tightened muscle tissue.

Types of massage include:

* Medical Body Structural and Movement Therapy

This unlocks years of chronic muscle buildup from those hard, tight or painful muscles, and helps to release spasms from body structural problems, injuries or accidents. Trigger point and myotherapy are pain-relief techniques to alleviate muscle spasms and cramping. With this process, I locate and deactivate trigger points. The goal is to reduce spasm, inducing new blood flow into the affected area. Spasms physically reduce blood flow and oxygen to the trigger point area (ischemia). Pressure is briefly applied to trigger points. It is common to hit the same trigger points several times during a session, instead of leaning into a sore spot too deep or for too lengthily a time, which would cause the trigger point to fight back and tense up more. Often, ice or another cooling agent is used to reduce nervous system response, making the area easier and more comfortable to work. Then the muscles are gently stretched to complete the relaxation process. Myotherapy aims to erase pain and soothe tightened muscles.

* Sports Massage

Sports massage is used primarily for the serious athlete who trains continuously. It focuses on the muscles relevant to the particular athletic activity. It also can include pre-event, post-event and maintenance techniques that promote greater athletic endurance and performance, lessening chances of injury and reduce recovery time.

* Deep Tissue Massage

Deep tissue massage releases chronic muscle tension through slower strokes and more direct pressure applied across the grain of the muscles. This invigorating experience is a process of detection of tight or painful areas by determining the quality and texture of the deeper layers of musculature and slowly working into the deep layers of muscle tissue. Specific hand, forearm, and elbow positions are then used to respond to various tissue qualities. Techniques employing breath and movement are also used for unlocking muscular congestion.

* Swedish Massage

Swedish massage is a collection of techniques designed primarily to relax muscles by applying pressure against deeper muscles and bones and rubbing in the same direction as the flow of blood returning to the heart. Swedish massage can relax muscles, increase circulation, remove metabolic waste products, and help the recipient obtain a feeling of connectedness, a better awareness of their body. One of the primary goals of Swedish massage is to speed venous return from the extremities. Swedish massage flushes the tissue of lactic acid, uric acid and other metabolic wastes, while improving circulation without increasing heart load.

* On-site or Corporate Chair Massage

On-site or corporate chair massage is one name for a short (15-20 minute) massage of a client sitting in a special, portable massage chair, however. The client remains fully clothed while their shoulders, neck, upper back, head and arms are massaged.

I also manage or coordinate therapists for sports massage at sports events; we call ourselves all-event therapists, and you will usually see our group working sports events at most all events in and around Austin and more.

About My Rates:

Medical structural bodywork therapy, deep tissue or sports movement bodywork rates are $75 per hour and $105 per 1-1/2 hour. Please note, I offer $10 off to all first-time visit on bodywork therapy.

Swedish Massage rates are $65 per hour and $90 per 1-1/2 hour.

On-site corporate table or chair massage rate is $1 per minute. I will come to your office and work on as many people who sign up for 15-minute increments' sessions during my one day visit. And if there is a room, I prefer bringing a massage table instead of a chair, as it is much easier to work on low backs and most other body issues than using a chair.

At all-event therapy team, we specialize in working sports event or with fitness and training centers, providing sports massage therapy for companies who need professional therapists. Our group of therapists has been working at most all sports and other events in and around Austin for the past ten years. You name the event, and you've most likely seen our group working there. The charge for our service is $1 per minute, either collected by our team, directly from participants of each event, or can be paid by a company providing therapy for an event.

Operation hours are:

* Same-day appointments (if available) are from Monday to Friday, 8 a.m.-7 p.m.
* After-hour and weekend appointments

To serve you better, SxSRest also schedules advance phoned or e-mailed appointments, too! In other works, I'm very willing to help you within your time schedule.

To schedule an appointment, please call Steve. If you get the answer machine, please leave a detailed message with your request of date and time preference, pain issues, etc. (as I may be in a session), and I will return your call ASAP, regarding appointments, questions, etc. If you email me, I may not check emails as often as the phone, but will contact you back ASAP and with my regular email address. Thanks.

Steve C.
South By South Rest Massage
2720 Bee Caves Road
Austin, TX. 78746
Texas - LMT #27632

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