Clinical Massage Therapy
Advanced massage techniques are a useful adjunct to one’s health plan to promote healing and maintain health. Massage is useful for many conditions, including chronic pain, soft tissue injuries and stress reduction.
Clinical massage therapy can also benefit patients with post-operative edema, reduced range of motion and nervous system problems. It requires extensive knowledge of anatomy and physiology, as well as an intuitive approach to an individual’s needs. In addition to hands-on-work, the treatment involves postural assessment, muscle testing, and determination of predisposing factors and corrective exercise or stretching. What is Therapeutic Massage? This simply means that the therapist evaluates the needs of the client and determines what style or types of massage are indicated. These can include one or more of the following:
Our therapists are also trained in specialized therapeutic approaches:
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Conditions commonly cared for include:
Clinical Massage Therapy Pricing
60 Min Session: $120 *NM Employee and Senior discounts available |
Our Providers:
Melanie Austin, LMT
Melanie Austin, LMT graduated with President's honors from The Soma Institute -The National School of
Clinical Massage Therapy in 2007. She has 16 years of clinical massage experience and specializes in
facilitating change. Melanie’s primary training and focus is postural distortion and chronic pain relief.
My beliefs and approach to massage are not about the many techniques I am trained in, but about how
effective my skills are and the positive healing effect it has on my patients. Throughout my career I have
helped to relieve chronic pain that releases both mental and physical stress. I facilitate change in the body’s structure, which stops the injury/pain cycle that so many of us go through needlessly.
“My treatment goal is to educate patients on their body alignment. The use of Massage therapy, strength-building exercises and lifestyle changes provide this while de-stressing the whole being.”
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Clinical Massage Therapy in 2007. She has 16 years of clinical massage experience and specializes in
facilitating change. Melanie’s primary training and focus is postural distortion and chronic pain relief.
My beliefs and approach to massage are not about the many techniques I am trained in, but about how
effective my skills are and the positive healing effect it has on my patients. Throughout my career I have
helped to relieve chronic pain that releases both mental and physical stress. I facilitate change in the body’s structure, which stops the injury/pain cycle that so many of us go through needlessly.
“My treatment goal is to educate patients on their body alignment. The use of Massage therapy, strength-building exercises and lifestyle changes provide this while de-stressing the whole being.”
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Marie "Kari" Manzanilla, LMT
Kari Manzanilla, LMT, CLT graduated with a Diploma of Massage Therapy from Cortiva
Institute in 2014, and in the most recent years, she completed her certification in Manual Lymphatic
Drainage (Vodder Technique) and Complete Decongestive Therapy to be certified as a Lymphedema
Therapist in 2021, and completed additional Advanced MLD courses such as Management of Post-Plastic
Surgery Procedures and Oncology Considerations from the Academy of Lymphatic Studies (ACOLS).
Kari’s primary focus with her clinical therapeutic massage is to facilitate ‘a mind and body connection.’
“I believe the human body already knows how to heal itself, and it’s up to us to allow that healing to occur by relaxing and resting, even in the midst of pain and inflammation.”
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Institute in 2014, and in the most recent years, she completed her certification in Manual Lymphatic
Drainage (Vodder Technique) and Complete Decongestive Therapy to be certified as a Lymphedema
Therapist in 2021, and completed additional Advanced MLD courses such as Management of Post-Plastic
Surgery Procedures and Oncology Considerations from the Academy of Lymphatic Studies (ACOLS).
Kari’s primary focus with her clinical therapeutic massage is to facilitate ‘a mind and body connection.’
“I believe the human body already knows how to heal itself, and it’s up to us to allow that healing to occur by relaxing and resting, even in the midst of pain and inflammation.”
Click here for Online Appointment Request