I started receiving massage, acupuncture, and chiropratic work when I was 11 years old due to a car accident. The impact of the crash was on the passenger side which I was sitting on. We all walked away from the accident. But, in the next month my parents noticed that I kept coming to them complaining of pain in my hips and lower back. They took me to the Holistic Clinic and there I met Dr. Swallow. He was a Naturalpathic Doctor, Chiropractor, and Acupuncturist.

 It turned out that due to the impact of the crash, my right hip had tigtened up and made my right leg shorter by a half inch. Dr. Swallow would do acupuncture on me followed by a chiropractic adjustment and then I would go downstairs for a massage from Gail. The 3rd time I went in for this treatment I felt a release in my hip and lower back. I've loved bodywork and alternative therapies ever since.

Credentials

State of Virginia Licensed Massage Therapist #0019007239                                          Jan '08
Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage Bodywork                                                     Dec '07
City of Fairbanks, Alaska Massage Practitioner License                                               Since '02
Member of Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals                                        Since '02

Education

Medical Massage 40 hrs                                             L.M.T. Success Group, Las Vegas '08
Thai Massage 150 hrs                              Thai Massage School of Chang Mai, Thailand '04
Craniosacral Level 1 Class                                          Upledger Institute; Anchorage, AK '03
600 hr Massage Diploma                           School of Integrating Shiatsu; Fairbanks, AK '99