- Deep Tissue Massage
- CryotherapyThe Kinesio Taping® Method involves taping over and around muscles in order to assist and give support or to prevent over-contraction. The first technique gives the practitioner the opportunity to actually give support while maintaining full range of motion. This enables the individual to participate in their normal physical activity with functional assistance. The second technique, which is most commonly used in the acute stage of rehabilitation, helps prevent overuse or over-contraction and helps provide facilitation of lymph flow for an entire 24 hour period. Correctional techniques include mechanical, lymphatic, ligament/tendon, fascia, space and functional. Kinesio Tex® Tape can be used in conjunction with other therapies, including cryotherapy, hydrotherapy, massage therapy, and electrical stimulation.
- SubluxationWho would think that strategically placed elastic athletic tape would make any difference in the healing process, or athletic performance, for that matter? Well, it seems to work in a whole lot of ways. Kinesio Tape is effective in relieving carpal tunnel, arthritis, plantar fasciitis, shoulder pain, muscular facilitation or inhibition in pediatric patients, lower back strain/pain (subluxations, herniated disc), knee conditions, hamstring, groin injury, rotator cuff injury, whiplash, tennis elbow, patella tracking, pre- and post-surgical edema, ankle sprains, athletic preventative injury method, and as a support method.
- Manipulation TherapyWhen I opened Bren's Therapeutic Massage and Manual Therapy on December 1st, 1993, in San Anselmo, California, it was the outcome of a life-changing experience I wanted to share with others. After years of having been a Certified Weight Trainer (CWT) and studying at College of Marin, I experienced my first professional massage. I had been in a skiing accident and a recent car accident, I was in pain and had headaches all the time, after her treatment I felt like myself for the first time in years. As a result of this experience, I enrolled at Alive and Well Institute of Conscious Bodywork, in San Anselmo. I completed Certified Massage Therapist (CMT) training, and immediately rented an office, ready to help my clients.