Services

Welcome to Earth and Muscle. We specialize in Deep Tissue, treatment based bodywork and massage therapy. We work with clients on an ongoing weekly or monthly basis to release chronic muscle pain and tension with supportive sports massage and medical massage based rehabilitation bodywork modalities pared with Nutritional Therapy counseling.  

Massage Therapy Benefits
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Increases blood flow, Improves balance, gait and posture. Softens muscles and tissues. Produces feelings of comfort and wellbeing. Stimulates the nervous system. Eases illness recovery. Increase flexibility. Improves sleep.  Increases blood flow and circulation throughout the body. Moves cellular waste and toxins. Alleviates depression and anxiety. Enhances Immune system. Relieves joint pain and arthritis. Reduces post injury swelling.

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Therapeutic Deep Tissue Massage

Deep tissue massage therapy is beneficial in releasing chronic muscle tension. The focus is on the deepest layers of tension held in the muscle, tissue, tendons and fascia.​

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Chinese Fire Cupping
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Fire Cupping uses small glass cups as suction devices that are placed on the skin to break up congestion by drawing blood flow to the surface. Cupping can loosen muscles, encourage blood flow and sedate the nervous system (which makes it an excellent treatment for high blood pressure). Cupping is used to relieve back and neck pains, stiff muscles, anxiety, fatigue, migraines, rheumatism, and cellulite.  Cupping is used to assist the release of toxins . Even hands, wrists, legs, ankles, chest and abdomen can be 'cupped,' thus applying the healing to specific organs that correlate with these points.

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Motor Vehicle Accident Massage (MVA)

I have been helping clients recover from auto accident injuries since 2013.  

What to do if you have been in an automobile accident:

1. Call your own insurance company to set up a Personal Injury case PIP.
2. Contact me directly to get on my schedule ASAP: (503)830-0069 or Earthandmuscle@gmail.com
3. Get a prescription referral note for massage from a trusted doctor or call us for a referral.
5. Massage therapy is the most effective way to treat soft tissue injuries. The sooner you start the therapies you need, the faster you will recover from the effects of  the accident.
6. Most policies cover $15,000 of personal injury protection.  Use your PIP coverage wisely to maximize best recovery.

MVA Massage Therapy
Improves range of motion, Reduce stress, Reduce pain and swelling, Improve circulation, Calms the nervous system, promotes circulation of both blood and lymph to manage swelling, increases range of motion. 

Early in your treatment, we focus on addressing the effects of trauma, using relaxing techniques and craniosacral, deep tissue massage and other modalities to increase range of motion and other myofascial. Later we will address specific muscle-skeletal injuries like whiplash, neck pain, back pain, headaches, & shoulder sprains/strains.

​No two car accidents are the same, everyone responds differently, so I always adapt my treatments to your unique needs. 

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Nutritional Therapy
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As a Nutritional Therapy Practitioner I evaluate an individual’s nutritional health and make recommendations aiming to restore balance within the body. 

Here's how it works:
​1. Schedule a 30 minute Nutritional Therapy intake by itself or as an add-on to 60minute or 90minute massage.
2. We will go over instructions for intake, discuss your health, your goals,  the food mood journal and the Nutritional Assessment Questionnaire(NAQ) in person.
3. Schedule a follow-up appointment.
4. Complete NAQ and food  mood  journal forms  at home prior to  follow-up consultation appointment.
5. Come to your 30 minute follow up consultation. We will go over your completed paperwork, discuss goals, lifestyle diet, and do a functional evaluation testing and give some recommendations.
6. Schedule a 30 minute follow up to learn the results from your NAQ, Food Mood Journal and  more in depth recommendations for your nutrition and health moving forward.

Nutritional Therapy Discussion Topics 

Diets	Pituitary
Digestion	Thyroid
Movement / Cardiovascular	Kidney & Bladder
Sleep	Immune System
Detoxification	Men's Health
Sugar Handling	Women's Health
Mineral Needs	Supplementation
Vitamin Needs	Biohacking
Fatty Acids Needs	23andMe Testing 3rd party raw data results
Adrenals	​

Abdominal Massage
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​Focused  gentle, yet deep abdominal massage assists to “train” the internal abdominal organs to work more efficiently, in turn improves physical emotional and mental health. Focused work on the Psoas, Iliacus and Ileocecal valve are approached through the abdomen this can be very helpful for digestive issues, low back and hip pain. Abdominal massage is also shown to be helpful for GERD, Acid Reflux, Celiac Disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBS, Diverticulitis. Jonathan incorporates his practice of visceral manipulation, Structural integration, sports massage, Chi Nei Tsang into each abdominal session.

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Sports Massage

​Therapeutic sports massage incorporates techniques which focus on treating soft tissue pain and injury that are associated with recreational activities. Sports Massage can reduce muscle stiffness, increase circulation assisting with healing and recovering time in addition to  improving range of motion.

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Other Modalities & Services

​CranioSacral	Functional Testing
Myofacial	Natural Healing for Mold & Allergies
Structural Integration	Biohacking
TMJ Massage	Aroma Therapy
Psoas Release	Ear Seed Acupressure
Ileocecal Valve Release	Moxabustion
Somato Emotional Release	Magnesium Oil Massage
Lymphatic Drainage Massage	Red Light Therapy
Vitamin Supplement Consultation	CBD Oil Massage​
Neuro Lingual Testing	Value