Services

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

Massage Therapy Benefits
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Eases tension, tension headaches and migraines. Increases blood flow and lowers blood pressure. Improves balance, gait and posture. Softens muscles, tissues, increases range of motion and flexibility. Enhances exercise performance. Produces a sense of wellbeing, reduces anxiety. Increases healing time in post auto accident injury. Stimulates the nervous system. Eases illness recovery. Improves sleep. Reduces fatigue.  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 symptoms. Reduces pain and swelling. Manages low back pain, manages Fibromyalgia. Improves cardiovascular health. Reduces pain of osteoarthritis.  Decreases symptoms of Carpal Tunnel syndrome.

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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, softens muscles, tissues, increases range of motion and flexibility. Increases healing time in post accident or auto accident recovery.

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Chinese Fire Cupping
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Fire Cupping is a very effective painless modality using small glass cups as suction devices 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)

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

What to do if you have been in an automobile accident? Massage therapy is the most effective way to treat soft tissues injuries. The sooner you start the therapies you need the faster you can recover from the effects of the accident.

1. Contact me directly by leaving a message or texting to get on the Earth & Muscle schedule ASAP: (503) 830-0069 or Earthandmuscle@gmail.com
2. Your policy covers 15K of Personal Injury, simply call your insurance to set up a PIP Claim today.
3. Get a prescription referral note for massage from a trusted doctor or text us for a quick referral.

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. Later we will address specific muscle-skeletal injuries like whiplash, neck pain, back pain, headaches and shoulder sprains/strains.

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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 Counseling topics

Diets	Pro Biotics and Digestive enzymes
Digestive health and wellness	Thyroid
Movement / Cardiovascular	Kidney & Bladder
Sleep optimization	Immune System
Detoxification	Men's Health
Blood Sugar Handling	Women's Health
Mineral Needs	Supplementation
Vitamin Needs	Biohacking
Fatty Acids Needs	23andMe Testing 3rd party raw data results
Adrenal Support	​

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

Myofacial

Structural Integration

TMJ Massage

Psoas Release

Ileocecal Valve Release

Somato Emotional Release

Lymphatic Drainage Massage

Vitamin Supplement Consultation

Neuro Lingual Testing