The advantages of deep tissue therapy are multifaceted, and current reports have found it to be more successful than a variety of more traditional healing practices such as chiropractic therapy, acupuncture, and diet. Deep tissue therapy can be used to alleviate lower back pain, immobility because of leg muscle issues, recovery from athletic injuries, healing from accidents, sciatica, neck pain, and osteoarthritis pain.
While nearly all benefits from the deep tissue therapy I provide at Sbody Work by Chris are physical, I also have a significant number of clients that notice a great amount of stress relief after their deep tissue therapy sessions. This includes the reduction and eradication of some of the most frequently associated side-effects of stress, like rigid shoulders, pressure headaches, and tight muscles.
History
The style of bodywork I do comes from Rolfing which was developed by Ida Rolf and passed through the Soma lineage to the Massage School of Santa Monica where I learned it from Garnet Dupois. (Hellerwork is the other important lineage.) I don't follow the 10 session protocol she devised and is still pushed by some adherents because I feel it is too compartmentalized and authoritarian. (No disrespect to her. All therapists must go their own way.)
Rather, if a person sees me regularly and wants me to cover the whole body, I will most often alternate it between 2 sessions: Upper body from the waist up and lower body from the base of the rib cage down. (The overlapping core is common to both torsos.) In this way I can preserve the holistic goals of the original discipline while allowing for the flexibility to treat specific conditions. Moreover, if he/she wants me to focus exclusively on either the upper or lower torso for multiple sessions I will do this as well. It is all about what the client needs.
Also, since early 2018 at the request of one of my gung ho clients I have started to offer three hour full body sessions.