Graduated in 1999 at LifePath School of Massage Therapy in Peroia, IL. Jeanette M. Laskey, NCTMB, has an Associate in Liberal Arts from Heartland Community College in Bloomingdale, IL.

Affiliated with the American Massage Therapy Association and received National Certification in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork in 1999.

Jeanette is bringing four years of experience in the massage profession from the Chicago area to the city of Atlanta. Some skills she uses to relieve the stresses of daily activities are: Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular and Sports Massage.

She recently attended a class over the last year to obtain a certification in Orthopedic Sports Massage, in order to offer a comprehensive system to specifically assess and treat conditions for pain and injury.

"I enjoy integrating many types of therapies to resolve postural and repetitive stress injuries and to produce an over all stress relieving experience", says Jeanette.

What is Therapeutic Massage?
Therapeutic massage involves the manipulation of the soft tissue structures of the body to prevent and alleviates pain, discomfort, muscle spasm, and stress; and to promote health and awareness. AMTA defines massage therapy as a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques, and may apply adjunctive therapies with the intention of positively affecting the health and well being of the client. 

Massage Therapy improves functioning of the circulatory, lymphatic, muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems and may improve the rate at which the body recovers from injury and illness. Massage involves holding, causing movement of soft tissue, and/or applying pressure to the body.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Why Chair Massage? 

It's Proven: Massage provides tremendous therapeutic benefits. Scientific research shows that massage reduces heart rate, lowers blood pressure, relaxes muscles and improves range of motion, just to name a few benefits. Massage compliments traditional health care by soothing a number of ailments, such as, stress, hyperactivity, backaches, and headaches.

It's Popular: People are recognizing the important health benefits of regular massage. A national survey conducted for the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) in 1999 showed that 27% adults had therapeutic massage in the last 5 years, compared to 17% in a 1997 study who said they had a massage in the previous 5 years.

• An increasing number of corporations, small businesses, and municipalities have found on-site massage to be a low cost benefit with high payoff.
• The Investor Relations Group, Inc., of New York, offers each of its full time employees a weekly 15 minute massage, because it makes a difference in retention and employee morale.
• Among organization benefits managers, 8% report that massage is an employee benefit.
• At Boeing and Reebok, headaches, back strain, and fatigue fell since the companies started bringing in massage therapists.
• By including 15 minutes of massage therapy once a week, the Calvert Group, an investment firm in Behtesda, MD reduces its turnover to 5% in an industry where the norm is 20%.

Chair Massage is Beneficial:
Is your body stuck in all the wrong positions?
Your muscles will remember all the wrong positions if you sustain a posture over a long period of time without stretching the correct muscles. When the degree of tension in the body is changed, there is a "recording" of those changes by the neurological system. One of the primary goals of therapeutic bodywork is to find ways to help the body record the beneficial changes.

I didn't know that was sore:
Many times you will find other areas of soreness besides the one you want to address. Your body may try to adjust a problem by guarding the creating other muscles and the area to work for the injured muscles. Other reasons to find unusual soreness is that your body will try to balance out the problem on the other side. Massage will help you recognized the patterns of tightness of your body to help detect problems before they occur.

Studies show:
At the University of Miami School of "Medicine's Touch Research Institute", 70 studies on touch - the majority massage therapy - have been published or are underway. Recent and ongoing research at some of the national hospitals, such as Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, is expanding knowledge of the benefits of massage for a variety of injuries and ailments.