Portland Area
Therapeutic Massage
Celeste Richardson, BS, LMT
Therapeutic Massage techniques can be utilized
to provide comfort and support good health.
9:00am to 5:00pm - 7 days a week by appointment:
503-502-1082
Massage Therapy provided in:
Gresham - Happy Valley - Troutdale - Sandy - Damascus
Fairview - Lake Oswego - Clackamas - Milwaukie
SE Portland - NE Portland - North Portland
Sellwood and Vancouver WA
Celeste has been Providing Therapeutic Massage
in the Portland area for over 10 years.
Rates are $70 for a full hour,
$40 for 30 minutes.
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Massage Therapy |
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One of the oldest healing arts, massage therapy has proven beneficial for many chronic conditions, including low back pain, arthritis, bursitis, fatigue and more. Therapeutic massage also helps relieve the stress and tension of everyday life that can lead to disease and illness.
Good massage therapists will often use a combination of various techniques as a whole-body approach, integrating body/mind, or physical/emotional. One should seek out experienced, licensed massage therapists as a reliable path to overall good health and well-being.
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Physical Benefits |
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The physical benefits of massage therapy include reducing muscular tension, increasing circulation, relieving minor aches and pains, and eliciting the relaxation response, thereby enhancing one's well-being. Massage, CranioSacral, and Lymph Drainage Therapy have been demonstrated to offer the following benefits:
Increase flexibility
Easing cronic pain
Reduces muscle spasms
Increase in blood circulation
Improvement in lymphatic flow,
which increases the excretion of
toxic substances from the body
Alleviation of headaches
Easing of digestive difficulties
Speeding up the healing
from injury and illness
Pre & post surgical support & healing
Partial restoration of mobility lost
due to Parkinson's disease or arthritis
Improvement in length and
quality of sleep
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Holistic Massage |
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Holistic means "whole". Holistic massage deals with you as a whole. Holistic massage is not just looking to treat the symptoms, but to find the cause, internal or external. The goal is to rebalance the body so it achieves harmony. The training for a massage therapist is extensive. It not only covers massage, but also anatomy and physiology, nutrition and general health.
Massage Therapy encourages the body's own natural healing mechanisms and relieves restrictions on the central nervous system. Benefits also include better overall health and resistance to disease.
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Emotional Benefits |
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Some of the emotional benefits of massage therapy have been to decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation, increase feelings of wholeness & well-being, relieve stress and anxiety, increase the mood and mental alertness. Other benefits of Therapeutic Massage, CranioSacral, and Lymph Drainage Therapy are:
Improvement in quality of life and self-esteem
Decrease feelings of loneliness and isolation
Relief of stress, anxiety and isolation
Increase mental alertness
Increase feelings of wholeness & well-being
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Experienced Massage Therapist
Celeste Richardson, BS, LMT has worked as a massage therapist
in the Portland area for over 10 years. She is a Member of AMTA
(American Massage Therapy Association).
Celeste will gladly work with Chiropractors who need a Licensed Masseuse
to help restore the health of their clients, or wish to add therapeutic massage
to their Chiropractic practice.
Therapeutic Massage for the following areas:
Gresham - Happy Valley - Troutdale - Sandy - Damascus
Fairview - Lake Oswego - Clackamas - Milwaukie
SE Portland - NE Portland - North Portland
Sellwood and Vancouver WA
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