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massage for pets and their people

stephanie — 2009-11-28T18:36:00Z

So you know that my massage studio is located in Clarendon, and that Clarendon is incredibly dog friendly. Even the coffee shop downstairs sells dog treats, so you can sit on the patio enjoy your coffee and friends while your beloved enjoys a treat. Some folks even stop at AKA Spot next door for dogie ice-cream for their beloved to enjoy.

A client adopted a boarder collie from a rescue group and was experiencing some behavior issues with the new [to the family] gal and picked up some resources on Tellington TTouches. These Tellington TTouches have been an amazing experience for this collie and her people.

Here's a audio link to a segment from a presenter at the World Massage Conference, held earlier this month. In the audio clip Linda Tellington Jones talks about how Tellington TTouches can address timidity, hyperactivity and fears in Dogs, as well as aggressive behaviors of Cats. Take some time to listen, its an amazing modality. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XafUh9WyXSY&feature=player_embedded#

Let me know if you would like for me to hook you and your pet up with a Tellington TTouches practitioner to help develop a greater bond for you and your beloved.

stephanie
(703) 627 2700 cell

REALLY??? at 15-minute massage???

stephanie — 2009-11-26T16:33:00Z

Why get a 15-minute massage??

Well, plainly put, it feels good. A great way to spend a short bit of time, tunning into your body and how you feel, releasing tension cause by stresses such as work, relationships, travel and shopping.

This weekend as you are out and about, if you feel any stress or its companion, frustration, building up in you; head over to the massage studio.

I am holding usual hours this weekend, which includes the Walk-In Clinic, Thur, Fri, Sat, Sun, 11am - 6pm - with no appointment needed for a 15 or 30-minute chair massage or table massage.

Click the link above to learn about the benefits of massage that can be gained in 15-minutes, don't just take it at face value, come over to the massage studio and experience it for yourself.

I'm here in your neighborhood in Clarendon, right above the Java Shack at 2507 N Franklin Rd.

have a pleasant Thanksgiving, guests and all.

stephanie — 2009-11-23T04:56:00Z

Nothing more powerful to reduce stress and help the body to relax and unwind than Professional Massage Therapy.

This week I am in the Massage Therapy Studio, and I have opened up my schedule for appointments. You can schedule your appointment, right NOW, on-line, http://www.schedulicity.com/MakeReservation.aspx?business=TLMKCP - chose between Chair massage, Foot massage & Table massage of various session lengths, and then pick a day and select a time.
        If you do not already have an account with Schedulicity, you will be prompted to create one.
        Once you create an account your appointment is booked.

As soon as you book your appointment, a text message is sent telling me that you are coming in for a massage, at what time and what day.

If you need to change your appointment you are able to do that on-line also. Please note, you are not able to cancel your appointment within 12 hours of the appointment.

I get updates of your changes, do not fear.

You are still able to call me direct (703) 627 2700. You make continue to call me direct to schedule appointments. When you call me direct you are able to call me direct to change an appointment that is within the next 12 hours.

This is a new system for me. Help me break it in.

I look forward to seeing you this week.

10 gets 12

stephanie — 2009-10-10T00:55:00Z

Celebrate the Columbus Day weekend with deals on Massage Therapy.

Columbus set off on a long journey which brought professional rewards and personal fulfillment.

This weekend, you too, can set off on a long journey which can bring you professional rewards and personal fulfillment.

Massage Therapy is your route to professional rewards and personal fulfillment over the next calendar quarter, half year or even full year.

Right now, if you buy 10 of the same massages [such as 10 30-minute massages] you will receive 2 additional massages. Thats the next 3 months of weekly massages at a 17% savings.

Most folks are aware that massage can be a relaxing experience, that massage can improve athletic performance and that massage is a healthy lifestyle habit. Did you know that massage can help you in the workplace, that massage can improve your ability to focus and create better work product? There is published research on this. HTTP://thon-sitechairmassagetherapist.com/FACTs.html

A calendar quarter will get you to the end of the year. Experiencing the benefits of massage during this upcoming season can be immensely rewarding. What stops you from continuing those benefits into the new year.

You can carry the benefits of massage into the year to come.

I offer a 30-day pass for massage. A 30-day pass is good for as many 60-minute massages you can schedule for yourself over the 30 day period.

With a 30-day pass, if you come only once a week you save over 25% of the usual cost for the 5 60-minute massages you receive.

If you buy 6 30-day passes, you will receive 1 additional 30 day pass & you will save 15% off the usual cost for those 30 day passes.

If you want to buy 10 60-minute massages for the next quarter, you can.
And if you want to buy a 30-day pass for 30-minute massages, you can.

The whole year of massage is easily obtained by purchasing 10 30-day passes. Again, you buy 10 of the same massage products you will receive 2 additional.

A whole year of 30-day passes for massage is effectively 35% off the usual cost of weekly massages. And with a 30-day pass you can come more than once a week. With a 30-day pass you can come as many times in 30 days as you can fit into your schedule.

I also do 15-minute massages and also 80-minute massages.

Here's the link to learn even more - http://stp-cycle.com/BONUS.html

reading to do

stephanie — 2009-07-20T18:38:00Z

Came across and article promoting EBP [evidence based practice].

This is a very challenging article. Encouraging practitioners to be current on research and skills, to apply them in sessions and to follow up on the impact on clients' functioning.

I strive to have an Outcome Based Practice, where clients can leave each session able to indicate how the massage has impacted their 'condition'.

I will be hitting my library to read more from K Janda and his research on Upper Crossed and Lower Crossed syndromes. A brief summary of these works is that many of the aches and pains we experience are the result of certain muscles being stretched and others being too tight. Basically knowing how these syndromes behave gives me the immediate knowledge to apply my skills to immediately reduce your experience of pain.

How does this benefit my clients? A 15-minute chair massage can have an immediate change on your neck pain. A 15-minute massage is only $15.00 and every 4th one is FREE.

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Keep the summer going great

stephanie — 2009-07-06T01:45:00Z

An amazing number of certificates for 30-minute massages were sold this weekend for the SALE price of $17.76. A few folks bought 2 or 3 while one person bought 15 and yet another 20. That's a couple of months of 30-minute massages for very little money.

If you did not have a chance to take advantage of the SALE, don't worry there are still ways for you to save on 30-minute massages this summer.

As usual with the 30-minute massage, the 4th one is free. http://stp-cycle.com/isaccessible.html

There is also a 30-day pass. A 30-day pass is a flat fee access to as many 30-minute massages as you can schedule for yourself. http://stp-cycle.com/fortheaddict.html

Think about it, with a 30-day pass you can get 10 massages in the next 30-days for less than what folks bought certificates for this weekend. 10 massages in the next 30 days is only 2 massages a week, that makes for a nice way to get through the dog-days of summer.

I am in the massage studio all summer long. I look forward to working with all of you, whether you bought a certificate this weekend or are looking to buy a 30-day pass this week. If you are on the fence about how much you will enjoy a 30-day pass, schedule a 30-minute massage and let your body convince your mind that this is what you need.

celebrate the 4th with a 30 minute massage for $17.76

stephanie — 2009-07-02T18:00:32Z

It's the 4th of July weekend!!!

It makes no sense to go back to work after a holiday weekend feeling sore.

Go back to work feeling great! Go back to work anticipating and excellent summer!!

This weekend ONLY all 30 minute massages are on sale for $17.76.

Yes that is right!! Get a 30 minute massage for $17.76.

The extra exciting part of this sale is that you can buy certificates for 30 minute massages at the sale price of $17.76.

Get in on the deal NOW and schedule the massage for later.

ACT NOW - this sale is only July 2 - 5, 2009 - buy in person or on the web.

Come by the studio at 2507 N Franklin Rd Arlington VA 22201, during walk-in clinic hours this weekend. [thur, fri, sat, sun, 11am-6pm]

See this web page for details http://stp-cycle.com/MASSAGESPECIALS.html.

i'm "the tops"

stephanie — 2009-06-14T23:36:00Z

I was asked the Capital Area Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce to provide chair massage at their booth for 2009 Capital Pride Festival today.

What a long day it was. Chamber members working the booth repeatedly told me "that person who just got a massage said 'that was the best massage ever' or 'that massage rocked my world'" All I heard from individuals i worked with today was "I've found my new massage therapist."

And how amazing to be my studio client, I see clients 7 days a week between 7:30am and 8:30pm, and do my best to accommodate short notice appointment needs. Add to that my amazing incentive programs and my 30-day pass - check them out yourself at HTTP://stp-cycle.com/appointments.html and HTTP://stp-cycle.com/fortheaddict.html.

And now for an amazing week - I have been called on to be one of two massage therapist available for the athletes participating in the IGLFA tournament this year, to be held at the Bethesda Soccer Plex and also at Trinity College. HTTP://www.iglfa2009.org/

Even though I will be out of the studio during daytime hours this week, I am available evenings for appointments.

The benefit for you - by Saturday night i will have basically completed a boot camp of skill review and mastering for Ankles, Knees, Hips, and Low Back.

If you have wondered "how much can be done in a 15-minute table massage" then come see me this coming weekend, Saturday the 20th or Sunday the 21st.

In 15-minutes I can bring about a change in Plantar Fascitis, release tight IT bands, increase ankle range of motion, loosen tight groin muscles, bring relief to low back pain and reduce symptoms of sciatica.

If you want a massage that 'rocks your world', a massage that convinces you that 'you have found your massage therapist' then come see me this weekend in my studio. 2507 N Franklin Arlington VA 22201 phone ahead to secure your time 703 248 9191

what a weekend

stephanie — 2009-05-27T23:58:00Z

I trust everyone kicked their summer of to an incredible start this past weekend!!!!!

The Limited Time Offer sale is available until June 1st, 2009.

While you plan your summer plan for it to include massage - you can buy as many certificates as you want at these sale prices. Buy the Certificate NOW, schedule the massage for later.

While you are at the website, pay attention to the referral program. http://stp-cycle.com/rewarding.html For each new client who mentions you as the individual who referred them, you get a free massage. If your friend [the new client] gets a 30 minute massage, you get a 30 minute massage, a 60 you get a 60. This is what YOU get for each person who is a new client to me that tells me YOU sent them.

Summer is full of great recreational activities & massage can stop the pain if those leisure pursuits hurt.

Get more out of your summer with more massage.

Planning for an awesome summer!!!!!

stephanie — 2009-05-22T23:03:00Z

Summer begins NOW!!

Don't care about the weather forecast the calendar says its Memorial Day weekend - ERGO - it IS summer!

Do you have your plans finalized for an awesome summer?

Let me suggest that you include frequent massages as a part of your Summer 2009.

It's not a luxury, it's a necessity, Massage Stops the Pain.

There is no reason for our leisure pursuits to cause us pain, or limit the ability to enjoy the summer to the fullest.

I can help with all that.

first - I'm a professional Massage Therapist
second - I have extensive training and knowledge of how to make you Feel Different NOW
third - I am 'in' all summer long. I will be here all summer - that includes Monday the 25 - I will be open.
fourth - I make massage affordable [have you been to my website http://stp-cycle.com/ ]
fifth - Today Massages are as low at $35 for a 30-min table massage
check out the rest of the limited time offerings at http://stp-cycle.com/MASSAGESPECIALS.html

You have back pain - i can make that Feel Different NOW - come see me, in as little as 30-minutes I can change your level of pain.

You have a headache, feel a migraine coming on - I can make that Feel Different NOW - in as little as 30-minutes

You safely slid into second base on a steal and now you ache - I can make that Feel Different NOW

If you have an ache or a pain, massage can make that Feel Different NOW, all summer long get the most out of your summer time pursuits, make the summer of 2009 be a pain free summer full of recreational pursuits.

Buy your certificates for massage on line TODAY, before the sale is gone.

Call and schedule your massage.
Kick off the summer of 2009 ready for what life brings at you.

I can make you feel different, now - with these new skills

stephanie — 2009-03-02T01:05:00Z

I had an incredible opportunity this weekend [2/28-3/1/9] to attend a course being taught by Jodi Scholes.

Jodi is a well respected Athletic Massage Therapist, has worked with DC United and is sought after by elite tri-Athletes regionally as well as Olympic Track & Field athletes.

The course I completed with her has trained me excellently to expertly manage pain issues clients experience such as:
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Golfer's Elbow
Frozen Shoulder
Tennis Elbow
Rotator Cuff injuries

If you know anyone with any of those pain complaints, send them my way. I can make them feel different!

stephanie
703 627 2700 (cell)

opportunity this weekend

stephanie — 2009-02-27T23:13:00Z

Wow - I got a call this afternoon from the Northern Virginia School of Therapeutic Massage, asking me to join a class this weekend.

So now I have the opportunity to study and learn first hand this weekend with Jodi Scholes. Jodi works primarily with elite athletes in the Washington/Baltimore metropolitan area, many of which compete at Olympic Trials as well as the Olympics.

What an opportunity to learn more advances skills for Sport/Athletic Massage from a true Master.

So this weekend I will study, learn and apply new skills and techniques for making shoulders, arms, hands and necks feel different.

What this means for you, my client, is that the sore shoulder caused by the computer bag; I can make that feel different. The sore achy wrist from writing those long pleadings and proposals, I can make them feel different.

Not only can I make them feel different, I am able to do it quickly.

That means that even a 15 minute massage appointment can bring about the change and difference your body wants.

So this weekend I am only able to take appointments after 4:30pm Saturday and Sunday. And for the early bird, I have one appointment available Sunday morning at 7:30am.

I take appointments 7 days a week as early as 7:30am and will start my last appointment for the day as late as 8:30pm.

http://stp-cycle.com/ has more information about appointment hours and availability as well as pricing and incentive programs.

I look forward to sharing my new skills and abilities with you during your next session.

See you soon.

[don't forget if you got Mari Gras beads from me during the parade, bring them with your to your next appointment and save 30%]

Stephanie
703 627 2700 (cell)

Mardi Gras

stephanie — 2009-02-25T15:10:00Z

Fat Tuesday is over - and we all feel better for it.

If you were at the Mardi Gras parade in Clarendon you may have gotten some beads with a medallion suggestion that - you want a massage.

Find that medallion and bring it to your next massage to save 30%.

Keep relaxing and unwinding, stress is not a good thing.

Massage helps you feel different, NOW!

ideas for this inaugural week

stephanie — 2009-01-19T15:07:00Z

It is a busy week in Washington DC this week. Lots of walking, lots of standing, lots of waiting, lots of dancing . . . basically lots of being up on your feet.

Obama promises change for us as a nation, and privately as we experience our low backs aching from all the moving about, and our feet being tired from all the walking, we realize that we are changing also.

A simple and enjoyable tool for managing this change is Therapeutic Massage.

I recently learned a new set of techniques which can reduce, and possibly eliminate, your low back pain. These Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (MAT) are amazing and don't take long.

A 30-minute massage can bring about a radical change to your experience of low back pain.

Experience it yourself - get your 30-minute low back MAT massage for a special price of $40 till the end of the month of January.

Details about low back MAT massage can be found at http://stp-cycle.com/.

Start this year on the Right Foot

stephanie — 2008-12-27T23:59:00Z

I have Three specials running till the end of January 2009.

find details about them at
http://stp-cycle.com/MASSAGESPECIALS.html

1 - Hangover Helper Massage
        30-minutes of the most incredible deep tissue massage you have ever experienced.
                only $35 till January 5th [after that regular price 30-minutes massage $45
2 - expand your Healthy Habits to include massage
        schedule your next 60-minute massage before 1/10/09 and for the next three 60-minute massages you schedule during the month of January, you can save $20 on each if you pre-pay.
3 - Does the Inauguration have you staying home from work?? Avoid the cabin fever, schedule a 60-minute massage for the 19th or for the 20th and save $15. Appointments available all day long, starting at 7:30am.

STUDY GROUP

stephanie — 2008-12-25T22:58:00Z

hey colleagues - have you attended an Erik Dalton Seminar?? to study Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques??

if so JOIN US

last Saturdays of the month at 7pm here in the massage therapy studio at 2507 N Franklin Rd in Arlington Va 22201

if you are connected on facebook, here is the event listed there
http://www.facebook.com/friends/?id=1288751146&flid=1071429547826&view=everyone&q=&nt=0&nk=0&s=0&st=0#/event.php?eid=39758398611

contact me and let me know if you can make it, i can shoot you out an email with more info

stephanie@thelocalmassagetherapist.com

see you soon

stephanie
703 627 2700 (cell)

rabbits benefit from massage therapy

stephanie — 2008-12-21T18:17:00Z

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=92118

If rabbits benefit from massage why wouldn't humans??

Would you like to test this research on yourself??

Do you engage in an 'athletic' activity which predominately uses your legs??

We can set up a research program for you. We can take 4 consecutive days, you can exercise before coming in for 15 minutes of massage on one leg and not the other. Based on the subjective report that you give, we can determine the validity of this research being applicable to humans as well as rabbits.

Contact me and we'll set this up.

stephanie
703 627 2700 (cell)

more about the massage therapy studio

stephanie — 2008-12-20T19:36:00Z

for more information about my massage studio practice watch this video link

http://www.massagestopsthepain.com/stpcycle/NP1

seen you soon

stephanie

this week

stephanie — 2008-12-19T22:50:00Z

it has been a week full of many many different things

i found a list of 19 simple instructions for life
http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96jul/instructions.html

of course full of the warm fuzzy thoughts and sentiments, and some which stand out

my personal favorites include #2, #10, #14(pairs well with #5) & #16

EVERYTHING IS ON SALE

stephanie — 2008-12-15T03:54:00Z

Thank you to all who made the OPEN House an AMAZING event!!!

for those of you who decided to watch the web and see what you missed, here is what you missed.

EVERYTHING IS ON SALE

http://stp-cycle.com/EVERYTHINGONSALE.html

check out the web page for the massage sale

you can ask questions of us through a form on the web

you can also puchase massage certificates through PayPal and pick them up at your next appointment, or even have them mailed to yourself, or to others.

See you in the studio SOON!!

Stephanie
703 627 2700 (cell)