Jennifer Wallenfels
Licensed Massage Therapist
I specialize in positional release therapy, a painless way to treat the deepest tissues. I melt your muscles instead of smashing them! I work on muscles, joints, fascia, nerves and organs.
Your body already knows how to heal
My goal is to remove the obstacles to healing
My Style
I’m not a typical massage therapist; what I do is better termed manual therapy. I mainly use gentle, “indirect,” osteopathic-style techniques. Over the years, I have come to favor modalities that are subtle, but profoundly effective — while being mostly painless, and deeply relaxing.
If you love a very deep pressure, painful massage, I am not the therapist for you. If you dislike that type of massage — or you just want results that are effective and long-lasting — you might enjoy my style of bodywork.
What massage treats
Massage therapy can be effective for many forms of pain, whether it’s from general “aches and pains,” from an injury, a car accident, or from a chronic condition.
It’s a great adjunct to chiropractic treatments if you’re hard to adjust, or if your adjustments don’t hold well.
Massage therapy is also a great combination with physical therapy because as your muscles get stronger, sometimes they shorten and tighten. Massage can help keep muscles limber and supple as you gain strength.
Most people know that medical massage can be helpful for neck and back ache, shoulder and hip pain, elbow and knee pain, and pain in the hands or feet. It can also restore range of motion so that you have better function in your daily life or in your sports.
But it’s much less known that massage can help reduce the frequency and severity of headaches, including migraines, and nerve pain (which is often felt as burning pain or electrical shocks) or numbness. It can also help to treat sciatica, tendonitis, shin splints and plantar fasciitis.
Another little known form of bodywork is visceral massage (working on the organs), which can relieve abdominal pain, acid reflux or GERD, constipation, urinary and bladder issues, and menstrual cramps. Abdominal massage can even be a support to women looking to become pregnant, especially if they are seeing a Traditional Chinese Medicine doctor or acupuncturist as well.
Finally, massage — especially craniosacral techniques — can help regulate the nervous system, reducing stress and helping facilitate a deep state of relaxation. Any massage is co-regulating, but certain techniques are profoundly relaxing, and can be used when stress and nervous system hyperactivation are the primary complaint.