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Therapies for a Healthier You
Therapies for a Healthier You
healingways
MEDICAL MASSAGE
Targeted Therapy
LYMPH DRAINAGE THERAPY
For Swelling Issues, Congestion of Sinuses, Ears and Eyes, Scar Release, Abdominal Health, Breast Pain, Detoxifying, Headaches & more
VISCERAL MANIPULATION For organs to properly function. Light touch/Amazing results
CRANIOSACRAL THERAPY Gentle yet profound
Loving attention to your feet balances your whole body.
REFLEXOLOGY
Specializing in TMJ Release and Scar Release, too
MOTHER’S DAY SPECIAL $20 OFF
Gift Certifi cates Until May 19, 2017
Massage Therapist Extraordinaire
GAY LACY
NEW LOCATION: 702 Grandview Ave.
Altamonte Springs, 32701
www.gaylacy.com LIC: MA 27181 • MM33367
407-718-5326 S
haron Puszko, Ph.D., founder of the Daybreak Geriatric Massage Institute, in Indianapolis, teaches
and certifi es massage therapists working in assisted living, long-term care and memory care facilities. She relates, “These individuals appreciate not only the physiological benefi ts of massage but also having a therapist touch and address them by their names. A 105-year-old woman jokes, ‘Now that they’ve fi gured out how to keep us alive for so long, they don’t know what to do with us. Thank God for massage therapy.’” Specialty certifi cate programs such as Puszko’s, representing advanced education and training within a modality qualifi ed as therapeutic massage and bodywork, are benefi tting both massage therapists and clients. Some outcome-based specialty modalities considered as requirements for specifi c populations such as seniors, athletes, infants and cancer patients and survivors, are referred to as “medical massage”. The nonprofi t National Certifi cation Board for Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork provides an accredited, voluntary certifi cation beyond entry- level state licensure. To maintain their status, therapists must complete 24
30 Central Florida natural awakenings
hours of continuing education and 100 hours of work experience, and pass a criminal background check every two years. The certifying board also approves continuing education providers that teach specialty techniques, including integrative health care, sports massage and military veteran massage. The result is therapies administered according to a national standard of excellence requisite for therapists working in collaboration with doctors, chiropractors, wellness centers, retirement care communities and other medical settings. Puszko, an approved provider who founded her service in 2000, offers beginning and advanced weekend workshops for therapists on the complexities of physiological changes and technical skills required to work with geriatric or senior clients. She works from three offi ces in upscale retirement communities and teaches approved continuing education curricula throughout the U.S. and internationally. “Although the skills I teach are not taught in massage school, they are in demand at independent and assisted living facilities where massage is considered a vital aspect of health
for Specifi c Ills by Linda Sechrist
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