Practitioner Spotlight
Myofascial Release
Changed My Life By Anthony Hansen, LMT W
“I injured my neck badly in a car accident
20
many years ago. Myofascial
release completely relieved my neck problems after 8
treatments. I was so impressed I
changed careers and became a massage therapist.”
-Anthony Hansen, LMT
ith 20 years of experience and a wide vari- ety of certifications in different modalities
such as myofascial release, cranial sacral therapy, lymphatic drainage and others, I’ve treated over 30,000 people in the last 20 years. I originally became interested in massage therapy due to a car accident that happened to me about 22 years ago. I hurt my neck badly and it was recommend- ed to me to fuse a couple of vertebrae which I decided against doing. I made the rounds trying different therapies; physical therapy, chiropractic care, and acupuncture, with no relief. Luckily, I found a massage therapist who did a treatment called myofascial release. After 8 treatments, she completely relieved my problem with my neck. I was so impressed by what happened that I
decided to become a massage therapist. I went to massage school at night while still working at my construction job during the day. In 1999, after about a year of going to school, I got my license as a massage therapist. I spoke to the owner of Ab- solute Health Therapeutic Massage, informing her that I wanted to buy the business. Candace, the therapist who treated me, and a couple of other therapists worked there. She sold the business to me and I expanded it to include 18 therapists and 14 treatment rooms. After 10 years in the busi- ness, I decided to specialize in myofascial release. In 2008, I opened the only myofascial clinic
in SW Florida, Therapy on The Gulf, where I practice today. I had a couple of therapists join me who also had lots of experience in this type of therapy. I’ve expanded over the years offering different types of modalities that have to do more with medical conditions such as surgeries, joint replacements, and cosmetic surgeries. I found people were in a lot of pain and had many injuries especially due to sports. Performing myofascial release therapy on these individuals increased their range of motion, their flexibility and their ability to get back to a normal life much quicker. While traveling the world for about 25 years
as an international roofing contractor in foreign countries like China, Africa, the Middle East and
Europe, I routinely had massages and bodywork done, finding it relieved most of the aches and pains that I had related to my work. I kept that information in the back of my head not knowing exactly what I would do with it. Since I’ve been a therapist now for 20 years, all those experiences have definitely made my life a lot more interest- ing and my health is better now than it was 20 years ago. Though I’m older, I’m in better condition than
ever thanks to the many therapists who helped me with a better diet, more hydration (I never drank water at all) and certainly by having ther- apy/bodywork on a regular basis. I still have a therapy session once a week and recommend this to people to keep themselves in a healthy, bal- anced lifestyle. The Chinese have a saying that “dis-ease” of the body causes disease. I think the best prevention for most disease is to keep the body in a balanced situation. Having regular maintenance therapy, taking care of yourself the best that you possibly can, eating right, getting plenty of rest, sunshine and exercise; these are some of the best things you can do to stay healthy. This is what I recommend for all of our clients. We try to get to the root cause of why people have injuries and why they have some of the symptoms they have. Many times, it’s some- thing quite simple such as changing your diet or drinking more water that can improve your health drastically. •
Anthony Hansen, LMT, founder of Therapy on the Gulf. We specialize in myofascial release, craniosacral therapy, and lympatic drainage. We do aromatherapy massage, pregnancy massage, and other types of massage
and energy work. I am also a Qigong and Reiki Master. Candace VanRee, LMT and Teresa Kennedy, LMT are both highly qualified and do the same things that I do. For further information, please feel free to call us at Therapy on the Gulf, 239-262-8722. See ad on page 31 >
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