Hampton

Newport News

Miranda Kearney-Phipps, CMT

Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage & Bodywork
Virginia State Certified Massage Therapist

EDUCATION:

• September 2003: Academy of Massage Therapy at the Institute of Health & Healing, Newport News, VA – 505 Hours

EXPERIENCE:

• December 2003 – Present: Center 4 Massage Therapy – Massage Therapist

MODALITIES:

• Chair Massage – is administered while the client is clothed and seated in a specially designed chair. These chairs most often slope forward allowing access to the large muscles of the back. On-site massage usually lasts between 15 and 30 minutes and is intended to relax and improve circulation.

• Deep (Hot) Stone Therapy – utilizing heated stones to soften tight muscles, trigger points, and soothe chronic muscle pain while lessening discomfort during therapy.  Also used with Swedish relaxation massage to de-stress and relax with the added warmth from smooth stones being pressed against the skin.

• Deep Tissue Massage – directed specifically to individual muscle fibers. Its purpose is to un-stick the fibers of a muscle while releasing deeply-held patterns of tension, removing toxins, relaxing, soothing and thereby re-educating, as well as encouraging the muscle to operate at full capacity. It is both corrective and therapeutic.

• Pregnancy Massage – Acquire special skills in working from preconception massage through pregnancy and labor to post partum massage. Contraindications, proper positioning, and specific routine are covered.

• Swedish Relaxation Massage – a system of long strokes, kneading and friction techniques on the more superficial layers of the muscles, combined with active and passive movements of the joints.

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION MEMBERSHIP:

• AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association)

• NCTMB (Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork)