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JoAnn Lindhorst-Dziuba

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JoAnn is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork and has received over 700 hours of training in a variety of techniques. Her mission is to provide relief from pain and stress, while promoting health, harmony and well-being. Detailed descriptions of JoAnn’s coursework are available here.

She tailors each therapeutic massage session to the individual. For proper evaluation of the clients’ needs, a postural analysis and medical history are completed. A customized treatment plan is provided with recommendations for stretching, exercise and self-care techniques to assist the client in achieving overall better health and relief of symptoms.

Massage for Better Health...

How Will Massage Benefit You?

• Calms the nervous system
• Lowers blood pressure
• Relieves headaches, including early onset migranes
• Relieves pain, tingling, and numbness of arms, hands and legs
• Increases flexibility and range of motion
• Increases blood and lymph flow
• Reduces mental stress and anxiety through the release of endorphins
• Improves quality of sleep

What Type of Massage is Right for You?

For Relaxation, Stress, or Anxiety:

Using moderate pressure and slowly stretching the muscle tissue, soothing Swedish massage is used to remove the lactic acid and toxins that accumulate in the tissues. This helps to lower blood pressure while increasing circulation and is effective for relieving muscle tension, pain associated with fibromyalgia, tension headaches and insomnia.

For Pain and Tingling in Extremities:

As muscles tighten from overuse and repetitive movement, they compress nerves affecting the arms and legs, creating tender spots or trigger points. Neuromuscular techniques help relieve muscle spasms and nerve impingement by using direct pressure, vibration and manipulation of muscle tissue to release trigger points, allowing energy flow and circulation to return. This release allows the nerve impulse to flow freely, relieving numbness and tingling.

For Chronic Pain including Sciatica:

Myofascial Release techniques involve the application of a variety of chronic pain conditions. “Myo” refers to muscle and “fascia” to the elastic web of connective tissue that spreads throughout the body. Fascia is interwoven like fabric, covering the muscles, organs, bones and nerves. It connects every part of the body and allows proper movement of joints and muscles. When fascia becomes restricted from trauma, surgery, inflammation, poor posture and stress, these restrictions cause an imbalance in the body resulting in pain and restricted movement. Myofascial release involves the application of stretches and pressure to the fascia and muscles. It relieves tension and pain by releasing and lengthening the fascia, which allows muscles to return to their correct position, length and function.

For Post-Trauma and Post-Surgical Swelling:

Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT) is a light, relaxing technique that manually moves the lymph through the body (lymph is a clear fluid that filters out toxins). This filtering process keeps the immune system strong and helps protect the body from disease. Click here for additional information.

Benefits of LDT:

• Regain mobility more quickly following surgery or trauma
• Reduce swelling/bruising following plastic surgery
• Pre-surgery - Prepares the tissues by draining them to allow for a more ‘clean incision’
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS): allows longer remission period

Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT)…

How Lymphatic Drainage Therapy (LDT) works:

When lymph fluid is stagnant, LDT is used to return the lymphatic system to a normal flow. By stretching the skin and creating a vacuum in the lymph capillaries, the peristalsis action moves the fluid toward the lymph nodes. This filtering process keeps the lymph capillaries clear and flowing, which minimizes swelling or inflammation.

How Do Toxins Enter Our Bodies?

Preservatives and additives in foods, which are not used nutritionally for muscles or organ function, are discarded into our lymphatic system. Unused chemicals and byproducts from medications find their way to the lymphatic system to be discarded.

When is LDT appropriate?

• Edema: Relief from edema of various origins.
• Trauma: Torn muscles, joint dislocations, fractures, tendonitis, and hematomas.
• Multiple Sclerosis (MS): Lymph drainage allows the patient longer remission periods, especially noticed in the legs.
• Weakened Immune System: Strengthens the immune system to increase resistance to viruses and bacteria.
• Recovery from Plastic Surgery: Reduces inflammation and promotes faster healing following face-lifts and eye procedures, producing better results. Helps scars and puffiness fade more quickly.
• Pre-surgical preparation: Prepares and drains the tissue by clearing lymph passages prior to surgery, to allow for a more ‘clean incision’.
• Post-surgical recovery: Reduces inflammation, rids body of anesthesia and promotes healing. Allows patient to regain mobility more quickly.
• Post-mastectomy: LDT can redirect the lymph flow to functional nodes for draining to avoid swelling in the arms.
• Skin Hydration: Lymph drainage hydrates the skin, nurtures wrinkles, removes toxins, regenerates skin tissue, tones skin and relaxes facial muscles.
• Dental Work: Lymph drainage aids fluid drainage and reduces inflammation and pain following tooth extraction and other dental procedures.

About the Lymphatic System:

The lymphatic system is a network of thousands of tiny capillaries that carry lymph (clear fluid containing foreign bodies, germs and toxins) through the body to the lymph nodes, which act as purification centers. The nodes break down and destroy the toxins so they can be flushed out of the body via the digestive system, urinary tract, skin and lungs.

When the lymphatic system is not functioning and fluids are not moving, proteins and other toxins build up, resulting in swelling. This blockage stresses the immune system and eventually wears it down, leaving the body unprotected against illness and disease.

Education & Coursework:

1999 Graduated from Kaleidoscope School of Massage, St. Louis with 500 hours of training in anatomy, physiology and massage techniques

Continuing Education Courses:

• Manual Lymphatic Drainage: 75 CEU hours of training through the Upledger Institute. Have completed 3rd level of training.
• Myofascial Release: 36 CEU hours of training through Elements of Wellness School of Massage.
• Manual Therapy for Post Trauma and Post Surgery: 7 CEU hours of training through Mastertouch, LLC.
• Practical Anatomy and Human Dissection: 32 CEU hours. Sponsored by St. Louis University School of Medicine and St. Louis Metropolitan Medical Society.
• Neuromuscular Therapy: 25 CEU hours through the International Academy of Neuromuscular Therapies and the AMTA National Learning Center.
• Touch for Health: 36 CEU hours through the Touch for Health Kinesiology Association, International Kinesiology College.
• Active Isolated Stretching and Strengthening: 36 CEU hours through Aaron Mattes, MS, RKT, The Mattes Method.
• Geriatric Massage: 25 CEU hours through the Day-Break Geriatric Massage School.

Contact JoAnn

Phone: 314-780-6460
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Please note: Twenty-four hour notice is requested for cancellations. Gift certificates are available.

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