Fran Rodriguez, LMT

Education:

East/West Massage School of Portland—2005

Massage is the best thing you can do for yourself. Ask any LMT why they massage. The response will most likely be, “because it helped to improve my own health and I wanted to do the same for others.”

Yes, the benefits to massage are endless. More and more it is becoming a necessity instead of a luxury. In our fast-paced, hurry-up, sterile, pop-a-pill world it is alternative health care at its best. Therapeutic healing human contact helps our bodies mechanically, encourages blood circulation and waste removal. It energizes or relaxes us and helps bring us back to self.

In my practice, I hear a lot of, “I didn’t know that hurt until you got to it.” Yes, I help people to be advocates for themselves. They learn that they are not separate from their body and that pain is how the body communicates with the brain. “Something’s wrong with me,” the body says. “Address it now.” It is the most satisfying thing to watch someone’s health improve in a relatively short time.

Types of massage include relaxation massage, trigger point, sports massage, deep tissue massage, cranial sacral massage, reflexology, lymphatic drainage and Myofascial release, and the list goes on and on. Make your appointment today. We (LMT-licensed massage therapists) are everywhere just waiting to get to know you. So rest, walk, get that water in you and remember…..YOU are worth it.

Outside the office Fran enjoys painting, hiking and running marathons. She participates each year in the Hood to Coast Relay.