Amanda Bridges RMT has over 10 years experience to offer you. Trained in Swedish massage, prenatal, postnatal, sports, hot stone, tapping, reflexology and cupping massage.
As a child born into an entrepreneurial family, Amanda always new she wanted to own her own business and found her passion in massage in 2006. After graduating in 2008, Amanda worked for a few clinics and spas as well as ran her own mobile massage business for 3 years until a tragic motor vehicle verses pedestrian accident. As the pedestrian she suffered multiple broken bones and head injuries, however after a few years was able to recover and in 2018 she rewrote all her licensing tests, passed and re-opened Green Leaf Massage Therapy. Amanda then worked for Eastern Collage as a clinic supervisor and substitute teacher while building her massage business until the Covid shut down.
Amanda enjoys researching massage related topics and biology. She takes a medical approach to all her appoints. Through her own personal experiences Amanda understands that the physical and mental aspects of the human entity are interlinked and one can very much affect the other. She is a problem solver and will do everything within her power to provide a solution to your problems by a personalized massages, homecare and or outside referrals. Amanda's main concern is making sure her clients get the assistance they need to live a full life.
Massage Therapy is a wonderful addition to your healthy living regime. There are psychological and mechanical affects from massage through stress management, physical, mental and emotional. Experts estimate that upwards of ninety percent of disease is stress related and we know that nothing ages us faster inside and out. Massage can help manage stress because we all know (as much as we want to) we can not eliminate stress and stressors in our lives. In response to massage, specific physiological and chemical changes cascade throughout the body, with profound effects.
Massage can:
· Decrease anxiety.
· Enhance sleep quality.
· Greater energy.
· Improve concentration.
· Increase circulation.
· Reduce fatigue and pain.
· Maintain the body generally in better condition.
· Prevent injuries and loss of mobility.
· Cure and restore mobility to injured muscle tissue.
· Boost performance.
· Extend the overall life of your sporting career and physical abilities.
Getting a massage can do you a world of good and getting massage frequently can do even more. Taking part in this form of regularly scheduled self-care can play a huge part in how healthy you’ll be and how youthful you’ll remain with each passing year. Budgeting time and money for massage at consistent intervals is truly an investment in your health. Remember: just because massage feels like a pampering treat doesn’t mean it is any less therapeutic.
Consider massage appointments a necessary piece of your health and wellness plan, and work with your practitioner to establish a treatment schedule that best meets your needs.