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...bodywork, rehabilitation and fitness training, instruction and student coaching. Past associations include Dallmeyer Physical Therapy, Laguna Physical Therapy, Cottage Hospital, Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital and Corporate Touch. Education was in US, Europe and China.
...clinically shown to promote pain relief, wellness, healing and relaxation, Paul offers the best fit of techniques to the individual at his or her particular point in the somatic wellness journey, from 5 minute tune-ups (ideal for specific trigger points) to 1.5 hour sessions (indispensable for professional athletes and musicians). Paul is certified in several modalities available individually or in combination:
Please print and complete
Client Intake Sheet
and bring to save time during your appointment.
It is best to discuss goals and modalities over phone before appointment.
Your health practitioner's indication or contraindication for bodywork is always recommended,
and sometimes required for certain health conditions (such as thrombosis)
and during use of certain medications (such as blood thinners).
Severe muscle spasms, and injuries such as tissue tears, are also included as contraindications for
typical manipulative bodywork (i.e. massage not recommended.)
Rebound headaches and specific myofascial related pain may occur after Swedish or
other massage therapy. During a
Swedish
or other massage, latent trigger points may be massaged just enough to trigger them, but not precisely enough to release them; or they may be overworked which can irritate them.
If therapeutic treatment such as
Myofascial Release or
Trigger Point Therapy
does not produce significant results within 1 to 3 visits, then referral to medical or other practitioners is advised.
Paul has education in many modalities from 3 continents, and continues to study, and contribute to, various research.
Michael Park from the University of Minnesota published research using the CD index (consolidation-or-destabilisation index),
which measures the steady decrease in the disruptiveness of research.
The disruption caused by 45 million papers and 3.9 million patents found online were studied to determine the cause of this decline.
The group could rule out certain common theories, including a lack of “low-hanging fruits” left in science for us to discover,
or the idea that the quality of current science being published has diminished over time.
In fact, they attribute the loss partially to narrowing "research areas," and
“narrow slices” of science currently being explored,
meaning scientists are less likely to approach a topic holistically.
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We believe that funding sources have narrowed research and obfuscated advances that do not support current industries.
Examples are Trigger Points viewed using modern imaging equipment, and
the BPA research 15 years ago that was canceled, but revived by private funding to complete the revelation of the data,
after which the researcher told me that his family stopped drinking out of plastic bottles - in 2011!
Sometimes routes for exploring holistic answers lie under our noses, and listening to the body and
utilizing multiple skills can improve functional and performance issues, which are always related to general wellness.
Current topics being explored:
Chinese Pediatric Massage: A Practitioner's Guide
Body Back Buddy Classic (USA Made) Handheld Full Body Massage Cane Tool
for Trigger Point Massage & Deep Tissue Pain Relief - Dual Massage Hooks for Back, Shoulder, Neck.
For those clients who desire true Deep Work,
there is...
Barefoot Deep Tissue DVD by John Harris
ABMP Certified
Bodywork Therapist
Massage Therapy
ABMP Referrals
or
Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute
Physical Therapy
David A. Dallmeyer, R.P.T.
805-681-1004
Exercise Physiologist
Scott Wenz, M.A.
Chiropractic
Dr. Bruce Yong
Stretching and Yoga
The Valentino Brothers
Massage Instruction and student clinics
Santa Barbara Body Therapy Institute
805-966-5802
Dentist and Jaw Pain
Dr. Silvia Erickson, D.D.S.
805-967-5017
1. Photo ©2006 Paul Svacina; Massage table outside in Montecito (Return to Image 1 in text)
2. Photo courtesy ABMP (Return to Image 2 in text)
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Photo by Rebecca 2007
Barefoot deep tissue massage at i'Madonnari in Santa Barbara
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4. Photo ©2006 Paul Svacina; Chair Massage (Return to Image 4 in text)