Michael LMT
Michael LMT
Institution, Imagination, Grace.

Thai Massage
is in everything do.
My interest in massage therapy goes back to the 1980s. After a bad automobile accident added up to chronic back pain. My first massage experiences were fairly simple treatments from practitioners who were working in conjunction with the chiropractors that I was often visiting for pain relief. As time went on, I began to realize that the massages tended to be more memorable than the chiropractic work, and every time I would try these things on my friends the work was punctuated by enthusiastic comments including how I should pursue it professionally.
Therapist, teacher, mentor
experience
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Origin

Vision
From the very first time he received a Thai Massage treatment, he had a strong sense of what makes this modality more effective than the rest.

Transformation

Origin

Vision
From the very first time he received a Thai Massage treatment, he had a strong sense of what makes this modality more effective than the rest.

Transformation
The Journey
How this all started
In 1985 Reinhold suffered many injuries as a result of traumas related to an auto accident. After healing from most of these there was still chronic pain in the slow and mid-back which he sought different chiropractors to treat. Although the chiropractic treatments were sometimes satisfying, Reinhold remembers the Massage therapy that he received during those Chiro visits more distinctly. There is a lot to be said about the way it affects the psyche in a positive way toward healing the body. The more he learned from these massage practitioners, the more he began to practice with friends. Eventually, his friends convinced him to pursue a massage career.
Creativity
Therapeutic bodywork
Even though he already had a strong sense of the difference between a fluff spa treatment and remedial bodywork it was deeply satisfying to learn the term Therapeutic Massage right at the top of his course of study. So he designed his plans to pursue medical massage and began to focus on this approach for his career.
Thai Massage Intro
During a 15 week interval, mixed modality students divided 6 intro classes into 3 sections and participated in two at a time, having 4 hr. classes for 5 weeks straight.
In the first section, Reinhold enrolled in Reflexology because of how intriguing the concept of invisible connectedness between the zones on the feet, hands, and ears and all of the organs glands, and systems in the body. Unfortunately, every time he was paired up to experience the lessons, he would consistently fall asleep while his partner practiced.
The other modality in the first interval was Thai Massage and Reinhold signed up for it merely because he had no idea what it was about.
From the very first lesson, he had a strong sense that this was different. While he was working with his partner on the first night of the class he enjoyed it so much that he remembers thinking, “Why is there any other kind of massage?” The techniques that were covered on the second night were so effective for his back pain that he made a decision right then and there and before the day was over he had already purchased his airfare for the first trip to Thailand.
Thai Massage is Medical Massage
Transformation
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It’s time to take this to the next level. The goal now is to build a team of Thai Massage therapists to work under the ThaiMassage-NYC brand. If Thai Massage is your thing and you want to work with clients, reach out to me about how we can work together to make this happen.
If you have already started your Thai Massage journey but you feel that you are not quite ready, you can also consider our Partner Program. This program is a great way to add to your practice and work toward joining our staff at ThaiMassage-NYC