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Massage Therapy now offered at our Westchester location!

IMF – Westchester
175 Memorial Highway – LL1
New Rochelle, NY 10801
(914) 355-5930

Tuesday evenings: 4:30 – 8:30pm

Saturday mornings: 8:30am – 2:30pm

Hour and Half hour sessions are available, by appointment only.

Working out fatigues muscles which cause them to become hypertonic and shortened (contracted).

Massage therapy offers neurological and mechanical sensory input to facilitate muscle relaxation and lengthening. The manual techniques offered during a massage stimulate special nerve cells with the skin, muscle and joints. These nerve cells act as sensory inputs to reset muscles to a greater state of relaxation.

When the muscles of the body are relaxed metabolic activity decreases which in turn conserves energy through less metabolism and waste production. Furthermore when muscles are more relaxed they exert less pressure on their surrounding space. This leads to an improvement in circulation along with the body being put in a more optimal state of recovery. Massage helps to bring the functioning of the body’s systems to improved balance and health. In short, massage therapy adds sensory input to the nervous system to help the body to recover faster from exercise by helping the body to relax an dbe in a more optimal state to heal itself.

Sessions will be done by Juan Johnson, LMT, NCTMB

Juan Johnson has been a licensed practicing massage therapist for over 12 years. After graduating from the prestigious Swedish Institute of Massage Therapy in New York City he began making a name for himself working in some of New York’s top spas, health, fitness and rehabilitation establishments. Juan has worked on hundreds of clients helping them to achieve greater quality of life through relief from soft tissue injury, pain and discomfort. Using his acquired knowledge and experience Juan has created his own unique style of massage. While balancing strength and gentleness he offers clients centered work that is a synergy of massage methods from both East and West. His unique approach has often moved many of his clients to say “he has the best hands in New York”.

About Rui Mateus

I am a seasoned professional with over 30 years experience in the health and fitness industries. Throughout my career, I have consistently been successful in developing and implementing innovative exercise programs that use the latest science based methods and techniques. I held the position of Fitness Director at serveral major commercial gyms and having been dissatisfied with their general philosophy regarding training went on to found several successful training businesses of my own. I am extremely passionate about training the trainers on my unique method and style of training that is evidence based and has yielded safe, consistent results, and changed the lives of hundreds of clients.