Chris Wood, LMT

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Chris Wood has been practicing bodywork since 2003, working with infants, children, and adults. He sees life as an athletic event and has helped people with digestive disturbances, migraines, chronic pain, frozen shoulder, accident recovery and pre/post surgery. A love of working with his hands and a desire to help people led him to study bodywork in Oregon.

Chris’ work with people is guided by the idea that our bodies have the ability to find balance and heal when the barriers to health have been removed. He uses gentle and specific manual manipulations to help restore motion where it has been lost, elasticity to the tissues and bring deep relaxation throughout your body. This allows your body the space it needs to circulate fluids with ease and self regulate, which can lead to an increased vitality.

He has extensive training including: CranialSacral, Visceral Manipulation, Myofascial, Connective Tissue, Neural Manipulation and Muscle Energy Techniques. Chris’ hope is to help you become more at ease in your body allowing for relief from pain and faster recovery from injuries.

Every session is unique to the person. The work during the session can be done fully clothed. Please wear loose fitting comfortable clothing such as sweat pants or shorts and a tee-shirt.

When he is not studying anatomy you can find Chris hiking with his wife, flying airplanes, watching birds, studying martial arts, playing outside and making stuff.

 

Modalities

  • Visceral Manipulation
  • Neuromuscular
  • Myofascial Release
  • CranioSacral Therapy
  • Neural Manipulation
  • Hybrid Deep Tissue/CranioSacral

Education

  • East West College of the Healing Arts
  • Benjamin Katz: Mentoring and Fresh Tissue dissection
  • Z-Health Education: R and I Phase
  • Barral Institute: Visceral Manipulation – 1-4, Listening Techniques, VM Dissection
  • Neural Manipulation 1
  • Upledger Institute: CranioSacral – 1 and 2, Somato Emotional Release 1
  • Milne Institute: CranioSacral – 1, 2, 4
  • Carol Grey: Cranial for Infants
  • Osteopathic Health and Wellness – 1 and 2
  • Equine Natural Movement – 1 and 2
  • BFA RISD

Oregon License: #10470

Knowledgeable and caring

“Chris has been helping me work through some pretty miserable GI issues for the past couple of months through using a visceral massage technique. He is truly knowledgeable and caring and very good at what he does. I highly recommend him!”

~ Debbie S.

Helped me get out of pain

“Chis Wood at Somatic Integration helped me get out of pain right away! I’ve been suffering with a hip injury for 3 weeks, seeing a variety of practitioners with minimal relief. Chris was gentle yet thorough as he used various manual therapy techniques to get my hip back into alignment. When I stood up, the pain was reduced by 75%. Plus his whole body approach had me feeling light and relaxed.”

~ Mari G.