Samantha Avery

Samantha Avery owns Medical Massage by Samantha, which offers medical massage, TMJ-focused bodywork and advanced skin treatments. She holds certifications in Deep Tissue, Zero Balancing, Craniosacral Therapy, Lymphatic Drainage and Russian Medical Massage, and in Advanced Fibroblast Skin-Tightening, Jet Plasma, Advanced Skin Rejuvenation and Manual Therapeutic Bodywork. She trained through Saybrook University, and her training covers Deep Tissue, Structural Integration, Traditional Thai Medical Massage, Advanced Swedish Massage, Craniosacral Therapy, Lomilomi, Zero Balancing, Lymph Drainage Therapy, Russian Medical Massage, stress reduction with suction, and work on shoulder and rotator cuff syndrome. Her schools include Healing Arts College, The Touch Therapy Institute, Esalen, Science of Massage, The Upledger Institute, The Barral Institute and Massage School of Santa Monica. She has trained privately with Benjamin Shield, PhD, in spinal and joint dysfunction, TMJ dysfunction and neck work, and she continues her professional education each year under doctors and specialists. Her areas of expertise are pain management, tension and mobility issues, TMJ dysfunction, chronic neck or jaw pain, post-injury recovery, facial tension, circulation support, and shoulder and rotator cuff strain. Clients she has worked with include people dealing with chronic pain, posture-related problems, surgical recovery, TMJ dysfunction and stress-related tension. Her skin work centers on Jet Plasma and advanced fibroblast rejuvenation, offered as a less invasive option to injectables, with treatment planned individually.