Michelle A. Christie

Michelle A. Christie, B.A., L.M.T., has been practicing massage therapy in the Hudson Valley for almost 20 years.   She received her B.A. in Human Biology from S.U.N.Y. Albany in 1991. Then in 1995 she completed the massage therapy program at the Swedish Institute in New York City and received her license in massage therapy. She has had the pleasure of massaging clients of all ages from newborns to the elderly. She has also assisted at births using her massaging techniques to help ease the pains of labor and supply support for both the mom and dad through the birthing process. During prenatal massages she educates about relaxation techniques that can be used throughout the labor process, with ideas from the music you play to positions to rest in to help ease you through labor.       Her scope of practice has also included massaging teenagers stressed from schooling and injured from sports. Believe it or not teens have a harder time relaxing then adults due to all the changes they are going through physically, emotionally and socially.  Her experience with adults has ranged from the need for relaxation to aiding in the healing of injuries acquired from daily activities, sports or work. It has been her pleasure and honor to work with the elderly population supplying them with the massage to fit their needs for helping to increase range of motion, improving flexibility and to work their breathing muscles to ease their breathing difficulties.