Michele Hill
Massage Therapist
Education:
Soma Institute of Clinical Massage Therapy
Chicago School of Massage Therapy Certified in Oncology Massage Certified in Prenatal Massage www.bodytherapyassociates.com
Michele Hill is a Clinical Massage Therapist who is extremely knowledgeable and passionate about her profession. With a very detailed oriented approach to providing therapeutic and clinical massage techniques, she is able to identify tissues and/or anatomical systems in need of healing and recovery.
In addition to her clinical skills, she provides an extremely relaxing and rejuvenating treatment with the confidence needed to create the client’s desired outcome.
Michelle graduated from the Soma Institute of Clinical Massage and has spent much of her massaging career in one of Chicago’s top day spas, the Tiffani Kim Institute. Following her experience there, she worked for Accelerated Physical Therapy in Chicago performing providing therapeutic massage and implementing treatments according to physical therapy protocol. She has the ability to work with a variety of muscle, joint, and tissue disorders while providing a wonderfully relaxing experience.
Michelle is certified in Oncology Massage for clients living with cancer. She has trained with Isabel Aadkins, who has been a Massage Therapist since 1994 and an Oncology Massage Educator since 2001. Her work has included integrating comfort based massage with Eastern bodywork modalities to strengthen the body during cancer treatment, disease and it’s trauma. She directed and supervised the Oncology Massage Program at Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital and has been a keynote speaker at the UC Davis Cancer Center forums on Complementary Medicine. Isabel has contributed with a chapter to the 2nd edition of Medicine Hands: Massage Therapy for People with Cancer on the topic of a Chinese Medicine approach to Oncology Massage. www.oncologymassagematters.com
