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Massage Therapy

Brandy Purdy, Nationally Licensed Massage Therapist

I grew up in the small town of DeWitt in southeast Arkansas. Anytime someone asked me what I wanted to be when “I grew up,” I might have said an astronaut, doctor, or teacher, but certainly not a massage therapist. Although I was fortunate that my parents made sure that I knew life existed beyond rice and soybean farms, my only notion of massage therapists had come from movies: the Swedish Helga pummeling a socialite beside the pool of a multi-million dollar mansion. I never even had a massage until after I had finished a Bachelor of Arts (cum laude) and a Master of Arts degree from Mississippi State University. My idea of what a massage actually was changed immediately after receiving my first therapeutic treatment.

Massage is therapy, not just a luxury for those with extra time and money. I am living proof that it is capable of creating a better life for people with a variety of ailments. When I received my first massage, I had been suffering from severe anxiety attacks. Massage is one of the main reasons I no longer need medication to control the attacks, and as is often the case, a life-changing experience creates a career-changing one.

I entered massage therapy school with the primary purpose of becoming a medical massage therapist, hoping to help others the way that I was helped. I completed my basic massage licensure through Healing Touch School of Massage Therapy in April of 2004, yet I still do not feel as if I have “finished school.” I continue to take medical massage classes frequently, and I have specialized in Myofascial Release, one of the most amazing bodyworks I have ever experienced.

I practice all types of massage in our chiropractic office, but from the results I have seen, a combination of Myofascial Release, massage, and chiropractic treatment are extremely effective in treating all types of pain. Most importantly, I treat each patient according to his or her body and muscular needs to help create a pain-free lifestyle.