Release & Balance Massage 
Susan Knutowicz - LMT #9517
“Dealing with the issues in your tissues.”
½ hour, 1 hour, 1 ½ hour appointments, and gift certificates are available.
In Kailua Kona and Ocean View - Call for your appointment: (808) 443-4574
What Susan Knutowicz has to offer
with Release & Balance Massage
If you are walking around with some sort of pain, stiffness or negative feeling in your body, don’t. Chances are that even if the pain goes away on its own, the problem wont. The cause may not even be where the pain is.
That is why I am highly trained and committed to you and your desired outcome. 100% attention is focused on your session. I purposely have many modalities to choose from so that I can offer your body the most comfortable way to unwind.
When you book your treatment, all you have tell me is what you want to achieve. I will locate what ever is in the way of that goal. Then, much like untangling a knotted necklace, I will release the inhibitions. Bringing balanced to your body by putting it all back into place. Some muscles will be stretched, some contracted, bones may be out of place, I can recognize and release toxins in the tissues, relax the nervous system, whatever needs to be done.
This website explains many of the massage styles that I am trained in, however please feel free to call me with any questions or concerns. I look forward to meeting you and working with you.              Susan

“After just one massage treatment by Susan Knutowicz, my nagging back pain is gone and I feel great!”
-Johan, Kailua Kona

Services offered at Release & Balance Massage
Tension is the by product of stress. It can be caused by a misaligned posture, toxins trapped in the body, a physical or an emotional trauma. If the tension is not released it will be stored in our bodies, and the nervous system will work around it causing compensation. Our bodies tell us we are out of balance by sending us a signal. For example: a rhomboid muscle might become stretched and say something like, “Hey, I’m starving over here. Send me some blood!” Then cause a pain in the upper back or neck.
 

We can experience all kinds of symptoms when we are out of balance. Pain, stiffness, lack of energy, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, hyperactivity, lack of focus, weight gain, even disease, are all symptoms of compensation.
As I am assessing you, a custom treatment will be designed to unlock any existing patterns and release your stress. You are then is left relaxed and revitalized. All the work is done in the most comfortable way for you.

 
Reflexology: The Hawaiian Ocean Mist Foot Scrub and Reflexology Treatment can be added to any session or done on its own. A Hawaiian rain and sea salt scrub is followed with a specific reflexology foot massage. It occupies one blissful half hour.  Healing Hot Stones: Hot and cold stones are used for a truly sedative effect. Its healing qualities have been compared to “melting stress away”. Smooth lava rocks from the Big Island are heated while mostly marble stones are chilled. This is a deeper form of Deep Tissue massage, and provides natural hydrotherapy, as well as relaxing results. Hot stones works great as a sports massage, for relaxation, prenatal or to soften harden tissue.                                    

Deep Tissue and Medical Massage, with myoskeletal alignment:  This is a specialized treatment used to release pain and stiffness and can be combined with any of my other massage techniques, for greater effect. With this work I facilitate healing in specific areas of the body, addressing the spine and related structures attached to it.

 

CranioSacral Therapy: Amazingly, this method uses the bodies own wisdom to locate and release trapped tension. Between the cranium and the sacrum is your brain and all of the nerve shoots that send messages to the areas of your body so you can function. When the nervous system’s highways are cleared then harmonious functioning can occur. You will probably go to sleep, as this modality is ultra relaxing. CranioSacral is very effective for reliving sinus trouble, lymph edema, and works great along with other modalities. Chocolate Mousse Anti-Aging Face Treatment: My own special organic recipe designed for rejuvenation and repair, combined with a research based “face lift massage,” for ultimate results. Antioxidant properties relax wrinkles, while this natural technique also tones the face and neck.

 

Chi Nei Tsang: Taoist abdominal massage or CNT can improve digestion, and alleviate back or abdominal pain. It can break up scar tissue, is great has a pregnancy massage and a wonderful treatment for many ailments of the viscera.

 
I have enjoyed providing you with a brief overview of some of the techniques that I offer, in my practice. Please call for more information, or to schedule your appointment.
 Mahalo and a hui hou      Susan