Tanja Utunen, Certified ART® Provider
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Are You Sick and Tired of Being in Pain?

Hi and I am so excited to see you here!!! My name is Tanja and I am a Certified Active Release Techniques® (“ART®”) Provider (Full Body + Nerve Entrapments Certified) and a Certified Massage Therapist (CAMTC:70553).  I focus on OUTCALL massages in the greater Los Angeles area.  ART is highly effective and focused but can be uncomfortable  because we are often releasing adhesions in the musculature that have been there for sometimes decades. I have clients who have had injuries 30 years prior and have been in pain or lost their full range of motion for decades and have tried everything else and with me they are finally returning to their previous activities without pain and are able to move like they did prior to the injury.  Its not a miracle - its just science.   My main goal is not relaxation but getting my clients out of pain and discomfort and returning their muscles to full range of motion.  If you are looking for a relaxing treatment you will find practitioners focusing on that everywhere - that is not my focus.  

In my sessions I combine Active Release Techniques®, Muscle Release Technique, Myoskeletal Alignment Technique, stretching, deep tissue and sports massage completely tailored to what your muscles need at any given time.   I have worked with professional sports teams and athletes in many different sports from soccer, basketball, hockey, surfing, to swimming and water polo etc. ),  cancer patients, people recovering from surgeries and hip replacements and accidents as well as people with chronic pain and nerve entrapments including Thoracic Outlet Syndrome.   My area of specialization is neck, shoulders and upper back and time and time again people are surprised by how much tension they have been carrying in their upper body as I start working on the muscles and nerves and returning everything to the way it is supposed to be.   I use a far-infrared crystal therapy heating mattress with PEMF (Pulsed Electromagnetic Field Therapy) and negative ions. Far-infrared heat penetrates through the skin and stimulates the tissue on a cellular level by activating the body’s circulatory and respiratory systems while PEMF enhances blood circulation, reduces chronic pain, promotes bone healing and helps with arthritis etc. 

EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING: I have extensive experience working on professional athletes (two seasons with DC United professional soccer team in Washington DC, including visiting teams such as LA Galaxy etc., multiple NBA Champion, World Champion hockey winner), professional musicians, super star artists and composers, A-list celebrities, royalty, as well as government officials from many countries. I have been trained in various modalities from Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Active Release Techniques®, Myoskeletal Alignment Technique (Eric Dalton), Muscle Release Technique (Michael Young), Reflexology, Swedish Massage and Pregnancy Massage. I am also a Reiki Master. To find out more about me check out "My Story" section of this site. I am not like any therapist you have ever worked with before.

BOOKING: If you would like to set up a session, please TEXT me at (703) 470 5058 or email at mobilemassagebytanja@gmail.com.  I find that 60 minute sessions are often too short and I want to be able to address all the clients issues during the session so the minimum session length is 90 min. If you want to book several back-to-back sessions (i.e. several family members getting a session back to back), then I will consider shorter sessions on a case-by-case basis.

More on Active Release Techniques®: www.activerelease.com

More on the Far-Infrared/negative Ion/PEFM Mat I use: https://healthyline.com/product/tao7224p/

P.S. I get way too many telemarketing calls so I do not answer calls from numbers I do not know so texting or email is best.  Thanks for visiting, and I look forward to meeting you!!!