Scottsdale, Arizona, United States
Allen is the owner and lead therapist at Bodies in Balance Advanced Muscular Therapy. He has been involved in the healthcare and wellness fields for over 30 years. He attended the diagnostic imaging and allied health degree programs at Albert Einstein Medical Center and Thomas Jefferson University Hospital in Philadelphia, PA and graduated at the top of his class. He began his career as a medical imaging technologist (X-ray/CT/MRI) in 1989. During that time, he worked in a variety of clinical settings including hospitals, operating rooms, trauma ER's, private imaging centers and orthopedic/sports medicine practice. In 1996, he took a more “hands-on” approach to his work and enrolled at the Phoenix Therapeutic Massage College. After completing the 735 hour program with honors, he transitioned from his imaging career and opened Bodies in Balance Integrated Therapeutics, a clinical and sports massage therapy practice in Scottsdale focused on soft tissue pain, injury rehabilitation and restorative wellness. While he has worked with professional athletes from the NFL, MLB, PGA, Ironman triathletes and accomplished dance performers, he largely attends to "everyday athletes" who seek help with painful neuromuscular conditions or want to maintain their structural health, mobility and active lifestyles. Allen specializes in a wide range of hands-on therapy, movement assessment and corrective exercise solutions for common musculoskeletal problems and chronic pain conditions. His treatments are specific and tailored to clients' individual needs rather than taking a "cookie-cutter" approach. He enjoys educating clients about how their bodies work and self care methods that can give them control over their own results. He has a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of human anatomy, function and movement coupled with a compassionate and easy-going manner. Specialties: Clinical/Medical Massage, Neuromuscular/Trigger Point Therapy, Fascial Stretch Therapy, Movement Assessment, Corrective Exercise, Sports Massage, Dynamic Cupping, Scar/Adhesion Release, Myoskeletal Alignment, IASTM (Graston)
Prescription strength soft tissue therapy, movement/mobility assessment and corrective exercise. Providing relief, restoration and recovery from neuromuscular pain, repetitive strain and restricted motion.