Massage Therapy at Omni Wellness

Massage is the manipulation of both superficial and deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue using various hands-on techniques, in order to enhance their function, aid in the healing process, reduce stress and tension, decrease muscle reflex activity, inhibit motor-neuron excitability, and promote relaxation and well-being.

Massage therapists deal with muscular and joint issues. Most conditions involving these issues will respond positively from the decrease in tension and reduction in inflammation achieved by a massage session. Patients also report an immediate reduction of the associated pain. 

Conditions frequently helped by massage therapy include:

  • back pain

  • neck pain

  • hip and leg pain

  • post surgical recovery from hip replacements and spinal surgeries

  • TMJ disorders (problems with the jaw joint)

  • carpal tunnel syndrome

  • rotator cuff injuries

  • plantar fasciitis

  • headaches caused by tension

  • reducing stress

Why do Massage at Omni?

Omni Wellness is home to a group of massage therapists who specialize in a wide range of healing modalities including: Medical Massage, Deep Tissue, Swedish, Aromatherapy, Myo-Fascial Release and Trigger Point Therapy.

In New York State, you must be state-licensed to practice Massage. Omni therapists have all gone through 1200+ hours of training and are all state-licensed. In addition, Omni requires a therapist to have at least 3 years experience before we consider hiring them. A Licensed Massage Therapist is referred to as an LMT.

Dr. Andersen uses massage and muscle work to warm up his patients and advocates massage in conjunction with chiropractic care. Omni’s therapists are highly experienced in deep tissue massage and often take a medical approach when focusing on the area of pain.

 Stephen Macquignon, LMT

Stephen has been practicing massage therapy for 25 years, treating a very diverse range of people and conditions. His work as a painter and illustrator has helped to give me hands that are creative, technical and healing. Stephen merges many techniques into a style that is intuitive and practical. He always brings ease and movement to the whole body while also focusing specifically on stuck and painful areas. Everyone has a different fingerprint and in the entirety of my practice no two clients have been alike. My deep listening, responsiveness and an array of techniques have meant that in 28 years, no two treatments have been same. 

Modalities: joint mobilization, deep tissue flow massage, compression

Dawn Reed, LMT

Dawn Elane is a Nationally Board Certified, New York State Licensed Massage Therapist and RYT 200 Yoga Instructor. She received her initial training at the Swedish Institute in New York. She holds certifications in Pre and Post-natal massage, Sports Massage and Medical Massage. She worked for nearly 20 years as a massage therapist at Google, helping to initiate the massage program in their New York office in 2003, expanding wellness offerings from Chair Massage to include traditional Table Massage, Shiatsu, and Thai Massage as well as Mind Body Awareness offerings and self-care classes designed to help alleviate common discomforts from office work and specialty classes for runners and teams. In addition to offering massage therapy, she has created and facilitated virtual wellness sessions for corporate employees nationally and globally. These sessions draw on movement, body awareness, self-massage & stretching, breathwork & meditation to allow participants to integrate mind and body achieving a fresh perspective.