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Work Space: Healing Touch |
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Written by Erin Frustaci
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Thursday, 02 November 2006 |
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Erin Hooley |
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Massage therapist Donielle Saxton poses in her massage studio in Loveland.
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In a way, Donielle Saxton’s career stems from a friendly contest with her cousins when she was 12.
“We wanted to see who could give a better back rub,” she said.
Although one of her cousins, who got tips from a physical therapist, was dubbed winner back then, it’s safe to say Saxton would win in a rematch now.
“Every massage I do, I like to think is different because it is geared to what that person needs that day,” she said.
Saxton, 33, of Loveland received her degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in psychology from the University of Northern Colorado. She went on to get certified in massage therapy and structural integration.
“Structural integration” is a 12-session series of treatments that realigns the body so it works better in gravity, she explained.
The therapy focuses on the fascia, the connective tissue throughout the body. The technique works to restore in the body natural balance, alignment, length (yes, the literature says you can actually get taller) and ease.
Picture Clark Kent showing up for a date on Lois Lane’s doorstep. His posture is sunken and he is nervous. For a brief moment, he decides he will reveal his true identity to her. He takes off his glasses and straightens up. Then, he changes his mind and resumes his familiar state.
Structural integration corrects bad form, habit and posture, Saxton said.
Saxton also specializes in full-body deep-tissue massages.
She has practiced massage therapy at her own business in Loveland, Body Therapeutics, for the last seven years and knows what a good massage should be.
“They are relaxing enough that clients can still fall asleep on me,” Saxton said.
“Sometimes clients bring in different ailments that you have to go with your intuition.”
Some of the benefits of massage therapy are stress relief, increased circulation, increased immunity and lower blood pressure. It can also help with sports injuries.
“It helps get toxins out of the body,” she said.
At one point, Saxton aspired to work in a larger office with other medical professionals, but she said now she isn’t so sure. She does know, though, that she is doing what she was always meant to do. She works with people from all walks of life.
“I’ve got a teacher who comes in weekly during the school year,” she said. “The youngest I have worked on was a couple days old and the oldest was 90-something.”
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VITAL STATS
Name: Donielle Saxton
Company: Body Therapeutics
Title: Owner/ massage therapist
How long have you worked there? Seven years
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IN HER WORDS:
What is it about this job that makes it challenging?
My clients because they bring in things and you are like, “OK, lets see what we can do.”
Makes you get out of bed in the morning?
My clients.
Things that impress you?
Clients who pay in cash.
Things that don’t.
Clients who no-show.
How do young/new employees get ahead?
Having the “touch.”
Did you ever think in a million years you’d work here?
YES!!!
If you weren’t doing this, what would you do?
This has been my passion since I was 12. I think it’s what I was meant to do. I have a gift. Some people never figure theirs out. I’m sure I could find something else, I’m just not sure what that would be.
What’s the stupidest thing you’ve ever done while at work?
Stub my toes on my SI chair.
Smartest?
Help a client out.
What’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever done to make money?
I can’t tell you...
What’s the one thing you wish you could do on the job that you can’t right now?
Have a ground-floor office.
What do you do during your breaks?
Paperwork.
What’s one thing about your job you would do, even if you weren’t paid to do it?
Everything.
Name one thing in your life that really prepared you for your job.
Working in an office after massage therapy school and learning how to work with auto/workman’s comp cases.
What’s the biggest payoff in your job?
Seeing clients feel better!
Are you the boss? Do you think you should be?
Yes, Yes.
What do you do when you’re not at work?
Read, martial arts and spend time with friends and my cats.
Pets?
Two cats, Max and Penny
Family?
Mom and dad and a bunch of cousins!
Favorite TV shows.
No TV.
Movies.
I like Mel Brooks movies and comedies. One of my favorite movies is “The Thomas Crown Affair,” the new version.
Books.
I like mystery novels, reading “U2 by U2,” Shel Silverstein and a lot more.
What sites do you have bookmarked?
Too many to list.
Favorite spot?
Hanging Lake.
Where do you play? Go out to eat?
I like to go to Glenwood Springs, downtown Denver, eating — lots of good restaurants in downtown Loveland now. I like Henry’s and Chipotle’s.
Any interesting anecdotes?
Of course, but again I can’t tell you.
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FOR MORE INFO
Go online to Donielle Saxton’s Body Therapeutics Web site at www.bodytherapeutics.org.
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