at The IBT Studio

THERAPEUTIC BODYWORK

SPECIALIZED YOGA

ART

Integrative Bodywork Therapy

Integrative Bodywork Therapy incorporates specific hands-on techniques used to treat and heal the body as well as calm tension in the mind.  

Injury/ Sports Medicine- Prevention and treatment of athletic and common injuries

Trigger Point Therapy- Releasing "knots".  Creating space in tight or cramped muscles increases blood, lymph,  and energy flow as well as nerve conduction. Where blood flows, healing goes.

Cupping- Used in Traditional Chinese Medicine for centuries, cupping is used to soften tense muscles and fascia, release build up and stagnancy blocking healthy blood and lymph flow, and bring balance to organs through the meridian channels.

Alignment Therapy- A common burden is tension between the shoulder blades in the mid to upper back region.  Shoulders are often rounded forward due to chronic holding patterns (eg: sitting hunched over a computer for hours a day).  This causes great tension in the back as the muscles overstretch and become hyper tonic and "knot" laden.  Alignment therapy lengthens the shortened muscles in the front of the body which reduces tension in the back (overstretched) muscles.  A common symptom of this work is feeling taller.  This work applies to any muscular balancing anywhere in the body. 

About Kendra Metzger

Kendra Metzger is a licensed bodyworker, certified health/nutrition counselor, and yoga instructor.   She has been working in the holistic health field for nearly a million years.  The most pivotal experience in her career was teaching bodywork in York, Baltimore, and Towson.  She led students in the hands on application of several modalities including shiatsu, cupping, structural integration, and trigger point therapy.  Her teaching career began as an assistant teaching reflexology at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York for two summer sessions.  Kendra has also put her experience as a teacher and nutritional counselor into a workshop designed to educate and support healthy eating changes. Most recently, she accomplished a 40 hour certification in yoga instruction and has since taught several classes at Just Plain Yoga studio.   Her bodywork practice focuses on chronic pain and soft tissue injury.  She utilizes very specific techniques each with a very specific effect to restore health and balance in the fascial and muscular systems.

Yoga for Bodywork & Stress Release

Weekly and monthly specialized classes offered. See services and/or events page for details.