My Story
My name is Babette Maiss and I came to the States 30 years ago, from Germany. I have been living in Chico for the past 26 years. About 20 years ago I decided to switch careers and become a Massage Practitioner. I hold a Certification from the State of California. My practice is geared more towards medical- therapeutic techniques. I have over 1000 hrs training, in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Therapy, Sports Massage, Reflexology, Ortho- Bionomy, Prenatal and Lymphatic Massage. Using those different modalities helps several different issues, such as low back pain, sciatica, IT Band tightness or neck/shoulder problems. I recently became certified as a Lymphedema Therapist, being able to help a wide variety of issues, related to the Lymph System, using Manuel Lymph Drainage, Bandaging and Garment Fitting.
I love my work and look forward being able to help so many different people, making them feel better, sometimes even changing their life. I believe continuing education is very important and I always try to keep up with new training. That way I am able to use a wide variety of modalities.
As a Lymphedema Therapist I am able to order custom fit garments from Juzo, Jovipak and Jobst. The Academy of Lymphatic Studies, where I did my training, also has garments available.