The Massage Place

06/20/2025

6Weeks Post Scoliosis Back Surgery. Feeling pretty good today.

06/17/2025

You may now connect with me on my personal FB page.

02/11/2025

********ANNOUNCEMENT********
UPDATE

FINALLY....SURGERY IS HAPPENING
MAY 13TH, 2025. I will keep ya'all up to date here. Feel free to Send me some good energy that day! It's a biggie. Thank you in advance 💝☀️👐

Hi everyone,☀️ (this is not easy...)
The last 25 years are filled with countless memories and experiences I will carry and cherish forever. I am honored and grateful, that I was entrusted to take part with you in your journeys. That is because of the dedication you all have shown me. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ❤️ for being a part of my story and trusting my hands with your bodies🤲.....next Chapter begins April 1st.
Stay Tuned

Explanation Update: The reason I am retiring from Massage Therapy is that I will be having spinal surgery April 1st. Recovery is expected to be approximately a year. I have also learned that I have moderate Osteoarthritis in both shoulders and hips. I will miss everyone. Thank you for all your kind words🤘😍

02/10/2025

Tom Kurlander & Pale Blue Sound
Saturday, Feb 15th • 8pm
Steamworks Creative • Gibsonia, PA


https://facebook.com/events/s/tom-kurlander-pale-blue-sound/592265800228538/

10/07/2024

If anyone drives by my place of business and sees I'm no longer there, it is not because I have retired. I have moved my office and have joined the ranks of those who work from home.

Why has this happened you may ask? Well, because I will be temporarily retiring after the first of the year in order to have some pretty involved surgery to fix my spine that has decided to basically fold in on itself. In the past two years the rollercoaster curves of my scoliosis have rapidly increased to the point that if I do not have surgery, I will have major organ problems and things like that. I have one curve that is 47° and the other is 59° and in-between the curves my spine twists. Kind of like a DNA strand. Along with that, they will perform a laminectomy also to correct the Stenosis that I also have. I believe I will have rods down my entire spine or most of it.

Please, do not feel sorry for me (if you do.) This operation will save me. It will be a long recovery, they say 1 to 2 years but during that time I will be making myself into a better physical version of myself so that hopefully I will be able to continue my work as a Licenced Massage Therapist. Honestly, I can not imagine doing anything else. Yet if I have to do something else for work, I can promise it will be something that allows me to help others feel good, be happy, smile, etc.

I was going to wait to mention the surgery but figured I would just put it all out there. And if anyone has any questions for me please, ask them. Most of you know if you ask, I will tell. I'm an open book with life experiences. I mean if we don't share, how can we help others. And with that being said, if anyone has any experience with major back surgeries similar to what I have described, I would love to hear your experiences. Knowledge is power and I want to go into this experience as powerful as I can possibly be. So I am open and eager to hear "Your story."

Thank you
I decided to add the photo at the last minute as it really shows how crazy twisted my spine is

09/19/2024

Wildflower Garden update: Light tan and purple have been added to the mix.

08/26/2024

11/16/2023

Meet our new oven range. I'm so excited to have an oven that will cook evenly! Our kitty cat is patiently waiting for the pizza to finish cooking. This is the inaugural meal test.

09/27/2023

Apparently I missed National Daughters Day. So to my wonderful, amazing, intelligent, super cool, beautiful daughters, I love you today as much and more than every day before today.

09/18/2023

6:18 a.m: Up at the crack of dawn on my birthday!
Glad it was possible!
Good morning All!

09/16/2023

Thank you to my two angels! Ronni Leah Anderson ni and Robin Smith Look at these beautiful flowers! I am so lucky to have beautiful people in my life❤️.

I have had a hell of a week. I went in to an outpatient procedure on Wednesday and ended up having to stay overnight which led to me saying adios to my gallbladder! And to top all of that off... Monday is my birthday!

Now everytime I am looking at these FABULOUS flowers, I am reminded how lucky I am to have these two amazing, loving, caring and thoughtful women iny life!