Diane Addabbo, LMT's technique is known for being intuitive and firm, many refer to the pressure she uses as “therapeutic" and "comforting" despite working deeply and methodically slowly. Every massage is custom tailored to the individual's body and specific issues, Diane does not prescribe to a standardized or all-over-body routine, everybody is different- carries tension differently, due to genetics, history of injuries, and individual daily demands- therefore every session is delivered differently. The common element in every massage is that she draws from a diverse palette of hands-on styles and training: Advanced Orthopedic Massage, Integrative Manual Therapy for the Elimination of Multiple Nerve Compressions of the Upper & Lower Body, Elite Sports Massage, Advanced Myofascial Release for the Upper & Lower Body/Neck, Voice & Swallowing Disorders, Positional Release, Isometric Muscle Fatiguing/Muscle Energy Techniques, Scar Tissue/Muscle Strain Re-alignment, Trigger Point Release, Traction, Trauma Release Exercises, Swedish, Pregnancy Techniques, Medical Qigong, Shiatsu, Gua Sha, Reiki, and Assisted Stretching to increase Range of Motion. She specializes in site-specific targeted treatments required to address old, recurring or new injuries by focusing on the individual's body mechanics in relationship to painful movement or limited range of motion, that help treat the receipient's awareness of the body that they are inhabiting which invites empowered relief to imbalances in structural tensions, this is very different to simply treating where is hurts. She is capable of helping you to unload muscle tension that is manifesting in your tissues from exposure to extraordinary stress. For people with pain syndromes, a significantly more gentle approach is required and although Diane is known for her deep work, this does not preclude her ability to offer nurturing gentle touch and pain-free relief.
Diane studied massage at Onondaga School for Therapeutic Massage in Rochester, NY and graduated with honors in the sciences. Her background includes serving as a physical therapist for a chiropractor for 2 years and she has explored massage in China, Thailand, Indonesia, Cambodia, Laos, India, England and Germany.
She is certified in Orthopedic Massage and a teaching assistant to published author and international lecturer and manual therapy expert James Waslaski, whose focus is on pain-free treatment and release of chronic and repetitive injuries (in contrast to the common expectation of “no pain, no gain”) as well as reeducation of the bodily structure to function optimally through strengthening exercises and stretches. Diane is continuing that training into Kinetic Chain Patterns for Complicated Shoulder Conditions. She attended cadaver labs with John Sharkey, clinical anatomist and exercise physiologist, that deeply expanded her understanding of biotensegrity. Diane has taken additional numerous certificate courses on Anatomy Trains, Myofascial Release, Trauma Release Exercises, Medical Qigong, and Reiki to both expand her knowledge and evolve her ability to deliver informed touch utilizing her own unique and expansive toolbox of treatments and education. She continues to seek further education and understand the most recent pain science as it is ever-changing and institutional medicine is way behind the curve of delivering treatment on these new scientific understandings. Diane invites you to always feel encouraged to ask for sources or literure regarding any therapy or explanation given! She strongly believes your understanding of your own(ed) body helps you recognise and engage your own very powerful healing capacities.
"Mr. Thrifty", her teaching assistant
Her primary focus is one of helping an individual to achieve sustainable wellness and she feels strongly that these modalities of bodywork are profoundly helpful toward healing soft tissue injury and imbalance. Being crucial to her in her own struggle toward health, massage "revivified" Diane, and that insight has helped forge her intuitive touch and passion for manual massage therapy!
PHILOSOPHY:
While Diane can help you regain structural balance, it is up to you to maintain it. What she does in a session will not simply "fix" everything if your postural and repetitive movements continue without additionally stretching what habitually short and tight and strengthening what is chronically over-stretched, weak and also tight. This is the basis for biotensengrity- tension is balance to hold your structure together. While she can help you release and heal from the physical symptoms of stress, injuries, and regain a sense of balance, she cannot remove the stressors in your life. Diane's goal is not to foster dependence, but to treat you, and help you understand how to maintain self care and minimize pain from the mean, dumb, or necessary things we all task our bodies to do. She wants to help see you off, actively engaging in whatever competitive sports you endeavor, tasks you need to accomplish, and recreational activities you enjoy. We so often completely tune out our body's needs in an effort to survive the day-to-day demands of our lives, ignoring how much we are hurting and out of balance until it reaches such a scream we can no longer ignore it. Diane's ideal client is someone who is dedicated to themselves enough to honor their body's needs for change- which includes your participation in each session and in your continued dedication to simple strengthening, stretching, getting more hydration, increasing sleep and most importantly- simply learning how to listen to your body's signals again, so that you are able to respond to its needs. She wants to be a facilitator on your path to wellness. Ultimately, your health is in your hands-- but her hands can help. A lot.
I'm levitating. Not really.
PERSONAL:
Diane Addabbo, LMT has had a long and very diverse career path- from working as a Physical Therapist for a Chiropractor or years in Corporate Banking as a Mortgage Underwriter, Teaching English as a Second Language in China and Thailand; from corporate training for Hewlett Packard to Whitewater Rafting Guide... she feels decisively that Manual Touch Therapy is by far the most rewarding and best fit. Buh-bye cubical-land.
Diane currently resides in Fairport, NY with her beloved menagerie: spouse Vitus, Australian Shepard Doodle and Official Office Assistant Miso, Gray tiger cat Siehti (pronouced "C-A-T") and overflowing vegetable, herb & flower gardens. She enjoys cooking most of the time, eating all the time, backcountry backpacking, hiking and camping, scuba diving, kayaking and generally any outdoor activity relating to water. Diane is a quick volunteer when invited and is always excited to lend her energy to generate community, support, peace and equality. She's often embarking on the road less traveled and that has led to treks in Europe and all over South East Asia. She lived in Thailand and China each for a year. She considers herself a philosophical and spiritual seeker, despite a devout preoccupation for kitschy vintage salt & pepper shakers. She also graduated from and highly recommends the 3 year Hidden Treasure Program at Light on the Hill near Ithaca which focuses on self awareness and personal growth. Since her teens, Diane has dreamed of building her own Earthship home, made entirely out of recycled materials to live completely off the grid.
Also having earned a BFA in Metalsmithing from RIT's prestigious School for American Crafts, she is an accomplished jewelry maker, so keep an eye out for her one-of-a-kind artisan-crafted jewelry pieces. The website link will be posted here when that becomes available!
