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How We Help Our Clients

Boost immune system.
Boost immune system.
Improve Circulation
Improve Circulation
Reduce joint pain & Inflamation
Reduce joint pain & Inflamation
Reduce insomnia & improve sleep quality
Reduce insomnia & improve sleep quality
Facilitate Elimination
Facilitate Elimination

Client Focused

We listen, assess, document, and implement therapeutic massage programs customized to to your specific needs.

Therapeutic Kneads implements a clinic-like system that creates a massage therapy plans to help you achieve drug-free pain relief and a well-balanced healthy lifestyle.
Our disciplined, one-of-a-kind, Therapeutic Kneads 5-Part system includes:

  • Assessing and documenting your needs.
  • Creating a custom treatment plan.
  • Implement the plan with our team of trained and licensed massage therapists.
  • Monitoring your progress, recommending after-care, and refining treatment plans.
  • Adapting to your ever-evolving health and lifestyle needs.

 

The result is a drug-free, preventive health plan that transforms your lifestyle, slows the aging process, and improves your quality of life. We build lasting relationships and facilitate a better quality of life.
Clients trust the Therapeutic Kneads system to enlighten them on what’s happening with their bodies and we partner with them as they transition through life stages.

Treatments Available to You

Craniosacral Therapy

Deep tissue Massage

Hot Thermal Therapies

Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage

Myofascial Release Therapy

Prenatal Massage

Shiatsu Massage

Sports Massage

Swedish Massage

Reflexology

Reiki

Unparalleled Expertise

Therapeutic Kneads ltd. is unique in our ability to enlighten you on how a regiment of massage therapy can lead to a well-balanced and healthier lifestyle.

Our team of licensed massage therapists is the most knowledgeable, highly-trained professionals who excel in treating your physical needs with massage therapy. Our expertise provides meaningful insight on every aspect of your structural and muscular health. We are confident we can help you improve your quality of life.

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Staff Training

Our dedicated staff will take the time to listen and coach you on how to maintain a well-balanced and healthier lifestyle.

Consultation & Assessment

Much like clinics our team will perform a consultation & assessment to determine which massage technique will best benefit you and address your needs.

Every body is different, and so are our massage therapists! Take our short survey to find the team that fits you. You’ll get personalized recommendations for therapists whose techniques, energy, and specialties align with what your body needs most.

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Meet Our Team of Licensed Massage Therapists

Therapeutic Kneads build rewarding, long-term relationships. Our founder, professional massage therapists and support staff are passionate about massage therapy and improving your quality of life.

Sandy

Owner/President, Licensed Massage Therapist
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Bobbe

Education & Training Director,
Licensed Massage Therapist
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Amy

Licensed Massage Therapist
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Sandy

Owner/President, Licensed Massage Therapist

Treatment Philosophy – Deep tissue is great when appropriate.  It is up to the intuitiveness of the therapist to determine if what the client is asking for is the right thing for them at that time.  Sandy uses every opportunity to educate the client on what is going on with their body and how to achieve their health goals.  She is their partner in health and believes that it is the clients’ body that does the healing, not her personally – she is just a facilitator.

Specialties & Types of Clients best suited to their style of therapy 

  • Neuromuscular and deep tissue are her favorite techniques to use for clients who are suffering with migraine headaches, back and neck pain, hip and shoulder dysfunction.
  • She loves to be a detective to figure out what the source of the pain is and then treat the whole person, not just the area of pain.
  • She loves to stretch clients out to create length and restore posture.
  • Educating clients on home self-care is a passion and she will refer to many sources in order that clients get the care they need.

Preferred Styles of massage therapy used in treatments 

  • Deep tissue, combined with Neuromuscular, Orthopedic and broad Swedish strokes make for a deeply relaxing and therapeutic experience.
  • Works on restoring the muscles back to their original state with stretching and maybe a little Craniosacral work to ensure that the changes will take hold making clients feel new again.
  • Pressure scale 5-10.

Education Licenses & Certifications

  • Chicago School of Massage Therapy 1988
  • Licensed Massage Therapist
  • Chiropractic Assistant – Palmer Chiropractic College
  • AA Business Administration – Scott Community College
  • Pre- & Peri-Natal Massage Certification
  • Upledger Craniosacral Therapy I & II
  • Paul St. John’s Neuromuscular Therapy
  • Orthopedic Massage
  • MLD 2016, Certified Lymphatic Therapist 2019
  • Cupping 2017
  • Rock Tape 2018

 

Bobbe

Education & Training Director, Licensed Massage Therapist

Treatment Philosophy: The opportunity to serve and help guide the massage therapy profession to become what it can be is extraordinary. Bobbe’s focus has been and continues to be helping solidify massage therapy standards of excellence and competency through development/revision of curriculum, training, orientation, observation, and performance evaluation of staff to ensure consistency. Her dedication, passion, and enthusiasm for massage therapy emanates from wanting to impart interest and reverence for the body whether she is in the role of therapist or educator. She believes the ideas of listening with heart and hands, being patient and slowing down, waiting for the process of unwinding to facilitate the body’s inherent wisdom is transformative in the therapeutic relationship.

Specialties & Types of Clients best suited to their style of massage therapy:

  • To help people understand their body so that they can realize their potential for growth and healing.
  • To collaborate with clients who are looking for stress relief, relaxation as well as alleviating pain.

Preferred styles of massage therapy used in treatments:

  • I use an eclectic approach to performing massage treatments based on the goals of the session. I always try to release soft tissues with techniques that are easiest to receive on the body first.
  • Anatomically focused work whether the treatment is for relaxation or a specific clinical approach.
  • Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, movement/mobilization, stretch and lengthen, and techniques that promote circulation.
  • Pressure scale 4-8.

Education Licenses & Certifications:

  • Chicago School of Massage Therapy 1986
  • Licensed Massage Therapist
  • University of Illinois B.S. Physical Education 1970
  • Cortiva Education Director 2008-2013
  • Massage Therapy Technique and Musculoskeletal Anatomy Instructor 1987-Present
  • Dance/Exercise Instructor 1970-1985
  • Neuromuscular Massage Therapy Certification 1988
  • Kinesiotape
  • Sports Massage
  • MLD Certification 2016
  • Cupping 2017
  • Gua Sha – October 2025

Amy

Licensed Massage Therapist

Treatment Philosophy – Amy believes massage therapy is a beautiful form of art.  Everybody is unique and special in their own way, deserving of a customized treatment every time.  The benefits of massage are endless, ensuring any individual an improved quality of life.

Specialties & Types of Clients best suited to their style of therapy

  • Swedish/Relaxation.
  • Enjoys incorporating relaxation techniques into a massage.

Preferred styles of massage therapy used in treatments

  • General Relaxation.
  • Specific work.
  • Pressure scale 4-7.

Education Licenses & Certifications

  • First Institute Massage Therapy School – Crystal Lake 2015
  • Licensed Massage Therapist since 2022
  • Cupping 2023
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