ITM Massage Team Members & Specialties

Maite Collazo

Maite is a graduate of the National Institute of Technology in Dearborn, where she trained in various modalities, including Swedish, prenatal, reflexology, trigger points, and deep-tissue massage. Maite likes to educate her clients on the benefits of massage and how it can improve their everyday life. She uses light-to-very-deep pressure according to her clients' needs.

Malika Horgan

Malika graduated from a 2-year program in Morocco in 1993, received training in lymph drainage and sports massage in France, and also graduated from Irene's Myomassology Institute in Southfield in 2000. She has also studied Shiatsu in Japan for 8 months. Malika combines these different techniques and 15 years of experience in the field to address her clients' problem areas. She specializes in upper body and lower back, and begins each massage with myofascial release techniques that can help increases blood circulation and release stress. She employs medium-to-deep pressure and also incorporates Shiatsu techniques to help stimulate production of red blood cells. She loves stretching clients on the massage table, and ends her massages with reflexology on hands, feet, and head.

Cheryl Koehler

Cheryl is a Nationally Certified massage therapist and a graduate of Michigan School of Myomassalogy. She is trained in myofascial release, medical massage, deep tissue, and Swedish massage, and she specializes in stress and pain management. She has extensive experience working with auto-, sports-, and work-related injuries and has had much success returning her clients to pre-injury status. Chryl likes to work with each client to set goals and then develop the most-effective treatment plan to achieve those goals.

Tina Laga

Tina attended Michigan School of Myomassology and graduated in September of 2003. She has trained in various modalitie,s such as myofascial release, Swedish, prenatal, carpal-tunnel release, relaxation, trigger-point therapy, and medium-to-deep tissue massage. Tina enjoys working on her client's specific problem areas and incorporates stretching and appropriate techniques in her work to create a relaxing massage.

Jessica McDonnell

Jessica graduated from the Michigan School of Myomassology and is trained in the Swedish style. with specialties in prenatal, carpal tunnel, relaxation, and deep-tissue massage. She likes to stays very focused when she works and utilizes light to deep pressure. She enjoys working on problem areas that affect her clients and makes sure they receive the care they need.

Al Nicolato

Al graduated from the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy in 2006, and is trained in Swedish massage techniques as well as shiatsu, neuro-muscular, myofascial, and sports massage. Al works with light-to-deep pressure and enjoys working with and watching his clients improve in the healing process.

Eugene Umanskiy

Eugene is trained in Russian medical massage and graduated from the Institute of Orthopedic Surgery's massage program in Kiev in 1990. He incorporates shiatsu and a Swedish-style invigorating massage and gives a medium-to-extra-deep pressure massage. His main focus is to provide good drainage for the lymphatic system. Eugene owns International Therapeutic Massage.

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