Massage at Live Well

Sony Stevan

Sony is well known for his natural ability to heal with his hands.  Traveling the world, he has studied more than 12 healing techniques that include: sports massage, deep tissue, orthopedic, therapeutic, lymph drainage and craniosacral therapy.  Sony also bears substantial skill into the Ajna, Sekhem and Reiki therapies initiated by Grand Master Dr. Issam Kadamani.  As a practitioner his massage therapy sessions are individually designed to promote rapid healing based on each client’s specific needs and areas of concern.  Sony offers a truly unique and transforming experience that has kept him as one of our favored therapists at Live Well

Noah Lowman

Noah has worked as a massage therapist since 2004. He completed his initial training at the California Healing Arts College and continued his education at the Massage School of Santa Monica. He specializes in deep tissue, shiatsu, sports and Swedish massage therapies.  As a practitioner, Noah combines various techniques to create the best massage possible for each individual client.  He believes that massage is essential for relieving stress, muscular tension and aiding in the promotion of overall body awareness.

Troy Ruptash

Troy began his career as a body worker in New York City in 1996.  He was trained and certified in Body Dynamics, which is a technique that focuses on assessing the body's energy flow and addresses specific areas of muscular tension via massage and positional release.  He later attended the Massage School of Santa Monica where he learned Swedish, deep tissue and structural integration (a branch of Rolfing).  Troy has the amazing ability to localize the source of a problem and transform an area of irritation into relief and calm.  One of his clients remarked that "Troy has done for me what no one else can...he has resolved a year long bout of daily headaches that were affecting my life in every imaginable way... thank you Troy!"

Parker

Parker is a certified massage therapist and with over 10 years of physical therapy aid experience.  He combines his strong knowledge of Eastern Medicine, Ayurveda with that of Western Medicine into each massage session.   He specializes in medical massage, sports injury, deep tissue massage, and peak performance sport stretching.  Most of his clients have multiple health conditions such as carpal tunnel, TMJ, piriformis syndrome, fibromyalgia, etc.   He will tailor your session with your health goals in mind.  He has become a popular therapist at Live Well to both patients and staff for his amazing massage techniques.  Parker has also become well known for his muscular work with women during and following pregnancy.

Wadley

Wadley has been providing deep tissue massage for the past 5 years.  He has been trained in various types of massage techniques that range from light to deep tissue work.  As a triathlete he well appreciates the various types of injuries that frequently present themselves at Live Well.  At the beginning of each session he will discuss with you the concern at hand and create a massage treatment  aimed at improving the function of the surrounding muscles, ligaments and joints.  Since beginning at Live Well Wadley has had a very close following of clients who appreciate his attention to detail and his sincere passion to heal those he works with.

Shun

Shun has been practicing massage therapy since 2000.  He completed his massage training at numerous massage schools.  He tries to approach each therapy session to meet the specific needs of the client he is working on.  "No session is ever the same" is his philosophy as his work is always changing.  His techniques include Swedish, deep tissue, shiatsu work and stretching techniques.