Charla Vanderlaan, LMT, CMMT
1939 NE Broadway, Suite B
Portland OR 97232

503/380-4953

Charla has been a massage therapist since 2002, and has been treating soft tissue injuries and dysfunction in a clinical setting since that time. She has accumulated over 1000 hours of manual-therapy-focused classroom training. Charla loves to get right to the issue, and she is friendly and warm and comfortable to be around. She was Deigna's and Ariana's therapist for a year before we hired her at Alliance Clinic. We are pretty picky about who we will hire to work on you, and we are sure you will be pleased with her ability to tune in to the underlying issues in your body. Here are a few things to know about Charla:

• She is Certified by the Medical Massage Office (TMMO) as a Certified Medical Massage Therapist (CMMT). She is qualified to sit for the MMNCB's National Certification Exam.

• She has studied the work of a variety of manual therapy instructors, including James Waslaski (Orthopedic Massage), Dr. Erik Dalton (Myoskeletal Alignment), Janet Travell & David Simons (Trigger Point Therapy), Aaron Mattes (Active Isolated Stretching), Ralph Stephens (Medical Massage), Thomas Hendrickson (Orthopedic Massage), and several others.

• She specializes in Pelvic Stabilization and Pin-and-Stretch techniques. Charla's medical massage patients tend to recover before their prescriptions run out, but they come back as clients because they get such great results from her work.

• She is a Certified LaStone Practitioner. LaStone is an incredibly relaxing hot & cold stone massage treatment, which leaves the recipient feeling extremely relaxed and happy. If you have not tried LaStone, consider putting it at the top of your to-try list. LaStone, done by anyone certified in it, is an amazing treat. Combine it with Charla's uncanny ability to sense what is going on under your skin, and to communicate with the tissues through the stones, and you will be hooked on one of the nicest things you can ever do for your body.

• Charla is currently studying Myofascial Release with AdvancedTrainings.com.

• She is the human of one very spoiled german shepherd.

• Charla was a volunteer massage therapist for the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Oregon from 2004 to 2005, and with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Oregon Team in Training in 2005.

• She is a certified Reiki practitioner.