Until a doctor’s prognosis that I receive hip replacement surgery on both of my hips, I had never thought of utilizing a massage therapist to help relieve the pain and discomfort from the osteoporosis that had hindered my hips from functioning as they had when I was younger. My wife knew of my stubbornness of going for help from an outside professional who wasn’t labeled a doctor from an accredited university, and she knew from seeing me walk and hesitate in performing normal everyday functions that another mode of professional help needed to be utilized to improve my way of life. She encouraged me to utilize a highly professional massage therapist to analyze and provide a mode of therapy that may prolong my hip usefulness and well-being. That licensed massage therapist was John Webster who has specialized in medical massage therapy and its various modalities to heal both the physical and emotional damage that many individuals have experienced. After acquiescing to my stubbornness and pre-conceived thoughts on medical massage therapy, John eliminated any lasting concerns, if it would work, once the first therapeutic massage session was completed. He identified those areas in both hips where the muscles had tightened up and was able to manipulate the muscles to a point where they became limber and function as they had before the osteoporosis had taken hold in the joints. It was an incredible transformation of joint function ability and pain relief. As my wife had known, John was truly a master of the different modalities of medical massage therapy that could extend health and wellness in anyone’s life who has been suffering for a long period of time.
John had completed his training at Hands-on Medical Massage School in 2006, opening his own practice shortly thereafter. His dedication to continuing education and research of the human body, its systems and the healing mechanisms accessible through various modalities is unparalleled. John travels nationally and internationally to follow his passion and earnest pursuit of knowledge of the modalities that will help his clients in the healing process. He actively contributes and participates in ongoing thought philosophies, approaches and research in his field. John is both an ongoing student and qualified teaching assistant at the Upledger Institute, serving as an aide in the transfer of knowledge and experience to students in Craniosacral I and Craniosacral II. After 20 years as a Sheriff’s Service Specialist with the Coroner’s Office in San Bernardino; John retired in July of 2017 to devote his full time and effort to help clients through his thriving medical massage therapy practice at 10 E. Vine St., Suite 217, upstairs in the Fox Theatre building in Redlands, California. His website address is redlandsmassagetherapy.com and his office number is (909) 557-4415. Please call and talk with Lisa, his assistant, for a reservation. Future articles will focus on the goals and missions of Redlands Massage Therapy and how John is looking to help his clients achieve optimum levels of health by offering an unparalleled unique healing service. Believe me, author of this article with two bad hips, John can make a significant change in your physical well-being, if you allow him.