Meet Elizabeth

Elizabeth Blaha is Dr. Jon's wife. She went to University of Nebraska @ Kearney and has a degree in Business Administration. Also, Elizabeth has an Associate's Degree in Massage Therapy from Capri College of Massage Therapy. She has been a therapist since March of 2009. 

You will see Elizabeth in many different aspects of the clinic. On Monday and Thursday mornings she massages and all the other mornings she is at the front desk. Elizabeth takes care of all the billing and insurance. Her massage specialties are Deep Tissue, Trigger Point, and Sports Massage. 

When not in the office Elizabeth stays busy with their two kids and she enjoys running, swimming, and biking (both mountain and road bikes). She also loves to stick her nose in a book whenever possible. If Elizabeth had all the money in the world she would take every single member in her family on a yearly month long trip. Who doesn't love to travel??

If you ever have questions about your account please feel free to give us a call and ask for Elizabeth. Likewise if you would like to schedule a massage with her give us a call! 970.639.9730

Meet Amy

Amy O'Brien

Amy has been a therapist with us for over two years. She grew up in the Grand Valley and attended Fruita Monument High. After high school she attended IntelliTec College and received a degree in massage therapy. She has now been therapist for over nine years. 

Amy specializes in Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Therapy, Cupping, and Hot Stone Massage. She regularly attends continuing education classes and even took a trip to Washington this summer to receive medical massage certifications. She is very committed to continuing to learn and get better at her massage so as to help her patients even more. 

Amy enjoys her time at home with her family and her dog. She likes music and reading. If given an unlimited amount of money Amy said she would travel the world and visit every country possible. 

If you would like to book a massage with Amy today give us a call! 970.639.9730

Meet Mari

Marileide Almeida-Hockenberry

We were very excited to welcome Mari to our clinic family in June. Mari is short for Marileide. You might be wondering where her name originates from. Mari was born and raised in Brazil. Her first language is Portuguese. She then learned English and later Spanish. 

Mari graduated from the Professional Massage Therapy Program of Nevada School of Massage Therapy in May of 2012. She has since gone on to gain 120 hours of continuing education. She specializes in Deep Tissue, Movement and Structural Bodywork (Rolfing), and Trigger Point Therapy. 

Mari lives in the Grand Valley with her husband. She enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, reading, and improving peoples' well-being with massage therapy. Mari says that if she had all the money in the world she would spend several times a week just flying in an airplane with no place in particular to go. She just loves to fly!

If you would like to try one of Mari's massages give us a call! We would love to get you scheduled with her! 970-639-9730

Our Massage

Here at Fruita Chiropractic and Massage we believe that massage is an essential part of acute and chronic conditions and maintenance. Massage is an amazing compliment to chiropractic care. Many people think it is just a extra luxury to feel good; but not only can it feel good, but also promote healing with your chiropractic care.

Acute conditions are the most common cases we see for massage here in our clinic. We work on many auto accidents and workman's comp. cases. These conditions often see neck complaints from whiplash or low back issues from lifting heavy objects incorrectly. Also, we see acute conditions that people wake up with. They went to bed just fine, but when they wake up they can barely move from the pain. Most of the time they cannot pinpoint what went wrong or when. 

Chronic conditions that we commonly see are Fibromyalgia, MS, Scoliosis, muscle issues from older injuries (2+ years), and more. These conditions will most likely never go completely away and their muscle pain is managed with massage. Flare ups from these conditions and old injuries are often the need for patients to come in. Massage can help soothe the pain, give needed relief, and in some cases shorten the duration of the flare up.

Maintenance massage is our favorite. Acute conditions or chronic pain flare ups can be avoided in many cases by maintenance chiropractic and massage visits. Most time people think that their muscles are fine since pain is not present. When we massage we often have the comment during the massage that the patient did not realize that their muscles were so sore. We then explain that pain is usually the last sensation to present itself with an injury and usually the first sensation to leave. Muscles can be on the borderline of spasms and injury before you even feel the pain. Regular massage appointments with your chiropractic care can help keep issues at bay or lessen severity and/or shorten duration of flare ups. 

Maintenance does not necessarily mean every week or every few days. Every person is different so that means your personal maintenance schedule could vary. People that have very physically demanding jobs may need maintenance massages every week or ten days to keep them feeling like they should. Other patients may need every couple of weeks to just a monthly massage to maintain. 

If you are curious about what we do for massage, we encourage you to visit our Massage Section on our website. This will list everything we do and give you prices. If you would like to schedule please give us a call at 970-639-9730!