J Frankie Jurkowski, LMT

aka Cousin It

A little bit about my practice philospohy

A graduate of The Center for Massage and Natural Health in Asheville, North Carolina, Frankie's passion for medicine began while working as a field guide for young adults seeking healing. Utilizing wilderness as medicine to heal mental, emotional and psychological trauma opened up many new doors to the variations and possibilities of medicine. She spent her past ten plus years working in both the backcountry and front country as a Wilderness Emergency Medical Technician, Instructor for Wilderness First Responder/ EMT courses, a Massage Therapist and volunteer street medic. Frankie is currently a trained and Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Nursing Assistant., Wilderness First Responder and Herbalist.

Frankie enjoys treating sports injury, depression, insomnia and digestive issues as well as cooperative care to help solve mysteries of pain. She offers pre & post natal care for women as they navigate their way through changes in the body, mind and spirit and is certified in Intraoral massage for relief of Tempro-Mandibular Joint Disfunction (TMJD), providing deep relaxation and relief to tension held in the face, neck and jaw.

In her spare time Frankie is a mountain hiking guide in the Pacific Northwest with Wildland Trekking Company. She own Ecotopia Botanical Company, a small herbal medicine practice, does woodcraft, enjoys reading Italo Calvino, Ray Bradbury and nonfiction reference books. She likes to play in the mountain forests, enjoys bicycling, film photography, and drinking Earl Grey tea.

 

Biography for Frankie Jurkowski, LMT, NaC, WFR

I believe that massage is a powerful hands-on health medicine that can prevent most corporeal ailments.

It is with this philosophy, my therapy sessions strategically utilize an integration of techniques that engages parasympathetic healing, assisting your body in the ability to make space for new realms of proprioceptive movement.

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