Shirley Blackwell, LMT
Services
Whether you are looking for the ultimate in soothing light touch Swedish Relaxation Massage or serious Integrative Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork methods which include my specialty, SMRT (Spontaneous Muscle Release Technique), Deep Tissue, Trigger Point Work, Hot Stones with Essential oils, Myofascial Release, Structural Stabilization and ROM Stretches. I feel confident I may serve you above and beyond your previous experience with massage or other forms of physical therapy.
History
Work Experiences
Mueller College of Holistic Studies, San Diego, California – graduated November 1987
Giovanni’s Salon & Spa, El Cajon, California 1987 - 1989
Hotel Del Coronado Women’s Spa, Coronado, California - November 1987 – September 1988
In-Home full body massage & bodywork San Diego County – 1988 - 2001
KSDO Radio, SanDiego – on-site seated massage 1990 - 1996
Hartson’s Ambulance Medical Services Communications Dispatch, San Diego, California - on-site seated massage 1990 – 1997
Patty Roscoe & Associates Destination & Special Events Management, San Diego, California 1990 – 2001
Solar Turbines International, San Diego & Kerney Mesa, California – on-site seated massage 1993 – 2001
Glacier Chiropractic, Lolo, Montana – 2001 – 2003
YWCA – on-site seated massage, Missoula, Montana – 2001 - 2003
The Missoulian, Missoula Montana – on-site seated massage – 2001 – 2003
The Feng Shui & Healing Hub, Missoula, Montana – on-site seated and full body massage – 2001 – 2003
La Petite Salon & Day Spa, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – 2003 – 2004
Dr Randal Priebe, Chiropractic Pain Relief Clinic, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho– 2004 – 2007
The Club at Black Rock Spa, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho – lead massage therapist – 2006 -2012
Post Falls Professional Building, Post Falls, Idaho – private practice – 2007 – 2009
3rd Street Healing Arts Center, Coeur d’Alene – private practice – 2009 – 2018
Mud & Stone Massage & Esthetics, Hayden Lake, Idaho – private practice – 2018 – 2019
Concepts Salon & Day Spa, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho – private practice – 2019 to August 2020
Harbor Plaza , 610 Hubbard Ave.. ste 128, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, 83814 - private practice - August 2020 - present
Continuing Education Classes
2000 Michael Young Muscle Release Technique
2009 Barbara St. Dennis Energy Medicine
2013 Deep Tissue – Structural Stabilization
2013 Professional Ethics
2014 Spontaneous Muscle Release
2014 Professional Ethics
2015 Mastering Myofascial Release
2015 Professional Ethics
2016 Spine Health & Trunk Stability
2016 Professional Ethics
2016 Releasing the Iliopsoas
2017 Spontaneous Muscle Release for Feet & Ankles
2017 Professional Ethics
2018 Ethics: Preventing Sexual Misconduct in Massage Therapy
2019 Body Reading the Myofascial Meridians
2019 Advance Deep Tissue Muscular Therapy – Low Back & Neck
2019 Foot Reflexology 1 & 2 - Benefits, Philosophy, and the 34 Points
2019 Foot Reflexology Hands on Techniques
2019 Myofascial Techniques - Sciatica
2019 Fibromyalgia = The Invisible Disease
2019 A Detailed Approach to Low Back Pain
2019 Professional Ethics
2020 The Challenge of Upper Extremity Overuse Disorders
2020 Thoracic Outlet Syndrome: Assessing and Addressing the Four Types
2020 Myofascial Techniques: Restoring Ankle Mobility and Stability
2020 Myofascial Techniques - Working with Hip Mobility
2020 Aston Kinetics for Fascial Integration
2020 Ethics for the Real World: Part 1 and Part 2
2021 Presence, Boundaries, and Emotional Resiliency
2021 Touching Trauma
2021 Connection and Courage in Times of Uncertainty
2021 A Detailed Approach to General Neck Pain
2021 Myofascial Techniques - Hands-On for the Hands
2021 Assessment and Methods for the Shoulder Girdle
2022 Fascia Fundamentals - What Every Massage Therapist Needs to Know
2022 Myofascial Techniques - Scalenes and the Neck
2022 Myofascial Techniques - Hamstring Issues and Injuries
2022 Fascial Anatomy - How Microscopic Images of Fascia Inform our Understanding
2022 Plantar Foot Pain
2022 Ethical Frontiers: Creative Presencing Techniques
2023 Lymphatic System: An Essential Guide to an Underrated System
2023 Asian Reflexology: Traditional Chinese, Thai, and Japanese Shiatsu Approaches for the Feet
2023 Where It Is, It Isn't: Successfully Treating Lower Back Pain
2023 A Global Approach to the Knee
2023 Cultural Competency for Massage Therapists
2023 Fascia and Low-Back Pain: Myofascial Techniques for the Thoracolumbar Fascia
2024 Neuromuscular Considerations in Cervicogenic Headaches
2024 Fascia as a Sensory Organ
2024 Introduction to Structural Myofascial Therapy
2024 Structural Dynamics of Lower-Back Pain
2024 Touching Trauma: Part 2-Responding to Emotional Releases
Meet the Business Owner
Practice Philosophy
I enjoy working with people of all ages and every walk of life. Primarily I work with professional people and physical laborers who may or may not be as resilient in their recreational activities in their off time as they would like to be.
I have worked with weekend warriors to serious athletes, greatly assisting them in maintaining or increasing their level of ease and coordination to achieve their exercise and fitness goals.
Utilizing 37 years of practice I am able to integrate an exceptional variety of unique methods of Therapeutic Massage, from light soothing Swedish to Deep Tissue, Range of Motion Stretches and Structural Stabilization with Advanced Neuro Muscular, Myofascial Release bodywork.
I love my vocation. I feel incredibly honored to be able to provide the most basic of human needs… touch. The reality is that most humans are literally starved for touch these days, no matter their age or gender. I love to provide my dear clients the rare experience of the pure the joy of simply receiving authentically compassionate, artistically graceful, detailed and genuinely heartfelt nurturing touch, in a safe, soothing environment.
A little bit about me: hobbies, family, interests
I am passionate about ending forever wars for oil and preserving our planet's wilderness, wildlife and natural resources - clean air, water and land.
I love cooking delicious meals with my husband Dave and spending our weekends together just reconnecting. Watching documentaries together from Archeology to The Cosmos to Ancient History and Ancient Aliens and Mysteries and Docudramas and Historical and Political Series and of course a great comedy every once in awhile
Love going out to dinner with my sweetheart who is a chef of his own restaurant and so deserves to be served a fine meal without responsibility of preparing it or cleaning up the mess afterwards!
I love to travel with my hubby and every so often go to concerts and plays
I love to go for hikes in mountains especially near our beautiful lakes and streams
I love dawn and dusk and full moon lit skies and super dark skies awash with stars and learning about constellations from my husband snuggled in his big strong arms looking skyward and hoping to catch a shooting star
I love our blue blue skies and variety a beautiful cloud formations. We have so many more here in N Idaho than we did in So Cal
I love thunder and lightning storms
I love natural Hot Springs and Waterfalls
I miss the living by the seashore even though I love living near mountains, lakes and rivers in N Idaho where its not so crowded and expensive to live.
I love my kitties and all cats
I love my boys Drew 37 and my son Sean 31 following their passions and careers and travels
I am admittedly a Facebook junky sometimes primarily with Progressive Politics and anything to do with animal stories and amazingly talented and inspired young people
I love my husband and my boys
I love meeting people and learning about their life stories and family relationships
I love all kinds of music and collecting it on my phone and creating playlists especially exquisite music and sounds of nature for my massage sessions.
