LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST
Sabrina Lopez, LMT, BCTMB
Sabrina is a Nationally Board Certified and State Licensed Massage Therapist. Sabrina trained at Anne Arundel Community College, receiving her Associates Degree in Therapeutic Massage in 2009.
As with all of Alchemy's therapists and practitioners, Sabrina is an avid learner of new techniques as well as advances in sports massage, training and pain science. She is always seeking new ways to help her clients restore function, get out of pain, and rehabilitate from injuries or surgery.
Sabrina holds National Board Certification in Sports Massage and is finishing up her specialty certification in Clinical Rehabilitative Massage. She is also pursuing her BAS in Massage Therapy with a minor in psychology. Sabrina has a love for massage therapy research and pain science.
A massage with Sabrina will focus on evidence and outcome-based therapeutic massage. It will be a massage with specific goals, applying techniques that have been scientifically proven to work. She takes the time for a comprehensive intake process which allows for presentation of all your options and to make sure you are comfortable. She believes massage therapy and bodywork is healthcare and that staying at the leading edge of our profession is important.
Sabrina brings with her experience working with semi-professional soccer teams, athletes of all ages and levels, from avid weekend warriors to professional levels as well as people working to rehabilitate after an orthopedic or over use injury or surgery.
Her specialties include massage for chronic pain, orthopedic massage, and sports massage and she has had a lot of success with helping people as they heal from injuries of repetitive stress or over use.
Sabrina is a Nationally Board Certified and State Licensed Massage Therapist. Sabrina trained at Anne Arundel Community College, receiving her Associates Degree in Therapeutic Massage in 2009.
As with all of Alchemy's therapists and practitioners, Sabrina is an avid learner of new techniques as well as advances in sports massage, training and pain science. She is always seeking new ways to help her clients restore function, get out of pain, and rehabilitate from injuries or surgery.
Sabrina holds National Board Certification in Sports Massage and is finishing up her specialty certification in Clinical Rehabilitative Massage. She is also pursuing her BAS in Massage Therapy with a minor in psychology. Sabrina has a love for massage therapy research and pain science.
A massage with Sabrina will focus on evidence and outcome-based therapeutic massage. It will be a massage with specific goals, applying techniques that have been scientifically proven to work. She takes the time for a comprehensive intake process which allows for presentation of all your options and to make sure you are comfortable. She believes massage therapy and bodywork is healthcare and that staying at the leading edge of our profession is important.
Sabrina brings with her experience working with semi-professional soccer teams, athletes of all ages and levels, from avid weekend warriors to professional levels as well as people working to rehabilitate after an orthopedic or over use injury or surgery.
Her specialties include massage for chronic pain, orthopedic massage, and sports massage and she has had a lot of success with helping people as they heal from injuries of repetitive stress or over use.
Sabrina Lopez, David Cox (former Board Chair for the Maryland Board of Chiropractic and Massage Therapy Examiners) and Amelia Mitchell in Annapolis after testimony in support of legislation that created a separate Board of Massage Therapy Examiners, 2015
While primarily a full time therapist, Sabrina enjoys teaching and is a part of the Therapeutic Massage faculty at the Community College of Baltimore County. She especially enjoys working with students who are doing an internship in Sports Massage.
Amelia and Sabrina have known each other for many years now, as board members with the Maryland Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA-MD.) Sabrina has served the larger community of massage therapists and practitioners in Maryland as the President of AMTA-MD since 2015. During her tenure Sabrina has been a part of major legislative advancements and an expansion of the chapter’s continuing education offerings. Sabrina’s leadership is accessible and focused on long term goals, with a focus on the advancement of our profession of massage therapy on a state and national level.
Beyond all of this, Sabrina’s life is completely full with kids and their sports teams, as they are also athletes and that brings her life around full circle.
Amelia and Sabrina have known each other for many years now, as board members with the Maryland Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA-MD.) Sabrina has served the larger community of massage therapists and practitioners in Maryland as the President of AMTA-MD since 2015. During her tenure Sabrina has been a part of major legislative advancements and an expansion of the chapter’s continuing education offerings. Sabrina’s leadership is accessible and focused on long term goals, with a focus on the advancement of our profession of massage therapy on a state and national level.
Beyond all of this, Sabrina’s life is completely full with kids and their sports teams, as they are also athletes and that brings her life around full circle.
"No one recipe or plan can cover the dynamic nature of your sport, and each session is tailored to your needs in the moment."
- SABRINA LOPEZ
Sabrina's Modalities
SPORTS MASSAGE
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THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE |
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Sports massage has become a highly sought after specialty as it provides real results for people who are working towards a physical goal or objective, often seeking to excel in competition. Athletes come in all ages, sizes, shapes, and conditions. Whether you are a weekend warrior, casual runner, or an elite competitor or a professional athlete, sports massage is widely known to be a significant advancement in training techniques and it brings results.
Sports Massage at Alchemy brings in a holistic view of bodywork. Following some of the most successful bodywork models, we focus on three things: the individual musculature that you use in your sport, the relationship between them and your movement, and your individual training regimen. We utilize some orthopedic and osteopathic assessment techniques that may help isolate your issue to one muscle or muscle group and then we look at the entire kinetic chain, to see where else there may be fascial restriction, or a muscle that is being affected away from the initial site of complaint. After addressing the specific muscular issues, we look at what elements of your movement have been affected by the sports massage. Sabrina is Nationally Board Certified in Sports Massage and will bring a variety of individual techniques to each session as needed to address your individual need. Some of the techniques employed are:
Timing is important in Sports Massage and there are four phases during which different techniques will be used:
Sports massage is not for everyone and we are happy to discuss your needs more completely to help you discern your best choices. Feel free to give us a call, or schedule a session with Sabrina to experience the process. |
A therapeutic massage session is generally looking to relieve pain and restrictions. Sabrina will draw on her years of experience and training to best integrate the techniques, such as deep tissue, Swedish, myofascial and trigger point, to address the client's goals for the day.
This multidisciplinary approach to massage has been a great success for many clients. It has been especially helpful in:
Learn more about Therapeutic Massage DEEP TISSUE MASSAGE
When specific areas of pain, restriction, injury or tension are encountered, Deep Tissue Massage is employed in these areas. Elizabeth will use her specialty training and often incorporate the specific techniques of Trigger Point, Orthopedic and Myofascial work into these situations. This massage technique provides:
HOT STONE MASSAGE THERAPYA deeply relaxing massage technique that brings warmth and deep restoration to the body. It combines Swedish massage with the hot stones, which are used as tools by the therapist. The stones are then rested on the body to allow the heat to further warm the body. The heat and the stones combine to work out muscle soreness and tension. Overall the experience is warming and nurturing, as you feel the heat sink into your muscles, bringing relaxation and peace.
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