What is Shiatsu Massage Therapy?
Shiatsu is a Japanese form of acupressure therapy that promotes healing by correcting energy imbalances in the body. Mostly thumb pressure is used on specific points. Shiatsu is based on the same principles as acupuncture, tai chi, and other forms of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
According to TCM, illness is caused by imbalances in the body's flow of energy or "qi" in Chinese, "ki" in Japanese. Ki/energy can accumulate and become trapped in trigger points along meridians in the body. The Japanese refer to these points as "tsubo."
Shiatsu acupressure therapy focuses on releasing blocked points so that the body's energy can flow freely, restoring balance and health.
Pain and Shiatsu
What is Shiatsu Massage Therapy?
Pain and Shiatsu
Always look for and treat the cause of your pain. Research suggests that bodywork stimulates the release of natural pain-relievers such as endorphins. Over time, areas with poor circulation form trigger points—highly irritable spots that refer pain, tingling, or other sensation elsewhere in the body, usually in a predictable pattern. Shiatsu practitioners can relieve pain more efficiently by using their knowledge of acu-points and energy channels to move blocked or stagnant energy. As muscles tense around referred pain, the pain spreads. Trigger points repond well to bodywork techniques such as pressure and stretching. Bodywork counteracts the body's response to stress, relaxing muscle tension and allowing heart rate, blood pressure and circulation to return to normal.
Massage Therapist
Lucas Kenji Fujikawa is a certified Shiatsu therapist and member of the American Oriental Bodywork Therapy Association (AOBTA), and is additionally licensed to provide massage therapy in Georgia. He graduated from Center Point in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Lucas has taught workshops in Atlanta on Shiatsu Therapy, and has extensive experience in working on professional atheletes. Married, with four children, Lucas plans to teach his children Shiatsu so that he can get Shiatsu also. 
Lucas Fujikawa
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