https://www.handsforyouvidarte.com/home daily 1.0 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/1655031181969-Q83MZ3FYAGPNDEYQKXET/GettyImages-845515876.jpg Home Massage Massage comes in many different forms and utilizes many different techniques. The technique is not as important as listening to what your body needs. Some bodies require a firmer touch, while others need a more gentle approach. We will discuss your body’s appropriate needs in order to make sure the technique fits where your current physical state. I will never limit our session to one particular technique. Rather, we will take a more holistic approach and gear each session to the needs of the day, week, or month in order to achieve the greatest possible healing within your body. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/1655031553027-XJL1B775T6AS0LOKIYO8/GettyImages-92205713.jpg Home Reflexology Reflexology is art of knowing how the foot ties into and affects the rest of the body. By massaging and manipulating the muscles and nerves in the foot, great health benefits can be seen throughout the body. Many ailments small or large can be helped and eased by the power of reflexology. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/1655031939554-AKCCVY3T8RTUVZC8IYN7/unsplash-image-jUPOXXRNdcA.jpg Home Nutrition Nutrition is a large portion of any health and wellness plan. While massage therapy can do many things to aid the body, the body is always best served when it is fed the proper nutrients and nutritional supplements. We can discuss a course of nutritional supplements which can aid your body function at its peak and most peaceful. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/1655032223960-4UX1I9TH72S50GPXRZ4B/unsplash-image-erUC4fTtCuo.jpg Home Exercise Exercise can never be discounted as a proper means of maintaining the body. Exercise naturally limbers and lubricates the body and its musculoskeletal system. There are many different forms of exercise ranging from relaxing and tranquil to uplifting and invigorating. Exercise helps the body function better and invigorates the mind. As part of your massage therapy, we can discuss different exercise options to help your body and mind achieve their greatest potential. https://www.handsforyouvidarte.com/testimonies daily 0.75 2022-06-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/1ebda942-9a8b-419d-bd9e-c6d7cdbe61d1/Doug_Ana.jpeg Testimonies - Doug My name is Doug Shontz, Jr., and I have been a client and patient of Ana Maria’s for many years now. My medical history is both a long and dense story beginning with a nine-week premature birth happening long before neonatal care was advanced enough to save babies born so early. My birth event, however, was touched by the Hand of Divine Providence, and it was not to be that my entry into this world would result in an equally quick exit. I survived those traumatic first few months of life, but I was left with many physical ailments. The primary issue I was left with was Cerebral Palsy. By all accounts it was and is a very mild case, but it still carries with it painful tremors, uncontrollable shaking, many torn muscles, and a lot of days where I would still rather stay in bed than entertain the thought of physical movement. In my early life, I remained in need of a wheelchair for daily mobility until the approximate age of nine. I spent those years in constant physical therapy, and was finally able to walk on my own by the time I was ten years old. Now, approaching the age of 40 and over 30 major surgeries later, I still do not need a wheelchair except for those intermittent occasions where the palsy is severe enough that I cannot move my muscles on my own. Given that background, it goes without saying that I have been under the care of many doctors in my life. Name any medical specialty, and I have most likely seen a doctor in that field at some point. Most importantly, I have seen many chiropractors, physical therapists, and massage therapists. I rely on those branches of physical care fairly heavily as they are able to work with me to keep my body moving without the need of constant medication. I have learned these “alternative” forms of medicine work equally as well and sometimes better than just taking a pill for every ache and pain. I knew Ana Maria many months before I began seeking treatment from her healing hands. She and I attend the same church, and I openly profess how much my faith has led me to the place I now reside in my life. I sensed a very kindred spirit in Ana Maria, and, when I learned that she was a massage therapist, I knew that was yet another instance of Divine Providence working in my life. I can usually tell from one or two sessions whether or not a massage therapist is going to be a good fit for me, and I would prefer to go without a massage therapist than see someone who does more damage than healing. When I began seeing Ana Maria, I had been over two years without a good massage therapist, but I knew from the first session I had found a wonderful fit. I believe Ana Maria’s greatest talent as a massage therapist is her ability to intimately listen to the body of the person she is with. Many times, you have to actually tell a massage therapist where to go, what to do, and, most importantly, where to stop. I have found that, with Ana Maria, this is not necessary. When she finds an area of your body that is hurting, her hands know what to do before you could even formulate the appropriate words to communicate to her what you feel. That type of intuition makes the entire session more relaxing since you, as the patient, need do nothing at all the entire time. My own opinion is that she is not just a massage therapist. She is a Divine Healer whose art form happens to be massage therapy. The Healer in her always knows what to do, and it is that Healer in her who goes farther than any other massage therapist could go to make your body capable of doing things it could not do otherwise. After each session with Ana Maria, I not only feel relaxed and rejuvenated…I truly feel Healed. In the time I have been her client and patient, I have noticed many physical changes. My gait is more consistent; my legs hurt much less; my knees do not give me as much difficulty as they usually do; and my back has much less day-to-day pain. Most humorously, I can feel my left big toe! I have a form of “pan-sciatica” affecting the L4 and L5 dermatomes where the compression of my spine along with the constant spasms in my piriformis muscle causes “sciatica-like” symptoms. The result is that I feel pain through the entirety of my left sciatic nerve all the way down to my largest toe. When it is at its worst, it causes my toe to go to sleep and renders it unable to move. With Ana Maria, I have been able to nearly eliminate that problem from my life as she keeps my hip muscles in better shape than I can through stretching alone. I can, quite literally, wiggle my big toe! I could continue for many pages to describe how wonderful Ana Maria is as a practitioner of her art, but I believe what I have said here should suffice to describe the type of Healer you will experience if you place yourself in her care. If you are perfectly physically healthy, Ana Maria can keep you that way. If, however, you are like me and find many physical challenges in your life, Ana Maria can help to make those challenges much more bearable. https://www.handsforyouvidarte.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-06-12 https://www.handsforyouvidarte.com/about daily 0.75 2023-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/23583a83-a9ce-4f69-9f44-bf78d8f7e37c/93111680_10157343600756051_5742395884914606080_n.jpg About Ana Maria Ana Maria Vidarte I am Ana Maria Vidarte, and I am here to serve you and your body’s therapeutic needs as a massage therapist. I love working with all people and can get along with most anyone. My services are very professional and lend themselves to an entire body and lifestyle approach. I do not limit myself to one type of massage technique. It is much more important to me that your body receive the type of care it needs particular to each session. I want to help people find peace inside their heart and have that reflected in their body. Please note that I will review your clinical history during our first session and must do so before beginning any type of massage therapy practice. Every person’s needs are different, and I want to make sure you are getting the best care possible for your particular medical and lifestyle conditions. I will take any clients as long as my schedule permits. I will work with absolutely anyone, and I can also work particularly with children, pregnant women, geriatrics. and people whose neuromuscular medical conditions may be particularly helped by massage such as cerebral palsy. The therapies I provide are based on the integration of your body, mind, emotional, social, cultural, and spiritual selves. My therapies will work with any psychotherapies or other therapies you are currently receiving. I very much look forward to working with you and know that you can ease life’s stress from the relaxing and therapeutic benefits of massage. Below is an account of some of my history, my life’s work, and my credentials. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/629b793cec8b8719a921ae0a/12f5ff8b-5b97-4e54-8877-ece89038d968/92867746_10157343600716051_5079093900363169792_n.jpg About Ana Maria Brief History and Credentials Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Physical Therapy in Colombia for 5 years and graduated in December 1994. I was a teacher at the Autonoma University of Manizales (Colombia). I supervised students in different practices where the patients who needed care were children with special needs, members of the geriatric population, and employees in factories whose injuries and stresses were of a repetitive nature. For the factories, we were to prevent injuries, reduce professional illnesses, and create different programs to affect the mind and body of employees helping to increase productivity in the company. Occupational Health Management Specialty in Colombia and graduated in 1998. Move to the United States in 2000 to study English and look for better opportunities. I was a volunteer at the Baptist Hospital in Miami, Florida specializing in the Rehabilitation Department. I moved to Atlanta, GA to work as an Interpreter at the Atlanta Medical Center with Clinica de la Mama and worked there for around 2 years. From 2005 to 2010, I worked as a Special Instructor in the “Babies Can’t Wait” program and I was inspired by these children with special needs to continue my studies in massage therapy as a complementary degree for my work and professional study in physical therapy. I am a skilled and credentialed Early Interventionists Training Instructor for the Georgia “Babies Can’t Wait” program since August 2007. Received a diploma in Massage Therapy from Gwinnett College in April 2009. Graduated Summa Cum Laude with honors. Received a diploma for Foundations of Theology of the Body: An Invitation to Love from University of Dallas School of Ministry in 2016. 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