About Us

Formed in August, 2001, Orthopedic Massage Associates is owned and operated by Judy Castrichini, and Jeffrey Rich, licensed massage therapists.

Judy Castrichini, LMT	Jeffrey Rich, LMT

History

Judy and Jeffrey each received their core massage therapy training from the prestigious Healing Arts School of Massage, completing the school's rigorous 650-hour state licensure program and receiving their Alabama Massage Therapy licenses in the Summer of 1999.

After becoming licensed and before forming OMA, Judy and Jeffrey each left their full-time careers in marketing and software development, respectively, to open private massage therapy practices. Between the Fall of 1999 and the Spring of 2001, they were student instructors at the Healing Arts School of Massage, assisting in the teaching of Anatomy and Kinesiology (the study of movement in the body), as well as the Theory and Practice of Massage I. They also conceived and directed the school's aggressive massage therapy Continuing Education program, hosting several successful, well-attended massage therapy continuing education seminars.

Judy and Jeffrey continue to bring this expertise to the Tennessee Valley, hosting advanced continuing education programs for massage therapists under the auspices of their education division, the Massage Education & Development Guild, a non-profit group in Huntsville providing resources to the medical community and the general public about the benefits of massage, and providing educational and development opportunities to the regional and national massage therapy communities.

About Our Therapists and Associates
In addition to its owners, Judy and Jeffrey, OMA is pleased to also be in association with Licensed Massage Therapist Anne Cain, adaptive yoga practitioner Pamela Herdy, Occupational Therapist and Lymphadema specialist Karen Allen Hislop of Therapy Achievements, and Feldenkrais® practitioner Nancy Harden, MPT. These highly trained professionals have extensive experience in their fields and in working with the medically frail person. 

Anne Cain, LMT
Karen Allen Hislop Therapy Achievements	Nancy Harden, MPT Flexibility for Life the Feldenkrais Method

About the Massage Therapists
Each massage therapist at OMA is well versed in the discipline and principles of Orthopedic Massage, the assessment and treatment of soft-tissue injury and dysfunction. Massage therapy training for all OMA massage therapists includes manual lymphatic drainage massage, especially for people with compromised lymphatic systems due to removed or irradiated lymph nodes as is common with cancer treatments and surgeries, and also

• Massage for the Medically Frail
• Massage for People Living with Cancer
  
• Swedish Massage
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Neuromuscular Therapy
• Full-Body Manual Lymphatic Drainage Massage
  
• Hydrotherapy
• Muscle Energy Techniques
• SOAP Charting
• Myofascial Release
• Acupressure
  
• and Strain/Counterstrain techniques.