{"id":4,"date":"2012-05-27T20:47:26","date_gmt":"2012-05-28T06:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/?page_id=4"},"modified":"2026-10-26T23:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T09:05:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/","title":{"rendered":"About me"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Aloha!<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">My mission is to relieve my<\/em><b><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><i>\u00a0client&#8217;s <\/i><\/span><\/b><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">muscle<\/i><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0pain<\/b><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">\u00a0issues that are restricting and preventing normal daily activities. <\/i><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">Thank you to everyone for taking the medical precautions during this pandemic. \u00a0I am only conducting sessions at my home clinic. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Always\u00a0<em style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">take care of\u00a0<\/em><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">yourself and those you love. \u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>Thank you so much, <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>Mahalo, <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><em><strong>Earl &#8211; Da Massage Guy<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I became a massage therapist after serving our country in the US Army and working with companies like IBM and UPS. I came to a point in my life that I felt it was my time to help people on a one to one basis. I chose therapeutic massage because it was my way to connect, help and provide a complementary medical service to people. It is rewarding for me to see my clients\u00a0<span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>positive pain-relieving results.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_717\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 209px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-717 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ganbatte-199x300.png\" alt=\"Volunteering at Ganbatte-Japan Tsunami Relief\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ganbatte-199x300.png 199w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/ganbatte.png 608w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Volunteering at \u201cGanbatte-Japan Tsunami Relief\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">My main goal is to relieve my client&#8217;s muscular and tissue pain with the least amount of pressure whenever possible<\/span><\/strong>. \u00a0I received training in Advanced Neural Reset Therapy (NRT), Pa Iwi Ola Lomi Lomi (Level 1), <span class=\"text\">Kinessage\u00ae Massage Through Movement <\/span><span class=\"text\">(lower body &#8211; a process of Myofascial Release and movement)<\/span>, Kinetic Chain Release (KCR), Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques, Vibration (in development) and other specialties.<\/p>\n<p>I was asked once why I keep learning different techniques?\u00a0 Like Bruce Lee said, &#8220;Absorb what is useful, discard what is not and add what is uniquely your own.&#8221;\u00a0 Learning essential therapeutic techniques helps me in serving my clients. \u00a0My therapy has evolved since I am not restricted by any discipline. Neural Reset Therapy (NRT) is my &#8220;go to&#8221; modality with my many studies blended into resolving muscular, joint, and soft-tissue pain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #3b8686;\" href=\"\/?page_id=17\">Learn more about pricing and the services I provide by clicking here.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000;\">To make an appointment please <strong>call or text<\/strong> 24 hrs in advance of your desired day appointment at <span style=\"color: #008080;\"><strong>(808) 222.8233<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">(please leave a message so I may validate your situation)<\/span> or email me at<\/strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\"> <a style=\"color: #008080;\" href=\"mailto:damassageguy@yahoo.com\"><strong>damassageguy@yahoo.com<\/strong><\/a><\/span>. \u00a0My address will be provided once confirmation is made.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aloha,<br \/><strong>Earl\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 600;\">Gushiken<\/span><br \/><strong>MAT 10494 since 2007<\/strong><br \/><strong><em>Therapeutic Massage with Aloha<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cert-2018-05-22.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"954\" height=\"171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cert-2018-05-22.png\" alt=\"Earl Gushiken's Certifications\" class=\"wp-image-846\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cert-2018-05-22.png 954w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cert-2018-05-22-300x54.png 300w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/cert-2018-05-22-768x138.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 954px) 100vw, 954px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"146\" data-id=\"1712\" src=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo-1024x146.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1712\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo-1024x146.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo-768x109.png 768w, https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/NRT-logo.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aloha! My mission is to relieve my\u00a0client&#8217;s muscle\u00a0pain\u00a0issues that are restricting and preventing normal daily activities. \u00a0 Thank you to everyone for taking the medical precautions during this pandemic. \u00a0I am only conducting sessions at my home clinic. \u00a0 Always\u00a0take care of\u00a0yourself and those you love. \u00a0 Thank you so much, Mahalo, Earl &#8211; Da [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":905,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-4","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1783,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1783"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}