{"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":"2023-03-16T10:33:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T20:33:12","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>&nbsp;client&#8217;s <\/i><\/span><\/b><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">muscle<\/i><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&nbsp;pain<\/b><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">&nbsp;issues that are restricting and preventing normal daily activities. <\/i><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n<p><em style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">Thank you to everyone for taking the medical precautions during this pandemic. &nbsp;I am conducting sessions at my home clinic and client&#8217;s residence. &nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><b style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;\">Always&nbsp;<em style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">take care of&nbsp;<\/em><i style=\"color: #3366ff; font-weight: bold;\">yourself and those you love. &nbsp;<\/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&nbsp;<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>. &nbsp;I 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?&nbsp; Like Bruce Lee said, &#8220;Absorb what is useful, discard what is not and add what is uniquely your own.&#8221;&nbsp; Learning essential therapeutic techniques helps me in serving my clients. &nbsp;My 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 home-based &#8220;outcall&#8221; 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>&nbsp;<\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">(please leave a message)<\/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>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Aloha,<br><strong>Earl&nbsp;<\/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<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container 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><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aloha! My mission is to relieve my&nbsp;client&#8217;s muscle&nbsp;pain&nbsp;issues that are restricting and preventing normal daily activities. &nbsp; Thank you to everyone for taking the medical precautions during this pandemic. &nbsp;I am conducting sessions at my home clinic and client&#8217;s residence. &nbsp; Always&nbsp;take care of&nbsp;yourself and those you love. &nbsp; Thank you so much, Mahalo, Earl [&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":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1714,"href":"https:\/\/www.damassageguy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4\/revisions\/1714"}],"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}]}}