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BY CODY THORN
Steven Valenzuela worked in massage therapy o ces in Grapevine Southlake before opening his own practice.
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Some of the bene ts of orthopedic massage therapy include treatment of pain/dysfunction and improvement of lost mobility.
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Valenzuela opens new o ce in Grapevine Steven Valenzuela’s journey to becoming a mas- sage therapist started when he was trying to x his own body from multiple incidences, including a 1997 back injury and Mexican cartel attack. In July, he opened Orthopedic Massage Therapy in Grapevine. How it happened Valenzuela moved to the Dallas-Fort Worth area
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in 1997. James Waslaski, a therapist and author, spoke to a class he was in about orthopedics and sports massage therapy. “I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, this is what I was looking for,’” Valenzuela said. How we got here Valenzuela said he was in Mexico on a mission trip in June 2011 when he was attacked by cartel members. He said he had facial reconstructive surgery and was in the hospital for a week, eventually moving back to Grapevine for his sister to take care of him. He added the return of his motor skills was a slow process but credits his progress with therapy
Valenzuela returned to Dr. James Mahoney’s o ce in Southlake following the attack, staying through 2017. He then spent seven years working with Allen Chiropractic in Grapevine before opening his own o ce. He said most of his clients experience pain in various areas, such as the neck, back, knee or shoulder, which he says is usually connected. “I’m not a chiropractor. I’m not adjusting people, but I’m improving how everything works and functions,” Valenzuela said. “A lot of things revolve around the core function.”
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