Medical in Marshalltown

Massage therapists at A Healing Touch are adept at much more than just working out muscle knots. The relaxation studio also offers crystal therapy, reiki energy work, and reflexology. These treatments, rooted in ancient Eastern healing traditions, can help balance chi in the body for greater overall health, an improved ability to relax, and an improved ability to find underground water just by monitoring the twitch of your fingers. Therapists also reveal their secrets in classes, whose topics may cover reiki, guided meditation, or yoga.

Massage therapist Megan Smith pays careful attention to her clients' ailments and cossets each sinew with tailored techniques. After consulting with clients about their most problematic areas and least problematic knock-knock jokes, Megan goes to work, leveraging a variety of massage modalities, such as deep tissue, prenatal, lymphatic drainage, and reflexology.

Farrell?s eXtreme Body Shaping helps clients of all ages, lifestyles, gender, and athletic ability achieve their fitness goals through results-orientated training. Long-time taekwondo competitor and teacher Lance Farrell developed the program to combat obesity and assist people develop healthy lifestyle habits by incorporating the fat-burning, strengthening and endurance building aspects of competitive martial arts training into a course for those less interested in traditional sparring or contact drills. During 45-minute sessions hosted six days a week, Farrell uses fitness as a catalyst for improving overall health, wellness, and athletic abilities. A 10-week program can result in visible changes sparked by discipline and nutritional commitment.

It's not surprising that Dr. Kathleen Doohen ended up in the world of chiropractic care, which is just like the normal world, except everyone stands up a little bit straighter. Her family can count more than 25 chiropractors among its ranks, so she has always identified with the chiropractic philosophy. To hone her natural enthusiasm, Dr. Doohen attended and graduated from Palmer College of Chiropractic. She has also earned board certification in acupuncture and physiotherapy.

Maintaining and boosting clients’ beauty are the top priorities at Heartland Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery. The highly trained staff, overseen by Dr. Eugene Cherny, accomplishes its objectives with anti-aging, body-contouring, and facial-rejuvenation services that range from less invasive Botox treatments to surgical tummy tucks and face-lifts. They also unleash spray tans with custom levels of darkness, from a sun-kissed look to the exact coloring of a penny.

At the Primary Health Care 2015 AIDS Walk/Run, the warmth of a May morning makes a perfect match for the warmth of compassion and camaraderie emanating from participants. Embarking at 9 a.m. from the Des Moines University campus, the event beckons friends, families, and even their pets to stretch and flex their limbs for the noble cause of Primary Health Care?an AIDS care and research center?and its HIV testing and treatment service known as The Project. Those who'd prefer a morning stroll to a morning sweat, can opt to walk instead of run the 5K.