Abaton Center of Healing Arts
Massage School and Clinic
"Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you." ~ Rumi
4328 Mesa Grande Street SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108 * 505-559-4546
Meet our Staff
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- Therapeutic Massage $65
- NeuroFascial Therapy $85
- Lomi Lomi Session $90
To schedule a treatment with Issac go to the Clinic Calendar or call 505-559-4546
Issac Fontaine, LMT 5602, RMTI 410
”One of the greatest challenges facing the massage profession today is the acknowledgement of the inevitable and growing effort of researchers to quantify and explain the physiological effects of massage, and massage’s relevance to health care. The demographic is shifting – the type of person entering massage school is not only younger, but with more extensive academic training in their background. They are more demanding in their desire for knowledge, and explanations that justify cause and effect. Those of us who instruct this evolving ‘new breed’ of ‘thinking therapist’ better be able to satisfy these demanding minds.
But the individual instructors must also accept the responsibility of ensuring that the fundamental art and craft of massage is not sacrificed. A therapist can bring enormous amounts of knowledge, training and research to bear on a particular Therapeutic Decision and treatment intent – but when all is said and done, when the therapist places his/her hands on the clients’ body, the effectiveness of the session will STILL be all about the ability of the therapist’s hands to ‘hear’ the story that the client’s body is telling.”
Issac instructs massage and maintains a practice, while conducting research into the physiological basis of the “pain experience” and the new understanding of massage’s impact upon the ‘chronic pain experience’ that is emerging from this ongoing effort. Specializing in the assessment and treatment of ‘postural deviations’ in the areas of the neck, spine and hips, much of his current work focuses upon the issues arising from the body’s MyoFascia – an effort that he, among others, believes will be a paradigm-changing new massage treatment for chronic pain..
Issac teaches Anatomy, Physiology and Pathology; advanced techniques specific to the head, neck, spine and hips; and an advanced approach to the thinking therapist’s use of structural assessment and Contraindications. Throughout the course of his professional carreer, he has acquired certifications in: palliative care massage techniques, post-op procedure rehabilitative treatment for the chest and back, specialized manipulation techniques of the cervical vertebrae.
Issac also provides private tutoring sessions for students in the areas of Physiology, Pathology, Anatomy, and the MbLex Exam.
For more information or to speak with him about that please call
505~559~4546
Abaton Center Pain Clinic supervised by Issac Fontaine LMT, RMTI
Having chronic pain that is gets triggered spontaneously by overwork in the garden, over play on the weekend or just sleeping "weird" can be annoying to deal with everyday minor stresses and cause more symptoms later on. That is why Issac has opened up a Pain Clinic here at Abaton Center.
For $25 - $85 you can come in and get specific areas treated.
$25 / 20 minutes
$55 / 45 minutes
$85 / 60 minutes
