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My Journey Into Massage Therapy
My life was relatively simple before 2017. I grew up in a family where my mother and father raised four children—my two older brothers, my younger sister, and me. From an early age, I was an extremely active child. I enjoyed being outside, staying active, and especially playing basketball at the local park with whoever happened to be there. Looking back, I think that natural curiosity about movement and physical activity would eventually play a much larger role in my life than I could have imagined.
Once I entered high school, life began to take on a different rhythm. As a freshman, I started working at my family’s pizzeria after school and throughout the weekends on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. It was an experience that taught me the value of hard work, consistency, and responsibility at a relatively young age.
After graduating from high school in 2012, I continued my education, initially pursuing a career in dental hygiene. I attended Lincoln College of New England for five semesters before continuing at Fones School of Dental Hygiene in Bridgeport, where I spent a semester studying dental hygiene.
Eventually, I realized that dental hygiene was not my calling. I knew I wanted a career where I could work directly with people, but I had not yet found the profession that felt right for me.
That changed when I decided to give massage therapy a try.
In 2017, I began my education at The Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy (CCMT), and I graduated in 2018. My time at CCMT seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. I found myself fascinated by the material we were learning, and I was surprised by how naturally I was able to retain the information and apply it practically. The enthusiasm of the instructors, combined with the hands-on application of massage therapy, made the experience incredibly rewarding. For the first time, I felt that I had found something that genuinely interested me.
After graduating, I continued building my experience by working in a variety of professional environments. I worked with organizations such as Massage Envy, Elements Massage in Branford and Meriden, Cromwell Massage & Wellness, as well as several chiropractic clinics. Each location exposed me to different clients, different physical conditions, and different approaches to bodywork. Those experiences helped me develop not only as a massage therapist, but also as a professional who understands that every person who walks through the door brings a different story and a different set of needs.
Throughout those years, I always had one goal in the back of my mind: to eventually open my own practice.
That goal became a reality in 2020, during what was arguably one of the most unusual and challenging periods in modern history—the COVID-19 pandemic. I opened K’s Therapeutic Touch LLC in Cheshire, Connecticut, and began building the practice one client at a time.
Since then, my appreciation for massage therapy has continued to grow. What drives my passion for this profession is a combination of several things: my general fascination with how the human body works, my desire to help people achieve their greatest possible range of motion, and, perhaps most importantly, the experiences I have shared with the many people who have walked through my door.
Every client has a different reason for seeking massage therapy. Some want to move more comfortably. Some are dealing with years of stiffness or pain. Others are trying to regain movement following an injury or surgery, while some simply want to continue doing the activities they enjoy without feeling limited by their bodies.
Those experiences have shaped the way I view massage therapy.
For me, massage is about more than simply providing a relaxing hour on a table. It is about understanding the body, identifying opportunities for improvement, and helping people move more comfortably within their own bodies. The techniques and knowledge are important, but so is the relationship built with each person who comes through the door.
What started as an unexpected change in career direction has ultimately become something I genuinely love doing. From playing basketball at a local park as a child, to working at my family’s pizzeria, exploring a career in dental hygiene, discovering massage therapy, and eventually opening my own practice, the path has been anything but perfectly planned.
And that’s what makes the journey meaningful.
Today, K’s Therapeutic Touch is the result of that journey—a place where my curiosity about the human body, my education and experience, and the individual stories of my clients come together with one purpose: helping people move comfortably in their own bodies.
