Meet your therapists

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Juan Carlos Nogales Yale

Juan Carlos brings over a decade of experience as a massage therapist, dedicated to helping clients feel and move better. His warm and personalized approach ensures that every session is tailored to your unique needs.

What to Expect

Every session begins with a check-in, where Juan Carlos takes the time to understand:

  • Your activity level

  • Your goals

  • Any areas of focus or discomfort

This conversation helps build trust and sets the foundation for a curated approach that aligns with your needs.

Techniques You’ll Experience

Juan Carlos’s sessions combine a variety of techniques to address tension and restore mobility:

  • Myofascial techniques to understand how your muscles and structures work together.

  • Trigger point therapy and deep tissue massage to release areas of excess tension caused by repetitive movement or poor posture.

  • Active release techniques and myofascial stretching, incorporating gentle movement while on the table.

He is skilled in working with clients in prone, supine, and sideline positions, ensuring every area of discomfort is addressed without causing pain. Whether using traditional draping or working with clients dressed in comfortable clothing, Juan Carlos prioritizes your comfort at all times.

Special Expertise

In addition to his hands-on techniques, Juan Carlos has developed a growing focus on visceral manipulation, targeting tension within the connective tissues of the thorax and abdomen. This approach offers a deeper level of relief and promotes overall wellness.

Why Feedback Matters

Juan Carlos values feedback—whether during the session or afterward. Your input helps him refine each session, ensuring that every visit builds on the last for a truly personalized experience.

Whether you're seeking relief from everyday tension, recovering from intense training, or simply looking to move and feel better, Juan Carlos's thoughtful and holistic approach is designed to help you achieve your goals.

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Taplin Arant

A seasoned massage therapist with a unique blend of hands-on experience and love of the science underpinning it.  Returning from a hiatus after graduate school, she's back and eager to reconnect with clients.

She is deeply interested in integrating physical therapy and massage therapy for your optimal wellness.

 Currently she is only providing massage therapy while working out the logistics of bringing physical therapy into our practice.

 Education:

  • Doctor of Physical Therapy | GWU | 2023

  • BS Rehabilitation Science and Kinesiology | GMU | 2018

  • Massage Therapy Certification and License | NMTI | 2011

Outside of the therapy room, Taplin is passionate about gardening, woodworking, and enjoying life with her two dogs and loving family.

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“I highly recommend Motion Massage! I have been several times and each massage was phenomenal. In one particular emergency case, my back had completely seized up and I could barely move. I contacted Juan who was able to make time not only to work on my back and get me back to a normal range of motion, but also gave me stretches to do so that it wouldn’t seize up again! I’m so grateful and highly recommend!”

- Lisa, Motion Massage client