Christine is the owner-operator of the Raffa Neuromuscular Treatment Center and the Raffa Power Yoga Studiolocated in Cranston. The Raffa Neuromuscular Treatment Center opened in 1993 and has been serving the Rhode Island community providing Soft Tissue Rehabilitative care for over eighteen (18) years.
Christine is a graduate of the Bancroft School of Massage Therapy and is licensed and nationally certified in Massage Therapy. She also holds certification in Pre-natal and Post-natal Massage Therapy and in the St. John method of Neuromuscular Therapy. Christine trained exclusively with Paul St. John and was a member of his teacher-training assistant program. She has completed advanced studies in neuro-anatomy, advanced physiology and myofascial pain syndromes, advanced training in cranio-sacral and cranio-decompression therapy, somatic emotional release, visceral mobilization, muscle energy, neuro-tissue tension release and structural integration techniques. She has advanced studies in exercise physiology, various forms of energy techniques and the disciplines of yoga and movement therapies.
Christine's expertise is in postural distortion and bio mechanical imbalances of the body. Christine states:
"Health care today for the most part is incomplete. The system is set up to treat symptoms but seldom the underlying causation of physical, mental and emotional pain and dysfunction. Hands-on healing modalities have been used for thousands of years to bring relief and treatment to people in pain. Our time is money, society has moved towards high tech, invasive and pharmaceutical-based attempts to solutions for our bodyÕs imbalances. I strongly believe we need to take a breath and observe the ways we are living our lives. The food we eat, the thoughts we think, the amount of exercise or lack thereof, all participate in the stresses we endure and the connection to the experience of our lives. Only when we are in true balance mentally, emotionally, spiritually and physically will we return to the true essence of ourselves. Pain is not a way of life but a wake up call to the urgency to live in-balance and fully in the present moment."
