The Crazy Wisdom Community Journal • September - December 2010 • Page 14
Standing (left to right) Lisa Fox - Del Zoppo and Kirsten Mowrey. Seated (left to right) Linda Berry, Kathleen Dvorak and Renée Rutz
The Art of Touch ~
Profiles of the 5 Women Healers of Complete Chiropractic and Bodywork Therapies Our writer, Mary Runser, visits with Complete Chiropractic and Bodywork Therapies, as it celebrates 20 years in business. She gets to sample the work of five talented and dedicated bodyworkers – Chiropractors Linda Berry and Kathleen Dvorak, Craniosacral and Polarity Therapist Renée Rutz, Massage Therapist Lisa Fox-Del Zoppo, and Trager® Practitioner Kirsten Mowrey. And she learns how each woman found her way to satisfying work – work which makes a deep contribution to other people’s lives. By Mary Runser Photography by Rachael Waring Linda Berry, chiropractor, and Renée Rutz, craniosacral and polarity therapist, started Complete Chiropractic and Bodywork Therapies of Ann Arbor (CCBT) in 1990 because they wanted to design a practice that would offer health and wholeness from more than just one angle. “We had a desire to provide a more comprehensive and caring form of healthcare within the community,” Linda said. Their partnership actually sprang from an exchange of body therapy techniques between them, with Linda offering chiropractic adjustments to Renee, and Renee offering in return her combination of craniosacral and polarity therapy. From that came not only a friendship between the two women but the birth of their vision for a holistic treatment center, with a sense of shared concern for clients’ recovery to health and well-being, and an emphasis on the safety and comfort of each client who walks through the door. Over the years, the pair added other practitioners to the center. In addition to chiropractic care, CCBT currently offers several different types of energy therapy and bodywork, including: Reiki, craniosacral therapy, polarity therapy, somatic and trauma healing, Trager massage, and lymphatic drainage. Each therapy is performed by a trained and certified practitioner.