About Roger Tarazona, Owner, Licensed Massage Therapist, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular, and Cert. IASTM practitioner

Roger Tarazona has completed a Bachelor of Science at FIU, is a Licensed Massage Therapist in Miami Florida with over 12 years of experience. In the year 2017, Roger experienced a torn medial collateral ligament, which limited his ability to run, jump, and bend. In order to achieve a fast recovery, Roger treated himself using the IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization) technique. After treating himself, Roger was fully recovered and able to play sports with no discomfort at all. His own injuries and recovery have led to his passion for helping others and his experience allows him to truly understand what his clients are going through from their perspective.

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Roger has worked in a variety of settings including Physical therapy offices and chiropractor offices specializing in working with clients who experienced sport related injuries, car accidents, and other forms of muscleskeletal injuries.

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Roger is a Medical Manual Therapist. He is a Licensed massage therapist and holds certifications in myofascial release, neuromuscular therapy, trigger point release, instrument assisted soft tissue mobilization, sports massage, deep tissue massage, joint mobilization, Visceral Abdominal Massage (Scar Tissue), Pelvic Health Massage (pelvic floor issues), advanced muscular therapy, TMJ massage, prenatal bodywork, joint overview and cupping massage. He has also completed multiple physical therapy courses to deepen his understanding of the human body.

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Roger has experience treating the following conditions:

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• Neck Pain-tight neck muscles, muscle tendon strain, forward head posture, neck muscle knots, herniated disc
• Midback Pain-mid back muscle knots, kyphosis, tight pect. muscles, midback tears (pulled muscles
• Lower Back Pain: tight lower back muscles, lordosis, flat lower back, glutes muscle knots & pain, periformis pain & scar tissue, hip external rotators pain

• Sacrum pain-sacral ligament tightness, sprained sacral ligaments (scar tissue) 

• Knee Pain-sprained MCL, LCL, ACL, PCL meniscus

• Shoulder Pain- muscle stiffness, torn shoulder tendons (scar tissue), rounded shoulders

• Hamstring Pain- torn muscle & tendon (scar tissue), hamstring tightness

• Ankle Pain-sprained ankle ligaments, pulled leg muscles (scar tissue)

• Rib Pain: Pulled intercoastal muscles (scar tissue)
• Abdominal Pain: Internal organs tightness
• C-Section Pain: Scar Tissue Massage
• Pelvic Floor Pain: Pelvic floor muscle tightness, pelvic floor issues

• Wrist Pain-sprained ligaments (scar tissue), strained muscles (scar tissue)

• Elbow-sprained ligament (scar tissue), strained muscle (scar tissue)

• Hip flexors-sprained inguinal ligament, strained tendons of muscles that attach to the pelvic, tight hip flexor muscles

• Hip Joint Pain: Sacrotuberous ligament scar tissue, pulled external rotators of Hip (scar tissue)
• Adductor Pain: Pulled adductors muscle & tendons (scar tissue), tight adductors

• Scar Tissue-Scar tissue formed after damaging a muscle, ligament & tendon, potentially leading to pain, stiffness and limited movement

• Sciatic pain-tight lower back muscles and ligaments, tight hamstrings, tight calves, short leg, pulled sacrotuberous ligament (scar tissue), external rotators of the hip (scar tissue)

• Muscle Knots-muscle adhesions, referring pain, tight muscles.
• TMJ-fascial muscle tightness, neck tightness, mandible joint dysfunction, jaw clicking

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En el año 2017, Roger Tarazona experimentó un desgarro en el ligamento colateral medial , lo que limitó su capacidad para correr, saltar y doblar sus rodillas. Para lograr una recuperación rápida, Roger se trató a sí mismo utilizando la tecnica IASTM (Movilización de tejidos blandos asistida por instrumentos). Después de tratarse a sí mismo durante un mes y medio, Roger se recuperó por completo y pudo practicar deportes sin ninguna molestia. Sus propias lesiones y recuperaciónes le han llevado a su pasión por ayudar a los demás y su experiencia le permite comprender verdaderamente por lo que están pasando sus clientes desde sus propias perspectiva.

Roger ha trabajado en una variedad de entornos, incluyendo oficinas de fisioterapia y oficinas quiropracticas, especializandose en trabajar con clientes que  han experimentado lesiones deportivas, accidentes automovilísticos y otras formas de lesiones músculo-esqueléticas.

Roger tiene experiencia en varias modalidades terapéuticas que incluyen masaje terapéutico, masaje de tejido profundo, IASTM, terapia de puntos de gatillo,   kinisiotaping ortopédico, estiramiento terapéutico, ejercicios terapéuticos, terapia de ventosas, y rehabilitación ortopédica.