Massage Therapy

Sarah is a Greenville native who started her career as a personal trainer and teaching group fitness classes before becoming a studio manager at a few local Greenville gyms. She saw a need in the fitness and movement industry for a more comprehensive pain and injury management approach.

Sarah decided to enroll in massage therapy school to earn a license that would allow her to comprehensively treat pain. However, her ultimate goal was to become a ‘hybrid’ clinician –  combining principles of massage therapy, exercise rehabilitation, sports performance, strength and conditioning, and the latest soft tissue techniques. She has taken continuing education through Active Release Techniques, the gold standard in soft-tissue care for active people. Sarah also spent over 500 hours assisting Dr. David Jolson to better understand how to help her patients become an expert in their own problem, not just the passive recipient of treatment.

Michelle is an experienced massage therapist with a diverse background and education adaptable to nearly any client. She offers massage therapy tailored to your specific needs for a highly focused and personalized massage every time.

Michelle graduated from Southeastern School of Neuromuscular and Massage Therapy and has over fifteen years of experience working as a massage therapist in sports facilities, spas, wellness, and rehab centers. She has provided massage to hard-working desk workers, professional athletes, and everyone in between. Michelle is experienced in deep tissue, neuromuscular therapy, sports massage, trigger point therapy, IASTM, integrative muscle isolation, pre-natal & post-natal, pediatric, and Swedish massage.

Michelle herself knows what it’s like to battle an injury – she had some debilitating injuries in which she learned from the patient perspective the challenges of significant injuries. This process helped Michelle understand and appreciate the full spectrum of musculoskeletal care and the recovery process.

Michelle has lived in the Upstate area for her whole life and is happily married to her husband, Tim. She is a registered yoga teacher, teaches pilates, barre, and boot camps. In her free time, she enjoys playing ice hockey, spending time with her fur babies, gardening, and hiking. Michelle is ready to continue to serve the Greenville SC community.

Jolene brings over 25 years of massage therapy experience to Greenville along with a reputation for finding the exact spot everyone else missed. She works with everyone from athletes to hard-working parents, has a particular love for chronic pain cases, and customizes every session to deliver targeted relief, recovery, and lasting relaxation.

Jolene trained in Alberta, Canada, graduating with a diploma in massage therapy and more than 2,200 hours of instruction. She spent eleven years in San Diego County building her own practice and earning dual citizenship, then returned to her hometown in Saskatchewan and built a practice there as well. After empty nesting, she wanted a warmer climate and a wider horizon. She took a chance on Greenville, packed her car with what fit, sold the rest, and has been here for over a year.

Jolene is experienced in deep tissue and therapeutic massage, prenatal and postnatal, Active Isolated Stretching, Swedish, cupping, and trigger point therapy. Her focus is chronic pain and restoring movement in people. The cases she enjoys most are the ones others have given up on: patients who have seen a string of clinicians, never found real relief, and have started to assume that is simply how it will be.

Outside the clinic, Jolene and her dog, Blue are regulars on the Swamp Rabbit Trail. She likes to hike, bike, play golf and pickleball, and is working her way through downtown Greenville and its restaurant scene. She calls Upstate Spine & Sport her dream job and is thrilled to serve the Greenville community.

Susan has spent more than 30 years learning where pain actually lives, and she is best known for necks and shoulders. Clients have described her neck work as magical. Her approach is built on precision rather than pressure: find the right structure, work it at the right depth, and let the tissue do the rest.

Susan trained at the Reese Institute in Florida, completing dual internships in sports injuries with the Rollins College athletic department and in neuromuscular therapy at the Judith Walker International School of Massage. She began teaching students at Reese in 1994 and has been teaching in some form ever since. She spent nine years working inside an orthopedic surgeon’s practice in Orlando, which is where much of her clinical eye was built. She moved to the Upstate a year and a half ago to be near her daughter and grandchildren.

Her toolkit includes neuromuscular therapy, trigger point, deep tissue, craniosacral, Swedish, reflexology, and Kinesio taping, and she earned her neck and whiplash certification in 2011. Every session is designed around the person on the table rather than a routine. Susan is also direct with her clients about what good work should feel like. There is a difference between productive discomfort and too much, and she wants people advocating for themselves rather than gritting through it, because a client who is bracing against you is a client you cannot help.

Outside the clinic, Susan comes from decades in the equine world and still develops and teaches her own equine massage certification program. She walks two miles most days. She is thrilled to be part of Upstate Spine & Sport and to serve the Greenville community.