Meet the Team at Ballard Chiropractic Clinic
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Steven Boylan, LMT
In 2009, Steven completed the 750 hour professional massage schooling program at Cortiva Institute in Seattle, Washington. Personalized massage therapy designed by Steven helps to relax and rejuvenate the mind, body and spirit. He is recognized for his ability to make clients feel comfortable and at ease during their sessions. His experience has catered to professional athletes, dancers, senior citizens, mothers recovering from childbirth, arthritis sufferers and injury rehabilitation. Techniques include Swedish massage, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, myofascial releasing, neuromuscular reeducation, sports massage, clinical massage, range of motion, hot stone and cupping therapies.
Ila Barlean, LMT
After a career in swimming with Southern Illinois University and receiving her B.S. in Science and Education, Ila taught English in Japan for two years. While there she volunteered for government community programs in environmental cross-cultural education. She also used her skills as a master’s swim coach for the local triathlon team and High School. Ila completed an 800-hour massage education program with Ashmead School of Massage graduating in 2001.
She spent the next nine years as an owner of a personal training business in both Seattle and Japan. Ila has competed in bodybuilding, Olympic lifting, strongman training, Odyssi dance and Aerial. In 2009 she was awarded “Top Trainer” for Seattle. Ila has extensive training in Swedish massage, cranial sacral massage, pressure point release, pre/postnatal massage and lymphatic drainage. She also has advanced skills in cupping, meridian line healing, acu-sports massage, breathwork, belly massage along with expertise in many other modalities.
When there is down time Ila enjoys basket weaving, drum making and holding drum healing sessions, knitting and swimming in the ocean or cold bodies of water.
Colin McFetridge, LMT
Colin McFetridge, LMT, is a 2014 graduate of the Cortiva Institute of Massage in Seattle. With not only a dedicated focus on enhancing well-being, his years of clinical experience has helped clients achieve increased mobility, less pain and improved function to handle all the daily demands life has to offer. Colin specializes in many techniques including Swedish, Deep Tissue, Myofascial Release, Trigger Point Therapy, Cupping and Clinical Assessment which is a method that tracks your symptoms and modifies techniques as you heal.
Jianfeng Yang, L.Ac., M.Ac., OMD: (206) 782-2126
Jianfeng Yang, L.Ac., M.Ac., OMD is a highly educated physician, researcher and professor of TCM. He was educated at Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China and began his practice in 1970. He taught acupuncture and TCM at Chengdu University for 16 years and came to Washington as an instructor and practitioner for NIAOM in 1992. He has been recognized globally and is considered an expert in Chinese Medicine.
Jianfeng Yang has compassion and the skill to be especially effective in treating patients who suffer from auto accident and sports injuries, acute and chronic pain of muscles and joints, post-surgical syndromes, neuromuscular and digestive disorders, mental depression and stress, addictions, allergies and kidney disorders. Learn more at the Acupuncture & Eastern Medicine Center website.
Guojun Duan L.Ac., M.Ac., OMD: (206) 782-2126
Guojun Duan L.Ac., M.Ac., OMD has eight years of full-time training in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine at Chengdu and Heilongjiang University of TCM, the two most prestigious universities in China. She started her practice as a physician in China in 1991 and served as a university educator on the subjects of acupuncture, moxibustion, neurology, and Chinese therapeutic massage. She has also written numerous articles and books on TCM and Acupuncture.
Guojun Duan is a warm, personal and gifted physician specializing in the treatment of neuromuscular and gynecological disorders. Learn more at the Acupuncture & Eastern Medicine Center website.
