Massage therapy in Honolulu.

Hands-on work from a licensed massage therapist, aimed at the same thing your plan is aimed at: tissue that moves again, so the rest of the work holds.

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What It Is

Massage, with a job to do.

Massage therapy here is delivered by Dustin Tanabe, LMT, a licensed massage therapist trained at the University of Hawaiʻi KCC. He is a massage therapist, not a physical therapist, and that is exactly the value: soft tissue is his whole craft, not a five-minute warm-up before something else.

Tight tissue changes how you move. When a muscle will not lengthen, the joint above it borrows the motion, and that borrowed motion is often where the pain finally shows up. Hands-on work gives that tissue somewhere to go, which is what makes the strength work stick.

It is on the sign, too. The clinic logo reads Physical Therapy & Massage, because this has always been part of how the practice treats people. If you are already on a rehab plan, massage supports it. If you are not, it stands on its own.

Licensed massage therapist working on a patient at Action Rehab in Honolulu Licensed, and part of the plan

What It Helps

Where massage earns its place.

When tissue stays tight, everything above and below it starts compensating. That is usually what brings people in.

The stiffness that starts at your desk and turns into a headache by 3pm. The ache that starts low and travels down your leg when you stand up. Reaching overhead or behind you, and paying for it the rest of the day. Pain that outlasted the injury and started running your calendar. Back to the field, the court or the water without guessing at it. The tightness that keeps coming back

What A Session Looks Like

Three steps, one visit.

1

You say where it hurts and what your week demands.

2

Hands-on work on the tissue that is limiting you.

3

What to do with it before the next one.

Why It Works

Four reasons it belongs in your plan.

Tissue that moves lets the strength work stick.

A licensed massage therapist, not a side service.

Lined up with what your therapy is doing.

Worth booking on its own, too.

Pairs Well With

Good on its own. Better paired.

Manual Therapy Hands-on work that unlocks the motion your exercises need. Cupping Decompression for tissue that stays tight no matter how much you stretch.

Questions, Answered

Massage therapy, no mystery.

It is a clinical one, and that is a difference of purpose, not of quality. Dustin Tanabe, LMT, works on the tissue that is limiting how you move, and what he does lines up with what the rest of your care is trying to change. You can still walk out relaxed. That is just not the only thing we are aiming at.

No. Massage here is open to people on a rehab plan and people who are not. If you are already a patient, your session lines up with what your physical therapist is working on. If you are not, you get the same licensed massage therapist and the same hands-on work.

That depends on your plan, and we would rather check than promise. We bill insurance and we coordinate with your doctor and your insurance company, and coverage for massage is not the same from plan to plan. Call us at (808) 597-1555 and we will help you find out where you stand before you book.

Book Your Visit

Ready when you are.

Request a time and a real person calls you back. No phone tree. No ‘someone will reach out.’ Just a plan.

  • Hours Monday to Friday, 7am to 6pm
  • (808) 597-1555 Prefer to talk now? Call us.
  • No referral needed to book your first visit

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