Aimee Slater is looking forward to becoming an even better massage therapist. (Submitted photo)

BY SHERI TRUSTY

PORT CLINTON – After working in the restaurant industry for over 30 years, Aimee Slater hung up her apron for the last time when she sold Slater’s Food and Spirits on April 1. Now, she will focus on her other longtime business – Aimee Slater, LMT – a massage business where Slater focuses on John Barnes Myofascial Release, which results in greater fluidity, flexibility and pain relief.

According to the Myofascial Release Treatment Center and Seminars website, “Trauma, inflammatory responses, and/or surgical procedures create Myofascial restrictions that can produce tensile pressures of approximately 2,000 pounds per square inch on pain sensitive structures that do not show up in many of the standard tests.” Those restrictions can cause lack of mobility and pain.

Slater said she utilizes the John Barnes Myofascial Release techniques in a client-driven treatment that addresses many issues, including chronic pain, headaches, carpal tunnel, chronic fatigue syndrome and more.

“You get your body moving again. It’s a great, gentle, safe and effective type of therapy. We treat the entire mind/body complex by eliminating restrictions,” she said. “I work almost exclusively with myofascial restrictions, but I occasionally do lymphatic drainage and craniosacral therapy to calm down the nervous system.”

Slater is an Advanced John Barnes Myofascial Release Therapist, and she will attend classes in Sonoma this year to progress to the next level. She is also studying to become certified in Mindfulness Meditation, hypnotherapy and sound therapy, which utilizes various instruments, including singing bowls.

Slater sold Slater’s Food & Spirits to Frank Lord, a Cleveland-area restauranteur who is keeping the name and most of the menu. Learn more in “Frank Lord: A new season for Slater’s Food & Spirits,” in this issue of Coastlines in The Beacon.

Stepping away from the restaurant business was a difficult decision, but Slater is ready to focus her life on healing.

“I really did love the restaurant. I love what I built. It was fun and fulfilling,” she said. “I liked that I got to help a lot of people, and I got to know a lot of people. Now, I’m looking forward to becoming an even better therapist.”

In this new season of life, Slater will have the opportunity to help people in a more engaged way.

“I’m just grateful to Port Clinton for supporting me all those years,” she said. “It was really cool and really fun. I loved cooking for people.”

Slater is currently seeing clients in her office inside the Sutton Center at 1848 E. Perry St. in Port Clinton. Online scheduling is available at https://www.vagaro.com/us04/aimeeslaterlmt or by calling 419-341-2912.