Associates

Zahir Arifi
(LMT 104716) is a healthcare professional with several years of experience in a European clinical setting, as well as having worked with various track & field teams in Paris, France. He is a member of the International Association of Healthcare Practitioners, associated with the Upledger Institute, a Florida-based foundation that promotes the benefits of cranio-sacral therapy, and he has taken Upledger courses in both cranio-sacral and neuro-muscular therapy.He is a member of the Texas Association of Massage Therapists and the Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals, and has received his certification as a personal trainer from the NCCA-accredited National Federation of Professional Trainers. Mr. Arifi is a certified osteopath in France, having received his training at the Ecole Supérieure d’Ostéopathie in Paris. He has been awarded the D.O.E. degree by the European Council of Osteopathic Schools in Geneva, after successfully defending his thesis on the comparative benefits of joint-articulation-enhancement techniques, which he performed on select members of a team of nationally ranked athletes in North Africa.
On a personal level, he is an avid hiker and runner, having won numerous regional and national-level races in France, including semi-marathons, and qualified to participate in the 1992 Olympics in steeplechase – and therefore knows what it takes to be a successful athlete.
His professional philosophy is to engage the body’s tendency to help itself. His objective is to enable his clients to reach and maintain peak physical condition naturally – allowing them to reap the full benefits of a healthy and balanced body.

NIS is a condition that occurs when one or more spinal joints are misaligned and place pressure on a nerve. This pressure can cause interference with the transmitted signal and cause pain, discomfort and dysfunction...