Advanced Wellness Education & Integrative Therapeutic Care
Wisconsin’s Premiere Massage Therapy Destination
Offering person-centered care with the goal of helping you feel better, move easier, and stay active— longer.
The Legacy Wellness Difference.
Here, at Legacy Wellness Institute, you’ll find yourself melting into a place of comfort and wisdom. With a background in NCAA D1 and professional sports, and a PhD in Health Sciences— Human and Sports Performance, Crystal is equipped to offer evidence-informed education, massage, and complementary therapies. We combine this with movement to help change dysfunctional patterns. Along your journey, you’ll feel our presence as we coach you and guide you to understanding your own body better. Our whole-person framework integrates safe and effective work that is gentle and nurturing, yet provides our clients with lasting results
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Support nervous system balance and emotional safety.
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Empower clients and practitioners through evidence-informed learning.
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Build mobility, resilience, and sustainable wellness practices.
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Encourage confidence, embodiment, and self-awareness.
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Create long-term healing through intentional therapeutic care.
How Can We Support You?
Therapeutic Care Designed for Whole-Person Healing
FOR CLIENTS
Chronic pain support, intra-oral massage, nervous system regulation, sports recovery, stretching therapy, therapeutic massage, and restorative wellness experiences.
FOR MASSAGE THERAPY AND WELLNESS PROFESSIONALS
Continuing Education that Changes How You Practice
Advanced, clinical hands-on training for massage therapists and wellness practitioners rooted in anatomy, nervous system science, trauma-informed care, and practical application.
Learn how to integrate the principles and techniques of traditional Thai massage on a mat with clinical sports massage and assisted stretching. Mat-based massage therapy can be greatly effective for facilitating pain relief and increasing mobility.
Topics Covered: + History, Basic Principles, and Technique_s of Thai Bodywork + Partner Stretching + Body Positions and General Sequence of Treatment Sessions + Techniques and Flow for Supine + Techniques and Flow for Prone + Techniques and Flow for Side-lying + Integrate for a full 60-minute session
Unlock the secrets of trauma and distinguish it from stress in our comprehensive Trauma-Informed Massage Therapy Course. Enhance your therapeutic skills by understanding the deep impact of trauma and how to support your clients effectively.
• Learn the distinction between trauma and stress for effective therapy
• Gain insights into why healing from trauma is challenging
• Discover techniques to provide empathetic and trauma-informed care
Empower yourself to transform lives by harnessing the power of empathy and understanding trauma. This course equips you to facilitate healing in a more informed and compassionate way.
Are you looking for different techniques to help your clients get relief from headaches, jaw pain, or sinus pressure? This is for you. We will discuss the pathophysiology of headaches, jaw pain, and sinus pressure. Learn a variety of techniques for headache and stress relief, including acupressure points, trigger point therapy, neuromuscular re-education, positional release, PNF stretching, and more!
Success Stories
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This curriculum development course was very well taught, with clear instruction and thoughtfully organized content. The information provided was both practical and insightful, offering valuable tools and effective strategies for effective curriculum design. Highly recommended.
~Jessica Irelan
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I like that it was interactive and we could talk about real-life scenarios and how we could use the information in our work. I feel Crystal was very knowledgeable, approachable, and caring.
~Heather Simmons
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Dr. Abitz sure knows how to redirect our side conversations! Looking forward to learning more with her.
~John T.
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The Time Management class should be taught in high school! I will be recommending this to my teen's counselor to help set the kids up for success. This class would help them make easy and attainable goals to help boost self-esteem.
~Marsha Basta