Lead Massage Therapist

Akiko Kohayakawa, LMT

Akiko Kohayakawa, LMT (she/her) is a Board Certified Structural Integrator and movement-focused massage therapist who specializes in resolving myofascial restrictions that limit efficiency, strength, and recovery. Her work blends structural integration principles, targeted deep tissue, and movement re-education to help clients move with less effort and more resilience.

A graduate of the Swedish Institute (Magna Cum Laude, 2019), she completed Structural Integration training (ATSI) with Tom Myers in 2022 and continues advanced study in Neurovascular Release and Craniosacral therapy. Her sessions are precise, assessment-driven, and grounded in both science and lived athletic experience.

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At a glance

The essentials

NYS LMT • Structural Integration certified (ATSI) • Advanced training in myofascial release and craniosacral therapy

Hands‑on client care 4 days/week (book ahead)

FiDi Studio

Complex, recurring tension patterns and movement-driven pain.

A blend of myofascial release, neurovascular techniques, craniosacral therapy, and advanced deep tissue techniques.

A clearer understanding of how your body is compensating, what changed during the session, and specific next steps to help results hold between visits.

WHY Akiko

Precise work.
Clear next steps.

Akiko brings structural integration precision into every session. Her work reflects advanced fascial training combined with a deep understanding of athletic mechanics and recovery physiology.

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Sessions begin with visual and movement-based assessment to identify fascial restrictions that may be driving strain elsewhere. Treatment follows structure—not guesswork.

As a longtime martial artist and multi-sport athlete, Akiko understands load, leverage, and recovery demands firsthand. Her work supports efficient mechanics rather than short-term relief alone.

While addressing restrictions directly, she also helps shift the body into a parasympathetic recovery state—because tissue change holds better when the nervous system cooperates.

Her curiosity and passion towards body mechanics and functions started when she suffered her own knee injury back in 2016 during athletic training. While searching for the right treatment for her injury, she found massage therapy to be the most effective tool for her recovery. She brings this personal experience directly into her work with clients and their own recovery.

Best Fit

Is Akiko the right therapist for you?

A great fit if you:

You feel “tight everywhere” and suspect it’s a pattern, not just one spot
You’ve had an injury that changed how you move
You want structural integration principles without committing to a formal 10-series
You are athletic (or want to be again) and need work that respects training demands
You appreciate a therapist who evaluates first and explains what she’s finding

Not the best fit if you want:

You’re looking for a purely spa-style relaxation session with no assessment
You prefer extremely deep pressure without structural pacing
You want a quick fix without addressing movement ha

CONDITIONS TREATED

What Akiko helps with most often

Tap a condition to learn more—start where it hurts.
You don’t need the perfect label for your pain—start with what you feel. Akiko will evaluate what’s driving it.

Browse all pains & conditions

HOW Akiko WORKS

How sessions work—and why results hold

Listen + assess

We review your history and perform practical movement checks to identify compensation patterns.

Targeted structural work

Treatment may include structural integration techniques, myofascial release, deep tissue, trigger point therapy, ROM work, and diaphragm-focused strategies—based on what your body needs.

Re-check + integrate

We reassess key movements and discuss 1–3 simple strategies to support recovery between visits.

Time, not styles

ou book 60 or 90 minutes. After evaluation, the right blend of techniques is selected for you.

Support beyond the table

When helpful, Akiko can coordinate with your PT/MD/trainer so your plan stays aligned.

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Meet Akiko

What shapes Akiko's work

Akiko’s interest in body mechanics began through personal experience. After sustaining a knee injury during athletic training in 2016, she searched extensively for effective treatment. Massage therapy proved to be the turning point in her recovery, reshaping both her movement and her understanding of how the body heals.

Growing up in Japan, hands-on care felt natural and intuitive. She was often the “family massage therapist,” known for strong, perceptive hands and an ability to find the source of discomfort quickly. That early instinct, combined with her own rehabilitation journey, led her to pursue massage therapy professionally—and she hasn’t looked back.

Her structural integration training through ATSI deepened her ability to see global fascial relationships. Rather than chasing symptoms, she looks for how strain travels through the body. She is particularly attentive to how unresolved restrictions alter joint mechanics, breathing dynamics, and athletic performance.

Outside the studio, Akiko continues to train in martial arts and has participated in volleyball, dance, yoga, Pilates, weightlifting, strength training, badminton, surfing, and freediving. She brings that lived understanding of training stress and recovery into her clinical work.

She is also passionate about nutrition and recovery science, and she approaches health as an integrated system—not isolated parts. Her sessions are thoughtful, efficient, and designed to help clients move with greater ease and long-term resilience.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Credentials that  back the work

Relevant training—and what it means for your care.

NYS License # 032137 · Verify

Graduate

Swedish Institute College of Health Sciences (2019) – Magna Cum Laude

Structural Integration Certification

ATSI Structural Integration Training with Tom Myers (2022)

Advanced Training (Ongoing)

Neurovascular Release • Craniosacral Therapy • Myofascial Release • Movement-based assessment

Board Certified Structural Integrator

Advanced fascial system training for whole-body structural change

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Reviews

What Clients Notice

Akiko was professional and the session was very helpful. I already feel profound realignment and calming of the symptomatic areas. Also, I feel tiredness in my weak muscles that have been under used, highlighting the therapist’s insights from the beginning of the session. Rated FIVE stars.

Leslie L.