Kona Shiatsu Clinic

Specialties

For an affordable $ 65/​hr therapeutic massage, we can treat the whole body and/​or specific issues in an attempt to bring balance and recovery. We specialize in assessment and treatment of specific conditions while leaving you relaxed and rejuvenated.

If desired, we also give you tools you can use to help yourself prevent recurrence. These include at no extra charge, applications of hot packs, cold packs, far infra-​red lamp, parafin bath (extremities only), stretches and instruction in exercises to facilitate healing.

History

Established in 1978.

Tom, the owner/​director of the Kona Shiatsu Clinic, formerly worked as an aid in the physical therapy and home health depts. at the Kona Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Licensed in massage therapy in 1978, he went into practice in association with a Osteopathic physician in Kealakekua under the name of The Kona Physical Medicine Center. He went on for further study in Shiatsu Therapy with Sensei Indei Fumihiko in Honolulu at the Aisen Shiatsu School. He married his wife Lynn in 1979 and changed the name of the business to The Kona Shiatsu Clinic. Tom has been a self-​help instructor for the Arthritis Foundation, served as chair on the State Regulatory Board of Massage, and assisted the examining agency in developing exam content for licensure. He is a member of the Shiatsu Therapist Assoc. of America and the American Massage Therapy Assoc. He teaches Shiatsu to therapists at local spas and health venues. In 1988 they moved the clinic to its present space in Captain Cook, Hawaii.

Meet the Business Owner

Tom L.

Business Owner

Tom Langenstein LMT, the owner/​director of the Kona Shiatsu Clinic, has an Associates Degree in Biology from the Community College of the Finger Lakes in Canandaigua, New York. He formerly worked as an aid in the physical therapy and home health departments at the Kona Community Hospital in Kealakekua, Hawaii. Licensed in massage therapy in 1978, he went into practice in association with a Osteopathic physician in Kealakekua under the name of The Kona Physical Medicine Center. He went on for further study in Shiatsu Therapy with Sensei Indei Fumihiko in Honolulu at the Aisen Shiatsu School. He married his wife Lynn in 1979 and together they have since run the clinic. At that time they changed the name of the business to The Kona Shiatsu Clinic. In 1988 Tom and Lynn moved the location of the clinic to it’s present location in Captain Cook, Hawaii.