Fit Body Therapy offers fifteen orthopedic bodywork services in Los Altos, all delivered one-on-one by Angelo dela Cruz, practicing since 1996. Every session includes assessment, hands-on treatment, a retest so you can feel the change, and a short corrective exercise plan. You do not book a modality — you book a session, and the assessment determines which of these gets used.
This is not spa massage. The goal is resolving the mechanics causing your pain, not producing an hour of relief that fades by Thursday.
Core Bodywork Services
These four describe the overall approach of a session. Most people start here.
Orthopedic Massage Therapy
Clinical bodywork for chronic pain that addresses the cause rather than the sore spot. Assessment-led throughout. Best fit if you have tried massage, physical therapy, or chiropractic and the pain keeps returning. Learn more →
Sports Massage & Active Recovery
Targeted work for people who train — soft tissue injuries, faster recovery between sessions, and restored range for your sport. Timed to your training block, whether that is pre-event, in-season, or off-season rehab. Learn more →
Restorative Bodywork & Mobility Treatment
For stiffness and lost range that has been filed under “getting older.” Most of it is accumulated mechanics, and mechanics respond to treatment. No diagnosis required. Learn more →
Prenatal Massage
Bodywork adapted by trimester, focused on the low back, hips, and pelvis where the load actually shifts. Side-lying and supported positioning throughout, with the same assessment and retest as any other session. Learn more →
Manual Techniques
Hands-on techniques selected inside a session based on what the assessment finds. None is booked or charged separately.
Myofascial Release
Restores glide between layers of connective tissue. The answer to a specific complaint: you stretch, it helps for twenty minutes, and by the afternoon you are exactly as tight as you were. Learn more →
Trigger Point Therapy
Trigger points refer pain somewhere other than where they live — a shoulder knot that surfaces as a headache, hip tension that reads as knee pain. That referral pattern is why working only where it hurts so often fails. Learn more →
Scar Tissue & Post-Surgical Massage
Surgery closes the incision; what often stays is adhesion — layers stuck where they should slide. It is quiet at first and turns up months later as range that never quite came back. Learn more →
Lymphatic Drainage Massage
Light, rhythmic work that helps move fluid when swelling is the thing limiting movement. The opposite of deep pressure, and most often useful after surgery or injury. Learn more →
Assisted Stretching
You are moved through range you cannot reach on your own, with the joint supported so nothing has to brace. That support is the entire difference between this and stretching by yourself. Learn more →
Instruments & Technology
Equipment used inside a session where it does something hands alone cannot. Also included, never an upcharge.
Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization (IASTM)
Stainless-steel instruments that detect restricted glide fingers cannot feel, then treat it precisely. Strong fit for plantar fasciitis, tennis elbow, Achilles pain, and post-surgical scar restriction. Learn more →
Myofascial & Joint Vibration Therapy
Smooth high-frequency vibration that reduces protective guarding without force. Reaches areas that tighten further under pressure. Not a massage gun. Learn more →
Modern Cupping Therapy
Pulsing, gliding suction with integrated red light — full decompression benefit with no circular bruises and no downtime. Safe before events and in warm weather. Learn more →
Red Light & Infrared Therapy
Three delivery methods on site: full-body infrared sauna, targeted handheld panel, and light-integrated cupping. Strongest evidence is for tendon pain and joint stiffness. Learn more →
PEMF Therapy
Pulsed electromagnetic field therapy for chronic pain, joint stiffness, and recovery that has stalled. Requires no direct pressure, so it works where hands-on treatment is too painful. Learn more →
Included in Every Session
Self-Care & Corrective Exercise
One to three movements built from your assessment, taking a few minutes a day. This is the part that decides whether the change holds. Learn more →
How a Session Works
- Assessment. Movement testing, palpation, and history to find what is actually driving the problem — often not where it hurts.
- Treatment. Hands-on orthopedic work on the structures identified, supported by whichever techniques above the findings call for.
- Retest. The same movements re-checked, so you feel the change before leaving the table.
- Prescription. A short corrective plan targeting exactly what we treated.
Choosing a Massage Therapist in Los Altos
Fit Body Therapy is at 600 Fremont Avenue in the Rancho Shopping Center, serving Los Altos, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale, and the surrounding Peninsula.
- Practicing since 1996 — CAMTC Certified Massage Professional, AMTA Professional Member
- Former NASA life science support scientist — the assessment discipline came first
- One-on-one in a private suite, every session, never handed to an associate
- All-inclusive sessions — no per-modality upcharges, no package pressure
- Free onsite parking; HSA and FSA friendly with detailed receipts
Frequently Asked Questions
What is included in a session?
Assessment, treatment, retest, and your corrective exercise prescription — along with any of the manual techniques or instruments listed above that your session calls for. Nothing is charged as an add-on.
Which service should I book?
Start with the core service that matches your situation — orthopedic for persistent pain, sports for training and injury, restorative for stiffness and lost range, prenatal if you are pregnant. The manual techniques and instruments are selected during your session, not booked separately.
Do you take insurance?
Sessions are private-pay. Detailed receipts are provided and support HSA, FSA, and out-of-network reimbursement claims.
How many sessions will I need?
Recent strains often resolve in one to three visits. Long-standing patterns typically run four to six with measurable progress each time. You should feel a change in the first session.
Book your session at Fit Body Therapy in Los Altos. Tell me what is going on and we will work out which approach fits.