New massage therapy business opening in downtown Muscatine - Quad City Times

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MUSCATINE, Iowa – After years of performing massage and pain-relief techniques on family and friends, Patricia Bielema has decided to settle into a new career in downtown Muscatine. Her business, Healing Touch Massage Therapy, opened this week and Bielema said that she has already met some amazing people who she hopes to call clients and friends in the future.


Bielema, who was born in Davenport but moved around the Midwest, received her Iowa massage therapy license in September 2015. She opened Healing Touch, 102 E. Second St., after hearing great things about Muscatine from her cousin, Stanley Huscko of Keithsburg, Ill.


“I found the location after he (Huscko) told me of the need for therapists in Muscatine,” Bielema said. “I can’t tell you how much he has helped me. So many people made this happen and helped me along this journey.”


Bielema, 59, said her faith in God, passion for people and desire to heal is what drove her to become a therapist and to open her new business.


“It’s not about me at all. It’s about everyone who walks through that door and how I can help them live a better life – that is my reward,” She said.


Some services offered at Healing Touch include table and chair massage options, sciatic nerve pain treatment and sports massage. She also uses essential oils, wax wraps and stone therapy techniques.


“I am not your everyday therapist,” Bielema said. “People have to have the mindset that they want to get well.”


Bielema’s hours will vary as she learns the needs of the community. She welcomes walk-ins and hopes that employees working downtown will utilize her location and availability over the lunch hour. While she currently plans to be closed on Sundays and Mondays, her schedule is very flexible and clients can call her cellphone any time at 641-220-0886.


“Sometimes people are really hurting and they can’t wait until the door opens,” She said. “I want to be here when they need me. This is really Jesus’ workshop, I’m just a willing vessel.”


Bielema said a two-month restoration of the building left her feeling very welcome in the community. She said that she owes a great deal of gratitude to building owner and developer Tom Meeker and his crew and David Schmidt, of Atalissa, for helping her make the environment inviting, fresh and clean.


She has met passersby and owners of neighboring businesses who have welcomed her as well.


“There is just something majestic about Muscatine, the love that they show here,” She said. “There is a calling here for people who really want to do work for the Lord.”


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