Avina Skolnik, Registered Massage Therapist

Avina is warm, friendly, extremely knowledgeable and a highly skilled practitioner.I started treatments, visceral massage, for a hiatus hernia in 2016. Avina has been supportive, encouraging and knowledgeable through my many health issues these last 3+ years. Avina adapts her treatment to what my body will handle that day, supplies tips to assist between treatments.Avina's treatments have definitely improved my quality of life. Pain significantly reduced, medications reduced or eliminated and range of motion in one badly injured joint restored.Avina is amazing and I feel blessed to have such talent in Grand Forks.

I have benefited from my monthly appointments to Avina for years. She is a skilled and knowledgeable RMT. She gives an amazing massage and has suggested excellent stretches that build strength and flexibility for problem areas.

Avina has helped me immensely with her expertise. I’m an athlete, personal trainer and she has provided succinct guidance in healing the asymmetry of my muscular form as well as relieving tension from my very exercised body. She’s passionate about her craft and I highly recommend her.

I really appreciate all that Avina brings to the table. Great information shared and excellent massage. I always learn something I can do at home to assist with my well being. Thank you Avina!

Avina gives a wonderful therapeutic massage.

Avina is a skilled practitioner. She has created a comforting and welcoming space. I very much look forward to my biweekly appointments.

Avina is an excellent RMT and I look forward to every massage session. I feel relaxed and energized after each session, and Avina always has specific stretches or exercises I can take home as an added bonus.

I had my first appointment with Avina in July 2019. I have always been reluctant to have a massage due to PTSD from childhood abuse. I was difficult to impossible for me to relax. I explained this to Avina and she listened very carefully and the guided me gently through. I had fallen several times in the previous few months, the final fall being a fairly violent fall in the shower that left me with a terrible whiplash injury. She explained that I had suffered with the injury for so long, it would take some time to treat. After only a few treatments, I was able to reduce the number of NSAIDs I was taking daily, and ultimately stop taking them entirely. I subsequently decided that regular massage would be something I would commit to for my self-care. Avina is very knowledgeable about all aspects of health and nutrition—in addition to her extensive knowledge of physiology. She has helped improve my sleep quality, which has also been a life-long challenge. We are incredibly blessed to have such a talented and committed health professional in our little town!

Avina provides a very safe and holistic massage therapy environment. My children and I have been benefiting from her massages for several years. In addition to massage, Avina provides us with stretches that benefit our bodies in between massage treatments. She takes the time to fully understand our sore spots, and works with consistency and diligence to help us feel better.