Meet our Massage Therapists

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Greg initially became interested in Massage Therapy after receiving chiropractic and massage treatments for a pelvic misalignment. Years later, Greg would witness firsthand the power of Massage after an involvement in an automobile accident. Massage therapy treatments increased the speed of recovery time, increased range of motion, decreased pain and tissue scarring. Greg likes to incorporate stretching and myofascial release in his massages and is looking forward to further learning opportunities to better facilitate wellness for others.

Greg also enjoys playing music, reading, philosophy, and enjoying nature.

Tameka is an experienced Licensed Massage Therapist and has been a great team member and mentor at Back to Basics.  In her professional career, she has experienced working with both Chiropractic and Naturopathic Practitioners as well as Day Spa facilities.

She holds additional certifications in NMT, Orthopedics/Sports, Prenatal, Thai Table, and Medical & Therapeutic Massage to list a few. Tameka enjoys helping others feel better and educating patients about stretching and introducing other Massage Modalities like Cupping, Hot Stones and Chair Massage. She has a vibrant personality and is always looking to get know her clients in order to provide the most tailored care possible. 

In her spare time Tameka enjoys hiking, reading, bird watching and family life.

Mariesha graduated from massage therapy school in Colombus, OH in 1999. She has had a wealth of hands on knowledge and experience with a diverse range of clients while working in the health, spa and sports industries. Mariesha has also taught clinical reasoning/deep tissue skills and kinesiology in the field of massage therapy in Lexington, KY for 13 years. She enjoys looking at the client's health as a multi-disciplinary approach with the body as a whole, mind/body.

Mariesha specializes in clinic therapies like myofascial, trigger point, neuromuscular, sports oncology, prenatal and is very detail oriented.

Since she recently moved to the area, Mariesha has been slowly settling in and spends her free time getting familiar with beautiful Atlanta and its suburbs.

Since she was a young child, Deborah has had a love and respect for chiropractic care and massage therapy, and she always felt the desire to help people get out of pain without the use of narcotics. After years of helping her friends and family members through massage, and much persuasion from them, she finally decided to make a career of it and graduated from Gwinnett College in Sandy Springs Georgia.

While in school Deborah got certified in Neuromuscular Therapy (which is her favorite form of massage), Swedish massage, Hydrotherapy, Reflexology, and Chair massage. Thanks to her strong desire to learn more and help more people, she has continued her education by getting certified in Prenatal Massage as well.

When not massaging people, she enjoys traveling, going to concerts, watching anything Marvel Universe related, thrill seeking activities with her kids and being at the beach.

River Grana is a Licensed Massage Therapist graduate from Atlanta's School of Massage. They specialize in trauma informed healing and bodywork and is certified in Swedish massage, Deep Tissue, Lymphatic Drainage, Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Therapy, Reflexology, Prenatal, and Thai massage! River's goal is to provide a unique session for each client to walk out feeling better than when they came in.

In River's free time, they like to make music, go on hikes with their dog, and hangout with their friends at local spots. Through healing touch so much is possible, and they can't wait to work with you!

Darrell graduated from the Atlanta School of Massage in 2010, specializing in Deep Tissue, NMT, and MFR. Darrell fell in love with massage therapy, after getting treatments for football injuries. He was always able to heal and recover quicker than expected. Massage also helped him being able to train and perform at a higher level. Darrell's goal is to help each patient to get to their optimal health goals, by listening to each patient's problems and their bodies. The combination of his training, over a decade of experience as a therapist and his genuine love for the human body makes him a great asset for the excellent care delivered at Back To Basics.

Mikey is a clinical massage therapist and neuromuscular Massage therapist of 22 years.

He fell in love with the idea of helping others through hands on care at a very young age. After learning about the iliopsoas muscle group, Mikey became adamant about learning the human anatomy and how I can help it.

Throughout his journey in massage school, Mikey found himself overly enthusiastic about his schoolwork and dove in with both feet eager to learn and grow.

In the last 22 years, Mikey has been certified in clinical massage therapy, neuromuscular therapy, sports medicine, lower body extremity injury focus, upper body injury extremity focus, injury to the torso, prenatal, postnatal, pre-surgery, post-surgery, myofascial release, cutting, hot stone, cold stone, Thai massage, time massage on the table, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation stretching and all other forms of deep tissue massage therapy.

Mikey strongly believes that incongruency with chiropractic care and neuromuscular massage can greatly improve a person’s life.

When he is not with clients, Mikey is an active single father, a collector of tattoos, a pit bull rescuer, and a student of humanity.