Exploring Life & Business with Allen Wallace of Hands of Stone Wellness and Performance

Today we’d like to introduce you to Allen Wallace.

Allen, we appreciate you taking the time to share your story with us today. Where does your story begin?
Fitness and wellness has been apart of my whole life. Being an infant who had open heart surgery at 6 weeks old(my left atrium valve wasn’t pumping oxygen to my brain so I was suffocating as an infant). I have always had a huge desire to be more fit and healthy and at 14, once I really started to try and workout and got a little progress and saw how good it made me feel, I immediately became obsessed with the difference it made for me. Kept up with it over the years.. then was introduced to massage and saw the benefits that it has for creating relief and mobility for muscles and restricted tissue.. Then one thing led to another.. next thing I knew I was completely fixated on the idea of massage and exercise together. So this began the birth place of Hands of Stone Wellness and Performance. Now we implement Deep tissue/ specialized massage, with corrective exercise/functional movement and nutrition, all leading to a complete/full body wellness experience. Addressing the 3 major steeple points of wellness and performance. Making sure that if we can help you with these services maybe there will be less people in the world who will go through what I had to go through.

Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
Absolutely not.. almost gave up a couple of times.. mostly from a place of unworthy – ness.. just thinking who am I to tell people how to get better.. I’m not smart enough.. I’m not fit enough.. I don’t have enough certifications.. everybody else has “college degrees”.. then of course the financial struggles that come with a start up as well.. having to work a job and not being able to fully give my self to my craft.. having to split up time between responsibilities and creativity.. and then also being a family man. Always trying to make sure I give time to everything.. because I refuse to not be present with the thing I love the most(my wife and my little girl) just to grow a successful business.. but also at the same time making sure I’m responsible and disciplined enough to know when I have given enough time to those other important areas, so then I can get back to what drives my passion for existence.. so it has been struggle but we’re making progress everyday.. and Im finally starting to feel the difference I can make for people which really helps keep my drive going.. cause if I can’t produce results on top of a good experience.. I won’t last in business.

Appreciate you sharing that. What should we know about Hands of Stone Wellness and Performance?
Alot of people associate massage and exercise to the wrong idea.. massage in alot of places is perceived as a type of service where someone will use lotion and give you a nice relaxing massage and try to put you to sleep or calm your nerves.. and please know there is nothing wrong that type of service but as a general consensus massage is meant to lengthen tissue and create adequate amounts of blood flow. Through blood flow oxygen and nutrients are carried to the tissue for repair.. which is the main focus. Then we have exercise.. people just associate this important aspect of life as a means to vanity(big muscles) or for athletic performance.. when exercise is SO important for flexibility and mobility in our musculoskeletal tissues, throughout all regions of our spine. People who don’t exercise usually are the first to deteriorate over time. Not exercising leads to a plethora of chronic physical conditions, not to mention a lot of postural distortion issues as well. So exercise isn’t a luxury it’s a necessity of life. Leading to the last component we teach about here at HOSWP.. nutrition and digestive functionality/comfort.. Nutrition is the number one building block when it comes to someone’s ability to maintain health and physical performance. Without the proper nutrients and calorie intake for a person’s day to day.. the person could deal with alot of negative side effects.. low energy, digestive discomfort, muscle atrophy and other internal concerns that could lead to other major issues later. So we really try to hit it on the head with solid over all well being from a functional up to performance aspect.

As the owner and as one the licensed and certified practitioners who is responsible for the systematic implementation of the services we provide here.. my job is too make sure that each individual receives the utmost quality of experiences for each session no matter what they are seeing us for, while also making sure they accomplish the goal they set out to achieve. Because while we want to provide you with a quality experience our most important focus is RESULTS!!! I cannot stress that enough.. We will discontinue service with someone if we feel they are not taking the opportunity seriously.. we are not here to have a bunch of people on a membership just hanging out.. if your coming to HOSWP your here to address a need.. after you accomplish said goal, your more than happy to continue service on a base to base need.. but we will not deal with someone coming in and just doing whatever they feel like.. we take too much pride and put too much effort into what we do here, for someone who needs help not to take this seriously. We love you and we want you… BUT WE DO NOT NEED YOU.

While we work for you to get to your best we also expect that of ourselves.. I’m a huge proponent for setting the example first.. so being an advocate for quality health and optimal fitness, I’m someone who is very dedicated and committed to my gym time.. it’s not only where I work on my health but it’s also where I work on my mind.. and everyone who knows me will tell you this.

What sets us apart is our determination to see the goal through for our clients and patients( we have patients and clients because we work with everyone from car accident patients, to injured individuals, athletes, everyday individuals and even the young and elderly), because as I said we are results driven.. we not only like to see the progress for our patients/clients but we like them to FEEL the changes as they move along as well. So they know they are getting the changes they signed up to get.

We are going to be more of a niche service.. it usually starts with you scheduling a massage consultation.. then through the consultation of your massage we are able to determine what other services are necessary if any are.. but you are not able to just keep receiving massage unless it’s established that’s all you need. Because usually when someone keeps scheduling massage back to back it’s usually because there is a chronic physical condition that has arisen for the individual. Which means they aren’t implementing the right exercises or mobility movements that are necessary to address what is causing the imbalance of muscles or fascial restrictions (I. e. Tension, trigger points) in the region of the body that is causing them pain. So this is why for some people who are just looking to go to someone for body work.. we might not be a good fit for them because we are going to address all physical limitations as a whole. From muscle tightness, too flexibility and rom with certain movements and then putting them through certain physical tests to see how they perform to see if adequate nutrition and hydration are present for the specific session as well. We don’t want you to just feel good for that session.. we demand you to have prolonged relief and a high quality of life.

Alright, so to wrap up, is there anything else you’d like to share with us?
We seem intense and we could seem like a lot to some of our readers.. but please know it comes from a place of love and extreme determination to help you reach your goals. We of course have space for people and their lifestyles, we just ask that our time, dedication and commitment to providing you the most effort someone could give, just be respected. Because we are here for you. Not just to hang out but to accomplish those debilitating goals you have had.. we don’t want you to struggle with those issues anymore. We want you to knock them out and then save your money. Because you are free now with new found energy and confidence… Just think of what you could accomplish if you weren’t dealing with that weight issue, chronic physical discomfort or that low energy issue.. or gut uncomfortability from not knowing what foods to eat or when to eat them or if you werent taking that medication(that makes you feel weak and lethargic)because of an immune disorder that came about from not eating and hydrating enough after an injury… The conditions that people are dealing with are neverending these days.. it’s really scary because there are so many out there now and almost all of them could be addressed with these essential services.. so hope that helps put our focus into perspective for the outside individual.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://Handsofstonewp.com
• Instagram: @handsofstonewellness
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Massagebiz pro – Jeanette falu – Bishop