Frozen shoulders, Torn hamstrings, Sciatica. The diagnoses that make many a weekend warrior weep are precisely what Sharpell likes to see on his table. His technique, originally based on Swedish and Shiatsu massage, has evolved to become deep-tissue-oriented and orthopedically geared. (He runs the massage program at the Hospital for Special Surgery's Integrative Care Center.) Clients speak of Sharpell's ability to pinpoint a tear an MRI barely registers - and his knowledge of the tiniest of muscles and their attachments. "The muscle is transmitting information, and I'm getting the info from the sensitivity I've developed in my hands," he says. "It's not spiritual. It's functional." His therapy has kept Patrick McEnroe and Michael Kors coming back for years, and since Calvin Klein execs asked him to set up a table at a show in the early nineties, word in the fashion world has spread.