Manual Therapy

Each therapy session is geared towards finding and treating the root cause of your tension and pain. A blend of modalities helps me to provide the most beneficial and complete session.

Techniques I use (but are not limited to):

• Functional assessments

• Manual muscle testing using the Neurokinetic Therapy protocol

• Trigger point therapy

• Positional Release

• Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques

• Myofascial release

• Myofascial unwinding

• Posture alignment exercises.

If you’re in Edgewater or the Annapolis area, book your next massage session here.

What to expect in your first session… This is not your typical massage!

I like to get a baseline for all clients to know the best approach to therapy. To do this I will do any or all of the following: a quick visual posture assessment, functional tests, gait analysis, muscle palpation, and muscle testing to find areas that may be overworking or underworking.

Following this evaluation, I may have you do 1-3 alignment exercises followed by re-testing or reevaluating the problem areas. We will continue the session with massage focusing on the muscle tissue. All of these methods in combination help you get longer-lasting results from your session by promoting new muscle memory.

Moving forward, we can do primarily massage but may incorporate exercises in future sessions depending on your symptoms. Or we may find that posture alignment therapy will be most effective and efficient for relieving pain.

I encourage you to call before making your first appointment to see if you this is what you are looking for!