Overcome Pain & Injury With Care That Goes Beyond Problem-Centered Approaches
- Eliminate chronic pain
- Heal quickly and completely
- Improve strength, flexibility, and performance
Many therapies fail because they focus exclusively on the problem, instead of the whole athlete. They fail to get to the cause because most of the time the source of a persistent injury or condition is not at the site of the pain.
Feldenkrais Method®, Myofascial Release, Cranio-sacral Therapy, Visceral Manipulation, Medical Massage, and Lymphatic Drainage Therapy are some of the advanced manual techniques and methodologies that I use to address the underlying restrictions, habits, and patterns that keep you injured.
Once real healing begins, we work together to replace old, inefficient, movement patterns with better integrated, healthy ones. The results are decreased or eliminated pain, better form, better speed and endurance, greater agility, fluidity, flexibility, strength, precision, and coordination.
Conditions addressed include: Recurring injuries and repetitive strains, rotator cuff, hip, knee and ankle pain, all types of tendonitis, neck and back pain, rib and torso pain and stiffness, plantarfascitis, muscle strains, and nerve entrapments.
I am looking for a certified therapist who can help me to overcome the mild lymphadema I was diagnosed with after I had double hip resurfacing surgery four years ago. I have problem with edema in both of my legs, and the compression stockings that I was told to wear cut off circulation in my legs even they were made for me. I just want to find a way to lessen the swelling and learn to deal with the problems I have with this disease.
Hi Shelley,
Sorry my response to your comment is so late. I hope you’ve found help for your lymphadema.
Depending on your age, health history, and heredity, the scarring from hip resurfacing could be constricting your lymphatics. Another factor may be how tight the hip musculature is, as a result of splinting from pain for years before the operation. I have successfully treated post-operative swelling in the lower extremities with lymphatic drainage massage, myofascial release of scar tissue in the hip muscular fascia, followed by appropriate strengthening and gait re-patterning.
Lymphadema, which is edema independent of any trauma or other medical condition, is not that well understood. Compression garments sometimes help, but don’t address the cause of the swelling, and not everyone benefits from them.
There are at least two kinds of massage that address the lymph: Lymphatic Drainage Massage, developed in Europe by Dr. Bruno Chikly, and the better-known Vodder Technique. Dr. Chikly’s method is a very gentle technique, which like the Vodder Technique, must be done in proper sequence. His approach is to attempt, through touch, to evoke movement of the contractile fibers of the lymphatic system and to encourage development of collateral circulation around blockages, as well as restore balance to the system. The Vodder Technique, attempts to move the lymph itself by mechanical means using various rhythmic stroking techniques. Either one can help.
Massage therapists certified in the Chikly method can be found here:
Massage therapists certified in the Vodder Technique can be found here:
Hope this helps.