Neuromuscular Massage Therapy

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Your initial session is designed to understand how your body moves and responds to different positions and activities, allowing treatment to be tailored specifically to your needs.

Your visit includes:                                       

• A comprehensive health and movement history
• A thorough neuromuscular and mechanical assessment
• Discussion of your goals and priorities
• Hands-on therapeutic treatment
• Education to help you better understand your pain
• Personalized recommendations to support long-term progress

Please Note: This assessment is not intended to diagnose medical conditions or replace an evaluation by a physician or physical therapist. Instead, it helps identify movement patterns, muscle imbalances, and mechanical contributors that may be influencing your symptoms and guides individualized treatment.

Neuromuscular Massage Therapy is an advanced form of therapeutic massage that focuses on relieving pain by addressing the underlying muscular and movement-related factors contributing to discomfort.

Rather than simply relaxing tight muscles, this specialized approach targets:

• Muscle imbalances
• Trigger points
• Areas of nerve irritation
• Fascial restrictions
• Dysfunctional movement patterns

The goal is to restore healthier movement, decrease pain, improve mobility, and help your body function more efficiently.

Susanna incorporates a variety of evidence-informed techniques including:

• Neuromuscular Massage Therapy (PNMT)
• Neuromyofascial Therapy
• Neuro-reeducation techniques
• Soft tissue mobilization
• Therapeutic movement education
• Integrative manual therapy techniques
• Kinesiology taping when appropriate

Each treatment plan is customized to your unique needs rather than following a one-size-fits-all approach.

Traditional massage is primarily designed to promote relaxation and relieve general muscle tension.

Neuromuscular Massage Therapy is different.

Instead of asking, "Where does it hurt?" Susanna asks:

"Why does it hurt?"

Treatment focuses on identifying the mechanical causes that contribute to pain, including movement habits, muscle dysfunction, trigger points, and nerve irritation, so therapy addresses the source of the problem whenever possible.

This corrective, results-driven approach is especially helpful for people experiencing pain that:

• Changes with movement or position
• Increases during specific activities
• Improves with certain movements or rest
• Returns repeatedly despite previous treatment

This type of discomfort is often referred to as mechanical pain, and it is the primary focus of Susanna's practice.

Neuromuscular Massage Therapy may help with:

• Neck pain
• Headaches
• Shoulder pain
• Low back pain
• Hip pain
• Knee pain
• Sciatica-like symptoms
• Muscle tightness
• Repetitive strain injuries
• Postural dysfunction
• Sports-related muscle pain
• Movement restrictions
• Chronic muscle tension

No two people experience pain the same way.

Every session is built around your goals, whether that's returning to exercise, working without pain, playing with your children, improving athletic performance, or simply feeling more comfortable in everyday life.

Together, we'll create a treatment plan that helps you move better, feel stronger, and build lasting progress, not just temporary relief.