Bodywork

Specialties

My bodywork approach boils down to helping to restore comfort, flexibility, and ease of movement by addressing postural factors, overuse, and imbalances in strength and muscle tone. I am pleased to work with a great variety of people, including athletes, octogenarians, children, desk jockeys, doctors, and people who physically labor. I specialize in working with people affected by pain or physical challenges due to:

• chronic headaches and migraines

• neck and shoulder pain

• hypermobility/double-jointedness/being constantly out of place somewhere or other

• immune hypersensitivities or autoimmune conditions

• neurodivergency

• head injuries

• injuries or disabilities

• unknown causes

Above all, it is my pleasure to work with those who have failed to find relief, answers, or solutions anywhere else. While I may or may not be able to help I will hear you and understand--it is my passion to do my best to help you find ways forward.

I will gladly refer you to other specialists in our area if I know anyone who is a better fit for what is going on with you. Feel free to contact me if you'd just like any referrals I may be able to offer, or see my list of trusted healthcare providers here.

Technical Info

Some of my favorite bodywork tools include:

• Frequent reference to"The Red Bibles"--Travell and Simons' Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction, The Trigger Point Manual, and other high quality resources

• Referral to other providers as needed for nutritional counseling, naprapathy or chiropractic, manual lymphatic drainage, etc.

• Readiness to collaborate with my clients' healthcare team however is helpful to our work together

• Assessment of posture and movement patterns

• Identification of myofascial pain referral patterns, with trigger point, deep tissue, and other fascia-focused modalities to release them

• Structural load and tension balancing strategies using myofascial release and motor point activation led unwinding (comparable to Rolfing or Structural Integration)

• Active and passive stretching techniques, including positional release/blocking, proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, Active Isolated Stretching, and active engagement techniques.

• Myofascial release, deep tissue, trigger point, motor point activation, unwinding techniques and a structural and physiologically aware approach.

Bio

I received my Massage Therapy Certificate from New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts in January, 2015. Since the beginning, my training, study, passion, and practice have been focused on technical bodywork methods aimed at efficacy in pain relief and mobility, teaching the basic frameworks of bodywork and self-care to clients, and translating the various languages of bodywork's many effective arts to both plain English and to a technical understanding.

Professional Affiliations & Training

• EDS ECHO "Health Advocacy Training"--15 hours commencing October 2024, to be completed February '25.

• Fascia Research Society--member since May 2024

• The Ehlers-Danlos Society TeleECHO Clinic--participant since March 2024

• The Ehlers Danlos Society Global Affiliates Program--affiliated group leader since October 2023

• The Patient Revolution "Foundations of Care" course--completed June 2024

• University of New Mexico Pain ECHO--member since October 2018

• Associated Bodywork and Massage Professionals--member since January, 2017

• University of New Mexico "Myofascial Pain Syndrome Trigger Point Diagnosis and Treatment"--22 hours, January 2016

• New Mexico Academy of Healing Arts Massage Foundation Program--718 hours complete December 2014

• "Craniosacral: Basic Training" taught by Etienne Piersman--32 hours, August 2014

• First Aid/CPR/AED--certification active since April 2014

• St. John's College, Santa Fe, NM--BA in Liberal Arts, May 2013