Care for your pain.
Find your condition below. Every treatment starts with an assessment so your therapist can find what is causing your pain.
Find your condition.
Arms & Hands
Complex Chronic Pain
Pediatric & Young Clients
We care deeply about getting young clients the right help. Before any session, we assess whether PNMT is the right fit, so the New Client Session for anyone under 18 is arranged by reaching out to us directly rather than booked online.
Minors are always seen by one therapist, and young women under 18 are always paired with a female therapist. Depending on the condition, the New Client Session may be shorter and gentler at a reduced rate, typically $110 for 45 minutes.
The method behind every treatment.
Precision Neuromuscular Therapy (PNMT)
PNMT is precise soft tissue work for muscle and nerve pain. Your therapist first assesses where the pain is coming from, then treats it and gives you a plan. In a session they use whichever techniques the assessment points to, including the ones below.
How a PNMT session works
Accurate assessment. We test you before, during, and after each treatment to confirm the muscle being worked is part of your pain. A tender muscle is not always the cause. The tests are simple movements that check for pain and limited range of motion.
Precise treatment. PNMT is about precision, not pressure. It is not deep tissue work. If your therapist is close to the spot that hurts, they adjust where they work instead of pushing harder, which is more effective and more comfortable.
Clear results. The tests double as benchmarks, so you can see whether treatment is helping. If it isn't, your therapist changes the plan and tests again. If they find a problem outside their scope, they refer you to your doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist, or another provider.
How PNMT differs from general massage
General massage aims to relax you. PNMT aims to solve the specific muscle pain you came in with. Both are hands-on with no equipment. In a general massage you usually undress, lie under a sheet, and the therapist works over your whole body. In PNMT the session focuses on finding and treating the muscle causing your pain. You can often stay fully dressed, sitting, lying down, or both, and you give feedback throughout so your therapist can find the source.
Solving muscle pain takes more than one session. Plan on four to six sessions to meaningfully reduce pain that has built up over months.
Trigger Point Therapy
A trigger point is a small part of a muscle stuck in a shortened state. It can send pain to other areas. Finding these points takes skill, and releasing them can ease pain and improve movement. Trigger points have been studied in medicine since 1939.
Myofascial Therapy
Fascia is the connective tissue that wraps every part of the body, including muscles. When it is tight it can limit movement and cause pain. Myofascial therapy releases that tension and is often used together with trigger point therapy.
TMJ Soft Tissue Therapy
TMJD is often driven by the muscles that move the jaw. TMJ soft tissue therapy treats those muscles on the head, face, and inside the mouth. It is our only treatment where the therapist works inside the mouth, wearing vinyl gloves. Many clients get significant relief.
What is TMJD?
The temporomandibular joint (TMJ) is your jaw joint. According to the National Institute of Dental Research, dysfunction of the TMJ has three main types:
- Myofascial pain (the most common form): discomfort or pain in the muscles that control the jaw, as well as the neck and shoulder muscles.
- Internal derangement of the joint: a dislocated jaw, a displaced disc, or injury to the condyle.
- Degenerative joint disease: osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis in the jaw joint.
Most clients have an overlap of these conditions.
Do I have TMJD?
Only dentists and physicians can diagnose TMJD, and you may need to see more than one practitioner to complete a diagnosis. If you have two or more symptoms around the jaw, plus any of the head or whole-body symptoms below, consider seeing a dentist or medical practitioner who specializes in diagnosing and treating TMJD.
- Clicking, grating, or popping in the jaw joint
- Pain in or around the jaw
- Clenching or grinding teeth while you sleep or during the day
- Difficulty opening your mouth
- Jaw locks open or shut
- Pain in the teeth
- Tired or sore jaw when you wake up
- Jaw deviates on opening and closing
- Difficulty swallowing
- Muscle soreness or spasms around the head and neck
- Ringing in the ears
- Difficulty hearing
- Frequent earaches with no infection present
- Headaches of all kinds
- Sinus pain
- Pressure behind the eyes
- Eyes tear up for no reason
- Muscle spasms in the neck, shoulder, back, arms, or legs
- Numbness in arms or fingers
- Dizziness
- Backaches
- Difficulty sleeping
- Fatigue, nervousness, anger, or depression
- Arthritis
Source: Uppgaard, Robert O., DDS. Taking Control of TMJ. Oakland: New Harbinger, 1999.
Yoga Restorative Skills
We look at your pain, stress, and muscle imbalances. Then you learn self-myofascial release, strength work, and breathing and meditation practices for managing pain. Offered two ways:
- Private 1:1 sessions: one-on-one instruction for your body and goals.
- Small-group classes: the same Restorative Skills work in a group setting.