Sedona Massage Therapy
Neuromuscular Massage Therapy – Postural Massage Therapy
St. John Neuromuscular Therapy utilizes trigger point therapy and neuromuscular massage to lengthen chronically short muscle groups. Trigger points are known to shorten muscles and to send noxious impulses to distant areas. Many common pain conditions are caused by trigger points including headaches, ‘sciatic’ pain, low back pain, and neck pain. Postural distortion causes pain by creating abnormal pulling and tension on adjacent and distant structures.
After a thorough postural analysis and history are taken, I may assess your range of motion for abnormalities to detect shortened muscle structures. If there is pain or dysfunction, I will assess the potential trigger points which may be contributing to your condition. St. John Neuromuscular massage therapy releases these muscle-shortening trigger points, restoring postural balance and pain free movement.
Developed by Paul St. John, St. John Neuromuscular Therapy relies on the work of Dr. Janet Travell and Dr. David Simons who wrote Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual. Dr. Travell was the first female white house physician and served during the Kennedy and Johnson era. She was appointed due to the assistance she provided John F. Kennedy in 1955 with chronic back pain. She devoted her life to research and the treatment of trigger points publishing the manual well into her eighties after 40 years of experience and research.
To schedule your own Structural Balancing Massage Therapy session, please contact me.
Article by OmShi'. May be reprinted with the written permission of the author. ©2008
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I have had the privilege of working with OmShi’ through a difficult time in my life; I dealt with breast cancer. I came to know her as a consummate healer. She treated my body and fed my soul. She is blessed with an incredible energy that enables self healing. Thank you, OmShi’, for all you have done for me.
LD - West Chester, Pennsylvania

