About
For much of my life, I lived with unresolved health problems. I was not searching for a philosophy, I was searching for relief. I tried approaches that clearly made sense. When they failed to produce lasting change, I continued looking because I needed to find something that worked.
Over time, a pattern became clear. Every discipline I encountered was effective: to a point. Each system helped some problems some of the time, yet none addressed root causes or produced consistent, systemic relief.
So I kept looking for ways to help myself and others who experience chronic pain. My efforts have included physical therapy coursework, nursing studies, emergency medicine training (EMT), licensure and practice as a massage therapist, and over 1,300 hours of post-licensure education in advanced manual therapy systems, with a primary focus on Fascial Counterstrain and Barral-based work. I now bring that experience and training to the people I work with.
Chronic problems are complex. I do not assume every issue can be resolved, but I do not stop evaluating prematurely. Symptoms are often more malleable than people assume. My role is to evaluate carefully, work precisely, and determine what is realistically achievable in your case.
My Skills
Services Offered
Fascial Counterstrain
Fascial Counterstrain is now one of the primary systems I use for both evaluation and treatment. This highly specific approach helps me identify dysfunctional structures throughout the body, including nerves, blood vessels, organs, joints, ligaments, and connective tissue.
It also includes extensive cranial and spinal treatment approaches that significantly expanded my ability to work with dizziness, post-concussion symptoms, headaches, and sensitive nervous systems.
One of the defining features of counterstrain is that treatment is performed in the direction of ease rather than against resistance. This makes the work exceptionally gentle and often well tolerated by people with significant pain, nervous system sensitivity, dizziness, post-concussion symptoms, chronic irritation, or a history of unpleasant reactions to treatment.
I frequently use this work with people dealing with chronic pain, headaches, dizziness, jaw tension, nerve irritation, pelvic symptoms, breathing restrictions, digestive symptoms, post-concussion issues, and persistent problems that have not fully responded to previous treatment approaches.
Visceral Manipulation & Barral Techniques
My training through the Barral Institute includes work involving the organs, nervous system, connective tissue, blood vessels, joints, muscles, ligaments, and surrounding structures. During treatment, I evaluate the body’s overall tension patterns to identify restrictions that may be contributing to pain, altered movement, dizziness, breathing restrictions, digestive symptoms, pelvic dysfunction, jaw tension, headaches, or chronic stress patterns.
This work is often surprisingly gentle. Rather than forcing change, I follow the body’s patterns of restriction and work with the tissues in a precise, responsive way.
Many people seek this work after feeling frustrated that treatment focused only on the painful area without identifying why the problem continued to return.
Craniosacral Therapy
Craniosacral Therapy uses very gentle touch to evaluate and treat restrictions affecting the head, spine, sacrum, connective tissues, and nervous system. I often use this work to help calm protective nervous system patterns and reduce strain within the system.
Clients frequently seek craniosacral therapy for headaches, migraines, stress-related symptoms, anxiety, insomnia, fatigue, chronic tension patterns, and post-concussion symptoms. Because the work is so gentle, it is often well tolerated even by people with highly sensitive or easily aggravated systems.
I continue to offer craniosacral therapy as a standalone treatment for those specifically seeking that approach. I also commonly integrate it with Fascial Counterstrain and Barral-based techniques so I can evaluate a wider range of structures that may be contributing to a person’s symptoms.
Manual Lymph Drainage
Manual Lymph Drainage is a gentle treatment designed to encourage lymphatic circulation and reduce fluid congestion within the body.
I commonly use this work to support recovery after surgery or injury, reduce swelling, assist with lymphedema management, and improve comfort in areas affected by inflammation or fluid buildup.
This treatment is light, calming, and intended to support the body’s natural healing processes.
Professional Associations / Memberships
Certified in Neural Reset Therapy
Pain Relief Pittsburgh
License Number
MSG012693
5132 Rosecrest Drive Pittsburgh, PA 15201
United States
tel. 4122543264 (day)
Hours of operation / Fees
Prices:
- Initial eval: 120 mins, $180