Relief from chronic pain

Barbara's therapeutic bodywork helps improve her clients' comfort and their experience in their bodies.

One says, "Barbara helped me to alleviate pain through [Rolfing®] Structural Integration and CranioSacral bodywork. Since visiting her, my chronic pain has vastly improved. She is professional, conscientious and knowledgeable."

Therapeutic touch has the ability to help improve the condition of the soft tissue as well as allow the nervous system to calm itself. A review of more than 200 published studies on touch therapies confirmed that healthy touch reduces pain, depression, and anxiety in adults.

Research into the structure and workings of fascia has changed our understanding of the body. Dr. Robert Schleip explains in his book "Fascial Fitness" that "Muscle soreness, for example, is not mainly due to the muscle tissue itself, but rather the fascia that surrounds the muscle. In many cases, back pain is caused by damage not to the vertebrae or intervertebral discs, but rather to the fascia."