After more than 25 years of study, practice and professional certification, I offer a unique treatment that blends Rolfing Myofascial therapy, CranioSacral therapy, Visceral, Neural Manipulation, Lymphatic drainage and Energy therapy to relieve persistent or recurring pain and issues. My clients experience relief from their digestive, women, mens issues, low back aches, headaches, chronic fatigue, TMJ, IBS, scoliosis, Lyme, stress and tension related problems. The work is gentle and effective. I work by appointment in Los Angeles. ". . .being an organ mechanic is a beautiful thing, and there are lots of organisms out there that need help" Jean Pierre Barral I like helping people with a game changing set of modalities and techniques that helps reset the body's natural self corrective mechanism. Instead of using a one size fits all algorithm that may or may not work; I listen to the intelligence of the body that remembers everything that happened to it. This instruction leads me to the area and then the specifics of what needs help and how to do it. I know it sounds woo-woo, but it's very scientific and I'm happy to tell you all about what I'm doing as I'm doing it. {Visceral Manipulation is a modality that assists functional and structural imbalances throughout the body including musculoskeletal, vascular, nervous, urogenital, respiratory, digestive and lymphatic dysfunction. It is an organ specific fascial mobilization technique that evaluates and treats the dynamics of motion and suspension in relation to organs, membranes, fascia and ligaments. Tissue tension lines can cause pulls on the musculoskeletal system. By connecting with these tissue tension lines to facilitate release, VM is often the missing link in chronic orthopedic dysfunctions that have not responded to standard rehabilitation protocols. VM increases proprioceptive communication within the body, thereby revitalizing a person and relieving symptoms of pain, dysfunction, and poor posture. An integrative approach to evaluation and treatment of a patient requires assessment of the structural relationships between the viscera, and their fascial or ligamentous attachments to the musculoskeletal system. Strains in the connective tissue of the viscera can result from surgical scars, adhesions, illness, posture or injury. Tension patterns form through the fascial network deep within the body, creating a cascade of effects far from their sources for which the body will have to compensate. This creates fixed, abnormal points of tension that the body must move around, and this chronic irritation gives way to functional and structural problems. Advanced VM training includes the role of the emotions in causing or maintaining dysfunctional patterns in the body, and vice versa.}