Orthopedic and Medical Massage in Canandaigua, NY


I help people listen to their bodies so they can care for themselves effectively and compassionately.


My core focus is helping you work towards improved functioning in everyday life. This can be measured by a feeling of ease within ourselves.

How do we create that feeling of ease? More importantly, how do we re-access that feeling when it seems we’ve lost it?

We need to address mechanical forces, how our brain is directing our movement, nervous system regulation, and the health of our energetic body. We all share a lot in common with each other. Patterns are wonderful and helpful to figure out where we are personally on our journey of wellbeing. Igniting our ability to re-access this feeling of ease, continually over the course of time, entails building a skill-set. It’s ultimately self-directed and learnable.

Should you make an appointment with me?

Yes, if you’d like to feel more engaged with yourself.

Some of my clients are figuring out how to manage serious health issues. I try to be adaptive to their changing life conditions by addressing medical and orthopedic concerns as well as the emotional response to them, which includes the expectations we have for ourselves, the way we think about health, and our educational knowledge base of how we work.

I also work with clients who are not seeking therapy for medical reasons, but who are invested in maintaining their performance. I work with martial artists, lifters, runners, and adventurers. I work with massage connoisseurs and those new to bodywork.

I am learning every day and adding new perspectives. There are many approaches to bodywork in which I am very proficient and many that I am not. If I’m not the appropriate person to help you with your concern, I may be able to offer a referral. It also may be the case that, in addition to massage therapy, you would be best served working with a care practitioner in another discipline.

Please message me if you have questions that I have not addressed here.

Reserve your appointment to explore your potential for functional improvement, enjoy getting quiet with yourself, and moving forward.

Sheila

Areas of Care Therapeutic Massage May Benefit

  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Bereavement, Depression, Major Life Changes: improve mood and sleep quality, lower cortisol and increase serotonin, dopamine, and endorphins

  • Pain management for fibromyalgia and other chronic conditions: reduction of myofascial pain syndrome and inflammatory cytokines, mitigation of opioid use, vagus nerve stimulation and co-regulation for remyelination

  • Cancer Diagnosis: restoring energy due to cancer-fatigue, integrating continuity of self during extensive medical procedures, nausea reduction

  • Orthopedic, Preventative, and Rehabilitation: freeing soft tissue nerve impingement, increase range of motion, post-operative scar management