Graceful Healing

Customized Treatment

Achieve an optimal state of health and wellness through the ultimate relief of your symptoms. Enhance your body's innate healing potential. Benefit from customized treatments that incorporate a combination of the following techniques:

Physical Therapy Techniques
CranioSacral Therapy
Cold Laser Therapy
Energy BodyWork
The Works

Physical Therapy Techniques

Offering traditional treatment for:
Low Back Care
Soft Tissue Injuries
Exercise Programs
Pre- and Post- Surgical Care
Functional Activities
Posture & Body Mechanics instructions
Mobility Training

Grace-Marie specializes in manual therapy techniques, such as trigger point therapy and soft tissue mobilization. She uses Home Exercise Programs to compliment the work accomplished during the treatment sessions. (Prescription required for treatment.)

CranioSacral Therapy

CranioSacral Therapy (CST) is a gentle, manual technique that frees the CranioSacral System of fascial restrictions which hinder its movement, allowing the System to work optimally. The pressure applied by the therapist's hands is very light, approximately the weight of a nickel (5 grams).

One can study taffy to understand how such gentle techniques can be so effective. When taffy is pulled briskly it breaks in half, but if you gently pull that same piece of taffy, it will stretch and stretch. Likewise, fascia responds in the same manner. Micro-tears may occur within the fascial system if treatments are aggressive, but if one applies gentle, prolonged pressure, restrictions will soften, lengthen and release. Treatments are usually enhanced with a home program of exercises and self-help techniques, which help to maintain gains and promote healthy habits that will continue beyond the need for therapy.

Cold Level Laser Therapy

Now that CLT is approved for Phase II pre-clinical trials in the USA, Theralase is at the forefront of this technological advancement in healing. This new healing modality is determined to be 100% safe, with no known side effects. As a form of therapy, it treats acute, sub-acute, and chronic pain. CLT encourages the production of endorphines (natural pain killers) within the body while stimulating the growth of healthy tissue. CLT also reduces both inflammation and old scar tissue, and it improves circulation in and around the area(s) treated.

Laser light is a single wavelength energy beam with photons (particles) vibrating in perfect unison with one another. Cold laser light utilizes a wavelength of light from the cold (low energy) infrared portion of the spectrum. The laser light energy absorbed by the treated tissues activates basic bio-chemical energy pathways in the cells. The result is a re-initiation of essential biological healing processes in and adjacent to the treated area.

Benefits of Cold Laser Therapy:

Relieves pain Stimulates nerve functionReduces inflammation Stimulates the immune systemPromotes wound healing Stimulates endorphin productionSoftens existing scar tissue Develops collagen, cartilage, and muscle tissueGenerates new tissue and healthy cells

Increases quality & tensile strength of repaired tissue

Cold Laser Therapy treats the following conditions:

• Arthritis
• TMJ

• Fibromyalgia •Swelling

• Bursitis/Tendinitis •Inflammation

•Soft Tissue Injuries • Sports Injuries

• Acute & Chronic Pain • Plantar Fasciitis

• Repetitive Stress Injuries • Sprains & Strains

• Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Energy BodyWork

Reiki

Reiki is the Art and Science of Spiritual self improvement based upon origins which go back to ancient Tibet. Reiki calligraphy was a system of meditation used by Tibetan Lamas.

Grace-Marie, using these symbols to assist her, directs energy into major organs and glands of the body enhancing the body's ability to heal.

Sessions are usually 1 to 1 1/2 hours

Sacred Spaces Bodywork (SSB)

SSB a manual technique developed by Cathy Pliscof, PT gently encourages the body to remember the original flow of healthy mobility and function. Good flow of the cerebrospinal fluid, as well as the blood flow, is critical for the health and motion of all of our body systems. SSB uses the gentle touch of Profound Neutral to palpate these fluids and encourage their flow to nourish the organ, muscles and bones of the body. This allows the tissues to release old restrictions from disease, surgery, or trauma, which can be a core cause of chronic pain symptoms. When restrictions release, the body remembers a deeper level of function and flow, and ease is restored for many activities.

The Works

Are you ready to make the necessary changes in your lifestyle to achieve a sense of peace and harmony within your complex life? There is no need to do it all on your own! You will receive personalized support from Grace-Marie to help you assess present lifestyle, establish goals to match the changes you are ready to make, and develop strategies (time management, shifting perspective, relaxation techniques, etc.) to reach your personal goals.