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Fascial Counterstrain
I specialize in Fascial Counterstrain as my primary hands on method to address all physical problems within the body. Fascial counterstrain is a specialized type of osteopathic manual therapy that allows me to not only fix the symptoms patients are coming in with, but also to find the root cause of someones problems and correct them.
What is Fascial Counterstrain?
Fascial Strain Counterstrain is a hands-on Osteopathic technique that removes protective muscle guarding and pain reflexes from fascial connective tissue throughout the body. Diagnosis is performed through assessing the bones of the skull for rigidity that tell the practitioner where in the body and what system is dysfunctional. Tender points are then used to identify which structure(s) have been strained. Treatment is given by placing the body in positions of comfort and/or fascial tissue is stretched in a direction of ease and held for 30-45 seconds. This allows for a quick return to your normal state of pain-free mobility, and function. This method is gentle and profoundly effective when applied by an experienced practitioner, even when all other treatments have failed.
What is Fascia?
Fascia is the connective tissue network that is throughout your entire body. From blood vessels to the covering of organs to muscles, tendons, and ligaments. Even all of your nerves including the brain and spinal cord, down to your lymphatic system and bone. It has been called the largest sensory organ in the body due to the presence of receptors that sense pain, temperature, and mechanical strain. Fascia has been proven to be contractile and can adversely affect the mechanics of the body. It is the medium through how we influence the body to heal when we use Fascial Counterstrain.
Who we treat
I have treated patients of all ages from newborn babies to one hundred year olds. After the initial evaluation, together we will set a treatment plan that will work the best for your recovery.
learn more about
fascial counterstain
Read a Fascial Counterstrain Paper in Frontiers Journal of Medicine written by the founder of Fascial Counterstrain, Brian Tuckey, “Impaired Lymphatic Drainage and Interstitial Inflammatory Stasis in Chronic Musculoskeletal and Idiopathic Pain Syndromes: Exploring a Novel Mechanism”.
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What can Counterstrain help me with?
Post COVID recovery
Get rid of numbness and tingling
Alleviate / eliminate pain
Help sleeping and “brain fog”
Headaches
Increase strength and endurance
Concussions
Improve Posture
Low back pain
Drain swelling
Restore lost motion
Retrain poor movement patterns
Ehlers Danlos syndrome
Improve digestion
ENHANCe IMMUNE SYSTEM FUNCTION
Getyou back to your favorite activities
Help clear sinus pain/congestion
help relieve Tinnitus and vertigo
- Post COVID recovery
- Alleviating / eliminating pain
- Headaches
- Concussions
- back pain
- Restoring lost motion
- snoring
- Enhancing your immune system function
- Assist clearing sinus pain / congestion
- Getting rid of numbness and tingling
- Helps sleeping and “brain fog”
- Increasing strength and endurance
- Improving Posture
- Draining of swelling
- Torticollis
- Improving digestion
- Help Tinnitus and Vertigo
- Ehlers Danlos Snydrome
- Getting you back to your favorite activities
This is not a complete list of what Fascial Counterstrain can help with.
Help clear sinus pain/congestion
help relieve Tinnitus and vertigo
Session Payments
Each session costs $200.00 and are conducted in a one on one private environment for 55 - 60 minutes.
We accept cash, check, Apple Pay, Zelle and Venmo for payment.
Stewart Physical Therapy is an out of network provider with insurance companies, which means that I am a fee-for-service clinic. We can provide you with a superbill to submit to your insurance provider for possible reimbursement. Check with your insurance company to understand their policy on seeing a provider out of network and how much they will reimburse you for going out of network.
Cancellation Policy
24 hour cancellation policy applies to all our appointments. If you need to cancel your appointment, please contact our office 24 hours before your scheduled time to re-schedule and avoid being charged for the full price of the visit.
"Amy has worked on my entire family for everything from acute injuries to longer term chronic issues. She is effective and thorough. Her approach addresses the cause and doesn’t just treat the symptom resulting in long term improvement and has truly increased our quality of life."
Claire
"Writing this review is so easy because I’ve already been telling everyone how amazing Amy is and how she healed me in 15 min, I had been suffering for 3 weeks straight after falling while running."
jessica
I've been in chronic back pain for 15 years and Amy was the first practitioner of dozens within that time frame that gave me hope and real pain relief. This work is not a magic bullet, but it opens pathways in the body, brain and in my own sense of possibility to heal that has led to sustained positive change and a new lease on life.
Michael Brabant, PhD
My daughter plays high level soccer and after almost 2 years of nearly chronic pain and almost quitting, she got her back on the soccer field. After one session she felt almost immediate relief. [Amy] knows what the body needs and where inflammation needs to be released from the body, and thats just the beginning.
paige
I can confidently say that Amy's Counterstrain technique has been an integral part of my healing journey and will continue to seek her gentle and effective treatment. Thank you Amy!
matthew
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