The way our health care system is structured today, unfortunately, it is mostly a "no." We hope that over time, this changes so that people who pay so much for their monthly, mandatory insurance payments, who prefer alternative treatments can have them paid for. We know that our treatments, regardless of not being paid for, are still cost-effective as well from listening to our clients tell horror stories of the tens of thousands of dollars in medical treatments they have before coming to us.

Good news: We do have some clients that use receipts and get reimbursed. Clients need to communicate with insurance companies. Also sometimes treatment is covered by accident cases.

We work with the clients to determine what “significant relief” looks likes to them. We do help athletes achieve big goals of winning tournaments or finishing strong at Ironman races, but most “relief” is doing everyday things that have meaning to each particular person. Here are some client examples:

• Be able to sleep through the night
• Take the dog for a walk
• Shoot a shotgun
• Dance the waltz
• Get down on the floor and play with my grandchild
• Stand on one leg to put my underwear on
• Go on a road trip
• Run in a 10K
• Turn my head to check lanes while driving
• Sit and watch a movie with my husband
• Walk the mall with my granddaughter
• Play golf
• Play golf well
• Fish
• Play lacrosse
• Finish college
• Drive again
• Work at my desk
• Hike Machu Picchu
• Laugh and smile (without jaw hurting)
• Sleep without having to wear a Merrell shoe on one foot because the sheet hurts
• Wear high heels
• Do yoga again
• Do Pilates
• Kayak
• Swim
• Hunt
• Weld
• Play senior softball
• Win at senior softball
• Do girls weekend in New York
• Do tai chi
• Fly on a plane and walk off without feeling like a “cripple”
• Not having to do “exercises” every day to keep my body able to move!

• The client is dressed in comfortable clothing so that they can move easily during the session. Yoga, workout, or just leisure clothing is best; narrow skirts, thick jeans, or dresses are not good.
• The treatment is interactive which means the client and therapist work together to create change to the muscle memory. No moves are done passively. It is not a relaxing massage.
• The touch can sometimes feels deep, even painful, but it is actually quite light. The touch is the most important element, and is very specific and specialized. It connects directly to muscle fibers and fasciae so at times feels intense. However, the touch is always adapted to the preference, conditions, tolerance, and age of the individual.
• Treatment is based on the entire body and doesn’t just target where the person hurts. We base our work on a visual and kinesthetic evaluation of posture, and movement videos. We never do just one area.. We often say we are not trying to dig out a “chicklet” in your muscle tissue or remove a “bayonette” from the body. It is about getting the entire body in a relaxed, neutral posture which sometimes means working on an area you don’t hurt to get something else balanced.
• Treatments are about 40 minutes for a single, 80 minutes for a double session. 
• Mind-body principles are used to get the nervous system out of “fight and flight” and into “rest and digest” because in this state in which you heal. If you are being chased by a bear in the woods your body is not interested in healing your hamstrings.
• We are anti-stretchers, and at no point in the treatment are the muscles stretched. 
• No exercise is ever given to clients. We are not authorized to give exercises as licensed massage therapists. We love to refer our clients to exercise specialists when they are all better!
• Photo, video, and written testimonials are done throughout sessions to keep track of progress. Our goal is to get people better quickly so that we can help more people. We methodically track information so that we have visual and written materials for each client’s success story. This documentation creates a library to show future clients the effectiveness of the method.

Everyone is different, but most of our clients state that they felt significant relief in one to six sessions. These are the numbers we hear most often when clients tell us when they felt relief in their “success stories.” It doesn’t matter how long someone has had a condition; we've had people come in with conditions like torticollis for fifty years!

Most clients get 5-10 treatments in a 2-3 week period. Some clients require more sessions when they have conditions like Parkinson's, ALS, Frozen Shoulder, Stroke and Cerebral Palsy.  Most client's conditions clear quickly, and they use self-treatment when they wreck themselves with workouts and life. Almost all our clients refer to their loved ones, and we love helping everyone. 

We see clients of all different ages: from ages 4-104, male and female (about 50% each), and all kinds of body types. The amount of time that the client has had their condition varies from days to over fifty years, but most of our clients are:

• Overall healthy, who we call "healthy tights," but have some real issues that are causing them pain, immobility, or off-kilter disorders like Menieres. But no matter how severe the "problem" our clients are health value driven. 
• Active – they enjoy moving and are unhappy if their muscles don’t allow them to do what they want to do.
• Impatient and want results quickly. They have no time to sit on the couch - "feisty."
• Have tried an average of 5 different modalities before coming to us such as PT, Chiropractic, surgery, etc. etc. .
• Involved in health and wellness and want to age better than their parents.
• Apt to try alternative health and wellness over traditional methods.
• Against drugs, and like to avoid surgeries if at all possible.
• Intelligent and like to learn about their bodies/health.
• Role models of living well and loving life.
• Watch/read the Manifesto Video on the front page. The clients in the video are all real clients, and those words accurately describe our people.

We have one location currently in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Do you have suggestions for other locations? Connect with us!

We’ve heard these questions many times after a client’s first session. Typically they say things like: “I heard about this two years ago from a friend and I told them I already tried everything: stretching, core strengthening, massage, acupuncture, PT,  chiropractic, etc. That it wouldn’t work for me. I’m so so sorry I didn’t come here sooner. I was afraid that something would make me worse.”

These kinds of comments always make us sad. The bottom line is that if we feel like we can help you, we will outline how and show you. If we feel we can’t help you, we will enjoy meeting you, refer you to other resources. There are no real side effects from our method except for maybe increased tiredness, soreness (like a healing workout soreness), and maybe a bruise (but it is rare).  We move the body within your range so we never overstretch, we go light not deep, and we don’t use tools like the “scraper” that bruises you. It is just hands-on therapy. Most disciplines just look at your hardware like bones, joints, and discs using MRIs, x-rays, and CAT scans. They don’t actually touch your muscles. This is the safest and effective alternative treatment for your pain, movement, and balance problems.