Tom: TMJ Dysfunction

Before treatments from Martha, I had almost given up hope. My TMJ was so severe, I could barely open my mouth and lived in constant pain. I avoided business lunches and socializing because I couldn't eat normally in public. Within one treatment my pain was significantly diminished. After two, my mouth was tracking straighter. After three, I could open my mouth twice as far. I can now feel when I am tensing my jaw and have learned a gentle stretch to relax it throughout the day. I am now hopeful I won't have to spend the rest of my life in pain and increasing isolation.

Annie: Longterm client, systemic myofascial pain sufferer

Even after seventeen years as her client, Martha enters each session with enthusiasm and nonjudgmental support toward my chronic pain condition. Her bodywork is so intelligent and natural. Usually I need massage therapy to manage my pain levels, but when necessary we interject Rolfing to reestablish my posture or to treat an injury. I appreciate her versatility and accepting nature.

Bill: Serious cycling accident

I suffered a serious cycling accident. After twenty years of chronic neck pain and restriction due to scar tissue, I was ready to try anything. Martha was willing to co-create an approach using T-shaped bars to glide over thick bands in my neck and shoulders. It was an intense approach, but one I needed. I can turn my head further now. Similar work on the scar tissue around my pelvis and legs accelerated my progress in my yoga practice.

Barb: Knee and lower leg pain

I have been severely limited by multiple knee injuries, surgeries and the strain of standing all day as an elementary school teacher. After two treatments and for the first time in years, I was able to walk around the track three times with my ninety year old mother! In addition, Martha's movement cue to engage the power of my gluteal and hamstring muscles on the back of my lower body has empowered me to climb stairs with much less pain and undue stress on my knees.

Murrianna: Full-Body Stiffness and Discomfort

Stress in my life had taken its toll. Rolfing is giving me my life back. I can move again! I feel so much younger. I wish I had known about Rolfing after my car accident."