Simply Healing Massage

12/10/2025

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Confessions of a Myofascial Trigger Point

I was never meant to be permanent. I began as a moment, a response, a slight tightening when holding felt safer than releasing. At first, it was subtle, just a brief pause in the tissue's rhythm. But the body asked me to stay. So I did. I shortened my fibers, thickened my layers, and held the chemistry still. I became a place where the river slowed and gathered its weight.

The body learned to move around me. Fascia stiffened along familiar lines, rerouting tension and sensation elsewhere. Pain drifted outward, tracing old pathways through the shoulder, jaw, back, or breath. I wasn’t creating chaos. I was containing it. I held pressure because something inside wasn’t ready to let go.

Then the hands came, not hurried, not demanding. They rested with warmth and attention, and I felt the first change before I understood it. Compression softened the alarm. The nervous system quieted its vigilance. Hyaluronic layers warmed and began to slide. A gentle current brushed past me as the fascial wave moved through the body, reminding the tissue of motion I thought had been lost.

When the wave reached me, it paused. I was seen. The hands didn’t press me deeper into holding. Instead, they slipped beneath me, lifting me gently toward the bone. The pressure shifted in different directions, changing the shape of everything I had been holding together. My fibers lengthened. Blood returned. Chemistry softened. I felt warmth where there had been tightness and a trembling where there had been certainty.

I tried to stay. Old patterns don’t dissolve easily. But time was offered instead of force. Breath moved. Electrical chatter quieted. The nervous system loosened its grip on the story I had been carrying. Slowly, and with only a little drama on my part, I melted. The dam cracked, and the water I had been holding found its way forward again.

As I released, the river surged outward, carrying the change through the fascial lines that connect the whole body. Where I once stood, there was space, warmth, and movement.

I was never the enemy; I was the pause that kept the body safe until it was ready. And when it was finally met with patience, presence, and understanding of a healer like you, I let go. The river remembered itself, and so did I.

11/30/2025

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The Quiet Symphony of Fibromyalgia and Myofascial Pain

Fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome often arrive in the body like two quiet storms. They move through tissue, sensation, and the nervous system in ways that are deeply physical yet profoundly invisible. To the outside world, these clients may look “fine,” but inside, the body is whispering its overwhelm with every breath, every step, every night of unrefreshing sleep.

Science tells us that fibromyalgia is not a flaw of strength or willpower. It is a shift in how the nervous system processes sensation. The volume dial in the spinal cord and brain becomes turned too high, a phenomenon known as central sensitization. Functional MRI studies show that even gentle pressure lights up pain-processing centers more intensely than in neurotypical bodies. Some clients also show small-fiber neuropathy, tiny peripheral nerves within fascia and skin firing more rapidly or inconsistently than they should. The result is a body that becomes hyper-attuned to touch, temperature, movement, and emotion. A body that reads too much, too fast, with too little recovery.

Myofascial pain syndrome, meanwhile, often begins within the tissue itself. Taut bands, trigger points, and oxygen-deprived fascial pockets become tight, guarded, and overly reactive. These areas send constellations of referred pain across the body. Chemical changes within trigger points alter pH, blood flow, and nerve firing. And when enough of these regions stay active for long enough, the nervous system becomes overwhelmed as well, and the entire picture begins to resemble fibromyalgia.

This is why so many clients drift between labels. Why their symptoms do not fit neatly into a single box. In truth, these conditions share pathways, amplify one another, and often coexist in the same tender, exhausted system.

For bodyworkers, this means our work is not about chasing knots. It is about tending to an ecosystem. Every stroke we offer becomes a message to a sensitized nervous system: “You are safe. You can soften. You do not have to guard everything.” Slow, broad contact helps soothe Ruffini endings. Gentle myofascial spreading reduces local nociception. Craniosacral holds, diaphragmatic softening, and vagus-aware techniques help invite a shift from sympathetic vigilance to parasympathetic rest. Even oscillation or subtle traction can bring clarity back to tissues that feel thick, congested, or disorganized.

Many clients with these diagnoses also carry autonomic dysregulation. Their heart rate fluctuates. They may overheat or freeze easily. Their digestion slows. Their sleep collapses into fragments. The body hovers between fight, flight, and collapse because it is tired of trying to keep up. This is where your steady presence matters. Predictable rhythm, grounding touch, warm draping, weighted bolsters, dimmer lighting—each becomes a lifeline that signals to the brain that it can quiet the internal alarms.

And then there is the emotional piece. People with fibromyalgia and myofascial pain have been dismissed more than nearly any other group. Their pain is real, yet they are often told it is “just stress,” “just hormones,” “just anxiety.” When we listen without minimizing, when we name their symptoms with accuracy and compassion, we are already helping the nervous system unwind. Safety is biochemical. Validation is an intervention.

Think of it this way: fascia is the instrument, the nervous system is the soundboard, and the brain is the composer trying to interpret the music of a life that has been too loud for too long. These conditions do not mean the body is broken. They mean the orchestra needs gentler acoustics and a different kind of conductor.

As bodyworkers, we do not force harmony. We offer resonance. We help retune what has become dissonant. We create a space where pain can soften enough for the person beneath it to breathe again.

And little by little, with steady hands and a nervous system that knows how to hold another, the body begins to remember its music.

11/29/2025

“So today, may we bow to this incredible vessel that has carried us through every hardship and every joy. “
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Choose you. Take care of you . You deserve it . 🙌🏻 💆🏻‍♀️

On this day of gratitude, I want to turn our attention to the quiet miracle that carries us through the world. The human body is not simply anatomy. It is memory, electricity, intuition, and resilience woven into form. It is the most extraordinary companion we will ever have, and so much of its brilliance happens beneath the threshold of our awareness.

This body regenerates itself without being asked. Bones reshape, skin renews, organs repair, and fascia remodels in response to how we breathe, move, and feel. Even in moments of profound fatigue, the body continues its quiet work of rebuilding us from within.

So today, may we bow to this incredible vessel that has carried us through every hardship and every joy. May we thank the fascia that holds us together, the breath that steadies us, the heart that keeps choosing to beat, and the nervous system that organizes the whole symphony.

Your body is extraordinary.
Your body is resilient.
Your body is worthy of reverence.

And today, on this day of gratitude, may you feel just how miraculous it truly is.

09/12/2025

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05/17/2025

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05/10/2025

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05/01/2025

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04/22/2025

Thank you to all my wonderful clients . New and old . Thank you for letting me be a part of your healing and self care journey . I’m truly blessed beyond measure .

04/03/2025

I love what I do . Thank you for coming along this journey with me.

04/01/2025

A few reasons for a therapeutic massage

1. Releases adhesions and knots in muscle and fascia.
2. Releases chronic muscle tension and reduces pain.
3. Great for recovery on over stressed muscles.
4. Decreases stress.
5. Increases circulation.
6. Improves mobility and flexibility.
7. Aids the body in its natural detoxification processes.