Jenna Smith LMT

10/29/2025

Back in the office and feeling great! 🙌

Thanks to everyone for being patient while I took a short health safety break last week.

I’ve got a few openings left this week — and then next Friday, I’ll be heading out for advanced RAPID training! 💪

That means I’ll be learning even more ways to help you move easier and feel better (and I can’t wait to bring it all back).

If you’ve been thinking about booking in before I go, now’s the time — spots are limited!

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10/24/2025

Today turned into a little unexpected rest day 😅

My husband caught a stomach bug that’s been making its way around our homeschool group. I’m feeling totally fine, but since I work so hands-on with clients, I decided to play it safe and reschedule today’s sessions.

Big thanks to my awesome clients for always rolling with life’s surprises — your health (and mine!) always comes first.
I’ll be back soon and ready to help you move past pain and get back to feeling good again. 💪

09/22/2025

🧠 Not all pain is the same.

One of the most important parts of my job is figuring out what kind of pain you’re actually dealing with—because that changes how I help you.

Here are the 3 main types:
• Nociceptive pain → This is pain from actual or potential tissue damage. It’s usually mechanical or inflammatory in nature (sprains, cuts, inflammation) and tends to follow predictable patterns—certain things make it worse, certain things make it better.
• Neuropathic pain → This comes from irritation or injury to the nerves themselves. It can feel sharp, burning, shooting, or even electric-like (sciatica, diabetic neuropathy).
• Nociplastic pain → This one’s trickier. It happens when the way the brain and nervous system process pain becomes altered. The result is often widespread, out-of-proportion pain with heightened sensitivity (like fibromyalgia).

👉 Knowing which type of pain you’re experiencing allows me to target the right systems—whether it’s working with the tissues, calming the nervous system, or helping your body reset its pain processing.

That’s why my sessions aren’t just about “where it hurts.” They’re about why it hurts—and what we can do to change it.

🧠 Pain isn’t one-size-fits-all.

As therapists, distinguishing between pain types is important for assessment and treatment planning.

• Nociceptive pain → Driven by actual or threatened tissue damage. Often mechanical or inflammatory in nature, with predictable aggravating/relieving factors (think- sprains, cuts, inflammation).

• Neuropathic pain → Originates from injury or disease of the somatosensory nervous system. Characterized by burning, shooting, or electric-like qualities (like sciatica, diabetic neuropathy).

• Nociplastic pain → Results from altered central pain processing, without clear tissue or nerve damage. Often widespread, disproportionate, and associated with hypersensitivity (like fibromyalgia).

📌 Identifying the mechanism helps us tailor interventions — whether addressing tissue, modulating the nervous system, or supporting central processing.

09/19/2025

I have appointments available on Sunday, 09/21. That’s pretty rare!

09/18/2025

Fascia isn’t just wrapping around your muscles — it’s one of the biggest players in pain and movement.
When fascia gets tight, it can throw off your whole body and cause pain. RAPID works by “talking” to your nervous system through the fascia, helping reset pain and get you moving better.

Fascia isn’t just “packaging.”

It’s a neurofascial system packed with nerves, immune cells, and connections that drive pain, mobility, and healing.

Here’s why it matters…

✅ Fascial restrictions don’t stay local, they disrupt global tensegrity and movement patterns
✅ Fascia is highly innervated, making it a major pain generator
✅ Manual therapy provides mechanical stimulation that resets tone and pain in the CNS
✅ Immune cells like macrophages and neurochemicals like substance P make fascia active in inflammation and repair

🔑 The RAPID difference
We don’t just “release fascia” — we use it as a neural interface to reset the nervous system, reduce pain, and restore movement.

Pain is the key factor. Fascia is the doorway. 👍🏻

09/11/2025

Frozen Shoulder – Why It Hurts & How I Help

If you’ve dealt with frozen shoulder, you know how brutal it is. Simple things like reaching into the cupboard, putting on a shirt, or even trying to sleep can turn into a battle.

Here’s what’s really happening: the tissues around your shoulder joint get irritated and inflamed. Over time, they stiffen up—causing two big problems:
🔹 Pain (often worse at night)
🔹 Stiffness (lifting or rotating your arm feels nearly impossible)

This isn’t just “tight muscles.” It’s your body protecting itself—and it can drag on for months or even years if you don’t interrupt the cycle.

That’s where RAPID NeuroFascial Reset comes in. With RAPID, I help:
✅ Calm irritated nerves so pain eases up
✅ Target the sticky, protective tissue around the shoulder joint
✅ Unlock movement so exercises and daily life become easier again

Frozen shoulder doesn’t have to control your life. With the right plan, you can get back your mobility and your nights of sleep.

👉 Struggling with shoulder pain that won’t quit? Let’s talk. A Corrective Pain session may be exactly what you need.

08/29/2025

✨ Big news to share! ✨

I’m honored to announce that Jenna Smith LMT was voted a winner in the 2025 Guide to Florida, Best of Florida contest under the Holistic & Naturopathic Practice category!

This award means so much because it’s not about me—it’s about all of YOU. Every vote came from someone who believes in the work I do, and every client who has trusted me to help them move beyond pain has made this possible.

Thank you for your support, your referrals, and for spreading the word that faster, lasting pain relief is possible. My mission has always been simple: help people get back to doing the things they love without being held back by pain.

Here’s to continuing to serve our community and helping more people discover what life feels like on the other side of pain! 💙

08/28/2025

If you have had a Corrective Pain Session with me or you have just listened to me geek out over pain science...you know that I believe inflammation is important! This quick fact post tells you why.

Inflammation is such an important piece of the body's healing process. We have been taught to be quick about reducing inflammation but more and more research shows that is also a quick way to interfere with healing!

Want to let your body take care of itself? NO ice! NO anti-inflammatories! Move, move, move!

When you're injured or infected, your body kicks into action with inflammation, helping to protect, heal, and repair itself. It's your body's natural defense mechanism at work! 💪

Check out our blog to learn more.

08/28/2025

✨ From Debilitating Migraines to Getting Her Life Back ✨

When Sherry had migraines, she didn’t just deal with the pain — she experienced all the classic symptoms plus something terrifying: numbness on one side of her body. She tried everything with little relief.

Out of her own struggle, she and her husband Rob developed RAPID NeuroFascial Reset. Today, in the town where RAPID was created, it’s the go-to treatment for migraines because of how effective it is at calming the nervous system, releasing tension, and giving people their lives back.

Here’s the best part for you: you don’t have to fly to Canada to find relief. RAPID is available right here, and my clients are experiencing the same kind of life-changing results.

One of my most recent clients, a fellow massage therapist, said after her first session:

“If you have ever experienced tmjd or migraines this woman has the skill to help you!! The release of tension was immediate and has maintained.”

💡 If migraines or TMJ have been stealing your time, energy, or joy — let’s change that.
📅 Book a Corrective Pain Assessment with me and see if RAPID can help you, too.

👉 https://www.jennasmithlmt.com/book-now

08/24/2025

I worked on my dad again today—but not for his back this time.
💡 That’s the cool part. His back has actually been doing really well! 🙌 The pain that used to take over his days has calmed down so much that he’s not even thinking about it anymore.

But now… his right knee has been giving him trouble.

And here’s the thing about pain that most people don’t realize: when one area starts feeling better, the nervous system often “tunes in” to the next place that needs attention. It’s like peeling back the layers of an onion. The biggest, loudest pain gets addressed first (his back), and then the quieter, underlying issues (his knee) finally get noticed.

From my training, this makes a lot of sense:

✨ When inflammation and restrictions are cleared from one area, the nervous system has the space to recognize discomfort elsewhere.
✨ Plus, the back, hip, and knee are all connected through the same fascial line (thank you, Thomas Myers!). So it’s not surprising that these areas would influence each other over time.

The body is constantly adapting, shifting, and communicating. Pain isn’t random—it’s the nervous system’s way of saying, “Hey, this part needs help too.”

Seeing my dad walk more comfortably with less back pain has been such a huge win for him. Now, working on his knee is the next step forward. Healing doesn’t always happen all at once—it’s a process, and the body tells us where to go next if we listen.

👉 If you’ve ever felt like your pain “moves around,” you’re not imagining it. Your nervous system is simply bringing new layers to the surface.