Restorative Motion

02/20/2026

🗣️ You don’t need to “live with it” forever. It’s not “just another part of you that’s gertting old”… it’s often a spot in your body that was once in protection mode, and never got the memo that you didn’t need to guard that spot anymore.
Let me see what we can accomplish for you, one treatment at a time.

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02/20/2026

Another hill I’ll happily die on since taking my RAPID training ♥️

Well now, it really doesn’t get much simpler than this does it.

At RAPID we are DEAD set against rest.

Your body needs movement to flush waste and swelling after injury.

As therapists we know the lymphatic system lacks a pump and requires muscular contraction to move. If you don’t move-neither does it.

And if it’s not moving, you’ll be sitting in a puddle of toxic waste and in certain extended suffering.

Movement also aids in reassuring your nervous system that you are still ok.

Immobilizing fear halts this and your cortical map can become blurred which can keep you in a state of extended injury.

Remember if you don’t use it-you lose it, and that is exactly what happens!

At RAPID we encourage movement and lots of it after injury, on our tables and then after treatment to ensure our patients are set up for success.

Allowing them or even encouraging them (God forbid), to avoid moving would reduce the success of our treatment-and guaranteed if you do this, you are reducing the success of yours.

02/20/2026

Inflammation isn’t the enemy. Stagnation is.

February 10th — I stubbed my toe hard enough to see stars.

By the next day it was purple, black, swollen almost to the second joint, and painful to bend.

I treated it that day using RAPID NeuroFascial Reset.

February 14th — bruising was already noticeably lighter in the areas I worked.

February 16th — hardly any discoloration left… except along the right side near the nail, which I intentionally did not treat.

That contrast is important.

A bruise is trapped blood and fluid from damaged tissue. Your body has to clear that out in order to heal. That process takes time — often weeks for something that looks like this.

With RAPID, I:

• Applied specific tension along the borders of the bruise

• Used a “J-hook” technique to gently tension the edges

• Paired that input with active toe movement

RAPID gives the nervous system strong, specific sensory input while the area is moving. That can:

• Reduce excessive guarding

• Improve circulation

• Decrease pain

• Support more efficient cleanup of damaged tissue

Sometimes a brief, controlled increase in activity in the area helps the body move fluid through instead of letting it sit.

The areas I treated cleared quickly.

The area I left alone is still darker — which likely reflects what the full healing timeline would have been without intervention.

I regained the ability to bend my toe quickly and was able to massage with it within 3 days.

RAPID isn’t about forcing tissue to heal faster.

It’s about helping the body not get stuck in protection longer than necessary.

Early intervention matters.

— Shelby

Restorative Motion

You can book your next RAPID session by going to my website, restorative-motion.com

02/18/2026

Many of your patients believe that physical activity and exercise will only make their low back pain worse.

Apparently excessive sitting and low mood are much greater issues.

02/18/2026

Your people are not broken.

Overloading them with rules, warnings, and “positions to avoid” teaches fragility, not safety.

When people believe they’re damaged, the nervous system stays on high alert and pain sticks around.

Our job isn’t to fear them into immobility, it’s to help them trust their bodies again.

02/14/2026

👀 📖 If you’ve ever taken the time to be nerdy with me in a session, you’ve probably heard me mention fascial meridians, and maybe this book.
IT FINALLY CAME! 😃 yeah, my Valentine’s Day present to myself was a new textbook 😅♥️ and it came with 8 posters that give great illustrations an descriptions of each fascial train in our bodies, how cool is that?!
These will help me better understand your body, its mechanics, why something hurts, or where else to look to resolve your pain. They’re also a valuable resource for client education 🫶🏻
I’m happy to spend today with people that need what I do best. If you need me when I’m not in session, I’ll be reading 📖 ✌🏻

02/13/2026

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02/12/2026

👀 Which one? Help me decide!
Vote ♥️ for black background, 👍🏻 for white background.

I look forward to seeing everyone’s opinions 😉

02/12/2026

It’s been a while since I posted anything barefoot massage or sarga related. Just dropping in to remind you that RAPID isn’t always the best choice for every person. Come get some of this melty goodness, your body will thank you ♥️

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02/08/2026

👀 Pretty cool to witness the body doing its thing right after a RAPID treatment!
My husband told me he had mid back pain and asked me to RAPID it at home. I treated him over his shirt like I always do. He took his shirt off a moment later and I could see every pass I did. 😍
Inflammation is a non negotiable part of the healing process. It’s pretty neat to see how effective just a couple quick spot treatments are at kickstarting the inflammatory cascade that helps the body heal. 💚
I sometimes see a similar reddening of the skin during sarga sessions when I work the fascia and new blood flow comes to the area, it’s how I know I’ve worked the fascia effectively.
Back pain? We don’t know them anymore.

Signed,
A pretty satisfied RAPID therapist 😂

02/06/2026

“One day you’ll be the voice on the other end
Saying hold on, I’ve been where you’ve been.”
— Able Heart, “If You Can’t Find Hope”

This lyric stopped me in my tracks—because it perfectly captures what I see every day in people living with chronic pain.

I notice a pattern with pain that lasts longer than 3 months (which, honestly, is a shockingly short window for someone to start feeling hopeless because they’re told It’s now “chronic”).

People come in feeling defeated.
Like their body is broken.
Like this is just their new normal.

I need you to hear this clearly: 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘳𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘯.

I know that because I’ve been there.

I didn’t realize how much pain was quietly running my life—
disrupting my sleep,
hurting my mental health,
and creating constant anxiety about my foot and ankle.

I worried about whether I could keep doing the work I love.
I dreaded getting out of bed, knowing the second my feet hit the floor the pain would come rushing back.
I slept with my foot flexed, afraid my calf muscles would tighten overnight.
I couldn’t keep up with my kids running and playing.
I avoided working out because I knew how much it would hurt later… and I gained weight because moving hurt.

It felt like I was trapped in a body that wouldn’t let me live.

I tried 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨.
Nothing worked.

Then I found RAPID.

After my very first session, I stood up—and for the first time in over a year—𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 hurt.
I cried. Not because it was “fixed forever,” but because I finally had proof that change was possible.

The nervous system downshift afterward was just as powerful.
The calm.
The safety.
The sleep—I slept like a baby.

That moment changed everything.

So when I say I understand chronic pain, I’m not guessing.
I’m not reciting a textbook.
I’m telling you I’ve lived it.

That’s why I believe so deeply in this work.
You’re not broken—you just need the right support, the right tools, and someone who truly 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘴 it.

I’ll meet you where you are.
Bring a little faith.
Trust the process.

And maybe one day, you’ll be the voice on the other end too.