Uplift LMT Wellness PLLC

Uplift LMT Wellness PLLC We help people get out of chronic pain using Massage Therapy, movement coaching, Neurokinetic Therapy, and strength training. Stop chasing your pain.

Stop guessing and start progressing here at Uplift.

04/21/2026

We have some pretty cool news we're excited about.

As spring comes and we're all defrosting from this insane winter, it's even more important to prioritize health and recovery so we can actually handle all of the extra activity we'll be doing (because there's not 3 ft of snow, an inch of ice, or a wind chill of -20 đź’€ and we can actually go outside)

SO we wanted to make the saunas more accessible for everyone and update our pricing on everything!

1 30-Minute session is now down to $35. That means our packages are even less than that per session.

Sauna usage has so many health benefits I don't even know where to start. Research has been showing that it is probably going to be something that almost everyone should regularly use, especially if you want to extend your lifespan, fight dementia, improve your cardiovascular health, detox your body (but actually detox it), aid in muscular recovery, improve certain joint pains, stimulate heat shock proteins, and so much more...

Those 7 Starbucks coffees with 30g of sugar a week could be turned into long lasting health benefits really quick.

Just because it's going to be hot out it doesn't mean that replaces sauna usage. Directed hyperthermia is something you can only safely replicate in saunas. So if you're ready to take your recovery, health, and pain management to the next level, then this is perfect for you.

Visit our website or DM us to learn more and get your sessions. If you want to try the sauna for free, DM us and we'll get you covered 💪🏻🫱🏼‍🫲🏽🔥

04/20/2026

Sometimes I need to really check my face and hide the gag reflex. Some of you guys have had some WILD experiences with other practitioners, clinicians, doctors, coaches, etc… No wonder why I see so many people at their wits end… I WOULD BE TOO.

I’ve had someone be told that them bending over to pick something up would be bad for them and they should never do it again…

I’ve had someone be told “you used to be a dancer, you can figure out what to do…”

I’ve had someone be told “there’s nothing wrong with you it’s all in your head” despite them being in debilitating pain…

I’ve had someone be told that their disc herniation will never heal and that they would have to be careful lifting the rest of their life…

My message to you is this: There are rarely absolutes in pain and rehab. Even with joint replacements you can return to a pretty decent level of function. I won’t say that there are no considerations you need to be cognizant of moving forward, but I have a 78 year old man with a TKR (that he probably didn’t even need… a story for another day) that is doing split squats, carries, hinges, frontal plane lunges, etc… You being a 40 year old with some degenerative changes in your hip isn’t a death sentence, it’s a message to start doing something about it NOW so you can delay anything more nefarious in the future.

As cringey as it is, we do kind of love hearing these stories, so if you have them comment them down below (or DM us if you’re more comfortable with that)! We apologize for you experience with others in advance 💀

04/18/2026

If I had 90 days to get you out of pain this is what I would do:

1) Thoroughly assess you to learn what are the major contributors and root causes to your pain are

2) Create a plan to address those things using interventions that are specific to you, not a generic protocol that some insurance company deemed important

3) Use massage therapy, neurokinetic therapy, and movement/strength interventions to release over working tight structures, activate inhibited ones, integrate it to gain motor control and stability, and then solidify it with strength training

4) Educate you along the way so you're not confused on what's going on and can actually do work on your own to get better, and not rely on someone else to improve your pain and health

And the best part? You can start right now with a FREE Intro Call. On the call you'll tell us a little bit more about what is going on, we'll explain how we work with people like yourself, and if we think we're a good fit for each other we'll get your 90-Minute Eval booked (P.S. You'll get $100 off of your eval as well)

Most places follow what the insurance company says, or do whatever generic approach their school taught them 10 years ago and don't do anything that's specific for you, based on your goals or your assessment outcomes. That changes when you come into Uplift.

No pressure. No commitment. Just clarity on what's actually going on and a real path forward.

👇 Click the link in our bio to book your free call.
Or DM us the word "90 DAYS" and we'll send you the link directly.

Because 90 days from now, you could still be where you are right now, or you could finally have answers.

The only difference is this call. đź“ž

04/16/2026

Your diaphragm could be related to your pain or injury

The diaphragm is the most important muscle in the body. It contracts 20000+ times a day, it is probably the most important core stabilizer, it houses major cardiovascular structures, your vagus nerve, major lymphatic structures, your esophagus, has connections to viscera such as your liver, etc.

It is also a source of compensatory stability and is a strategy we use all the time for pain/stress. Think of it this way, when you get hurt you don't sign in relief. You sharply inhale, tense up, and maintain that as you move.

If you don't have a good bracing strategy, your brace becomes a forceful inhale with no muscular bracing. Neurologically your body will over leverage the diaphragm for stability and force production rather than using the whole intrinsic core unit or any of the other major subsystems of movement.

Basically the diaphragm is a known facilitator and tends towards dysfunction. People breathe poorly all the time and don't know how to use their breath to manage pressure.

And when the diaphragm is dysfunctional, there are some pretty clear signs you can follow (some listed in the video).

I have found the diaphragm to be related to a number of things, from neck pain, lower back pain, SIJ pain, hip pain, shoulder pain, etc. Add on the fact that it houses major circulatory and lymphatic structures, you could link it to so much more than MSK issues.

The diaphragm is imperative to look at for virtually any issue. It may not be the only thing to consider, but it definitely won't hurt to optimize your breathing and bracing strategies.

04/15/2026

ME SPRAINING MY ANKLE 4 YEARS AGO IS CAUSING PAIN NOW

4 years ago I got an eversion ankle sprain squatting. It wasn't a major one, but I remember waking up the next morning not able to walk and put pressure on my foot and having some limitations over the next week or so.

I didn't really do anything to address the issue as it got better pretty quickly and it didn't limit anything in my life for longer than a week.

But fast forward 4 years and now I'm experiencing pain from a Baxters Compression. To keep it simple, was able to link a ligament and retinaculum that was causing both a local and global dysfunction. My ankle had extremely limited supination due to this, and the ligament was also causing an issue with my Deep Longitudinal Subsystem (DLS), as I'm also having other symptoms up the chain.

This R limb has had a long history of issues (Lyme disease caused some knee issues as a kid, sprained it skateboarding as a kid, and other injuries along the way), so there's more work to do, but the fact that we were able to link this event to contributing to some amount of the pain I'm having now is pretty cool and eye opening.

There is still more work to do, but progress is very clear and present. I was able to do a 6 mile trail walk (in crappy shoes bc I was under prepared smdh) with manageable pain. A year ago I would've barely been able to walk without a severe limp for a day or so.

I hope this helps you understand how even seemingly unrelated things, things that you may have completely forgot about, may be related to your injury and pain pattern now.

If you think you may have something like this going on, reach out to us. We'd love to hear more about it!

04/14/2026

🎙️From the Uplift Wellness Pain Pod (now available wherever you listen to podcasts - link in bio!)🎙️

People get tightness wrong ALL THE TIME. It is worth investigating and assessing, as tight tissue is often the first place you should look when dealing with pain, injury, or movement dysfunction. The issue people run into is this:

They assume tight = I need to stretch

But tight really = assess. It's definitely something you should investigate so you can properly address why the tightness is there.

Holding tone is very inefficient. The body isn't going to do that "just for funsies". It's doing it for a reason, often times trying to put a parking break on movement and to limit range of motion for one reason or another.

But something that is tight and eccentrically loaded can still limit ROM. And that may actually be really useful for someone at the moment (looking at all my EDS/Hyper mobile people out there).

Assess don't guess. It's why is such a game changer when working with people. You can be incredibly precise in your interventions, and then integrate/load more effectively after.

Want to experience this for yourself? Book an Intro Call with us. We'd love to help you stop guessing and start progressing on your pain.

Pain shouldn’t steal pieces of your life from you.This is a picture of me in one of my favorite places that I’ve had the...
04/10/2026

Pain shouldn’t steal pieces of your life from you.

This is a picture of me in one of my favorite places that I’ve had the pleasure and opportunity to go to a few times now. It brings me so much joy when I get to swim in this natural pool, that every time I’m in Aruba I will make the trip to go.

I always want to be able to say YES to things. If pain gets in the way of me traveling, creating memories, experiencing new things, or doing whatever athletic endeavor I want to pursue, I will handle it.

I can’t understand when people don’t. We have 1 life and I’d rather not live it in fear.

Who’s with me?

04/08/2026

When are you going to address the issue and stop ignoring it? Ignoring it has gotten you to this point, so if you want change, you need to change what you’re doing.

I wish it were as easy as “let it be and it will go away” for every ache and pain, but that isn’t always the case.

“But this used to work!”... Yeah but now it isn’t.

“I don’t understand why I’m not feeling better yet”... Well it’s because you haven’t done anything to actually address the issue.

If you want to start to take your pain seriously and stop gambling on what is going to happen, book an intro call. That is what we do here at Uplift.

04/07/2026

Chronic pain and recurring injury doesn’t respond well to pre-set templates. There are so many assumptions that are made when someone is experiencing pain, solely based on where the pain is located, ignoring the fact that there’s a whole organism surrounding the pain itself.

And when it becomes more chronic and embedded there is always way more you need to consider. Things change over time. What once caused the original pain may not be the problem anymore. You become centrally sensitized, you adopt dysfunctional movement strategies to manage the pain, you get tissue changes, etc. But if your elbow tendinopathy is stemming from a cervical compression issue that's throwing off the neurology to your whole upper extremity, all of the local elbow tendon protocols you could do won't be nearly as effective because it's not the root of the issue.

And chances are you've been doing all of the local stuff to no avail. Maybe there needs to be a different approach. Just food for thought. It's your body, not mine.

🎙️You can listen to this and much more in my podcast on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and Amazon Music. Search for Uplift Wellness Pain Podcast and you'll find it.

You can also click the link in bio to listen or watch on YouTube (for all of the visual homies out there)

I've spent 8 years telling people the truth about their chronic pain in a treatment room.Starting today I'm telling ever...
04/06/2026

I've spent 8 years telling people the truth about their chronic pain in a treatment room.

Starting today I'm telling everyone. 🎙️

The Uplift Podcast is live.

And Episode 1 is going straight at the 7 biggest lies the medical system has told you about your chronic pain.

Because here's what I've seen over and over again working with people who have "tried everything":

They didn't fail the system. The system failed them.

15-minute appointments. Cookie-cutter protocols. The same exercises as everyone else with your diagnosis code. And zero explanation of what is actually happening in your body or why.

That ends here.
🎙️ Episode 1: "The Chronic Pain Lie Detector"

7 things you've been told about your pain.

7 truths that replace them.

1 episode that might change how you see everything.

In this episode:

✅ Why pain ≠ damage (this one changes everything)

âś… Why your scan result is not your destiny

âś… The truth about tight muscles that most providers won't tell you

âś… Why treating the painful area often misses the point entirely

âś… Why "failing" PT is not a reflection of your prognosis

âś… Why stopping movement is often the worst thing you can do

âś… Why your nervous system can change and chronic pain is not permanent

This is the conversation I have with every single client on Day 1.

Now you can have it too. For free. 🎧

👉 Listen or watch now link in bio.

04/03/2026

Your toe touch (MSF) and overhead reach (MSE) tell me A LOT about how you move (and about your pain)

Your toe touch (aka multi segmental flexion) and overhead reach (multi segmental extension) are very indicative of your general movement strategy. Basically, do you have global capacity for flexion and extension. No? Then where are your hinge points that you tend to use to achieve these positions?

A lot of the times those hinge points are the crux of someone's pain and injury. They are strategies of movement that show up in your day to day life, and as we load ourselves into those strategies more and more, they solidify and can contribute to pain.

I find the most obvious ones to notice are with people who have neck and back issues. Chances are something is going to pop up in these tests. Does your neck crank to the ceiling as you go down and touch your toes? Do you excessively arch your lower back? Can you only get to your knees?

All of it means something. You just have to know what you’re looking for.

04/02/2026

HERNIATED DISC ASSESSMENT

This was the 2nd session that we had together and we already saw huge progress on his pain and function.

Not all Herniations are the same, so learning what this person’s specific patterns/limitations are is important to be as accurate in your recommendations as possible.

There is a bit of history to work through, but basically: He had a hip surgery that left him in pain and loss of function. His hip can’t properly stabilize him through gait, so as he was skating on his skis at work up a hill, he used his spine to propel himself forward rather than his hip, and that last step was the straw that broke the camels back, he felt a pop, and couldn’t walk for a few days.

First step: manage symptoms and restore some function and movement in the spine. We found his Right Re**us Abdominus facilitated and inhibitng his Left Multifidus (and decompressing his L lumbar spine). We have been doing release work for the RA, activating the multifidus, and doing some breathing/bracing exercises to help him distribute load in his spine better.

We were also able to coach him on a squatting pattern while maintaining his brace in a very forgiving position to take out as much hip limitations as possible before we do more specific work for it. He’s pretty functional and has been in the gym, so I wanted to see if we could get away with it, and we did with great success.

It seems like there may be some DLS deficiencies on the R side that we will investigate further, as well as some hip centration issues.

His approach is unique to him. There are of course principles to follow, and a general protocol to assess by, but his intervention strategy is designed for him, not based off of generalities. That is what sets us apart here at Uplift.

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1300 Ulster Avenue
Kingston, NY
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Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 10:30am - 7pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
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