I’m a certified personal trainer as well as a massage therapist, and a lot of my clients use both.
Bodywork addresses what’s happening in the tissue right now. Coaching builds the capacity to stay out of the same patterns over time. For some people one is enough. For others, the combination is what actually moves things forward.
How I structure the work
My coaching is built around the ACE Integrated Fitness Training model, a framework developed by the American Council on Exercise that structures training in four progressive phases, based on where a client actually is rather than where a generic program assumes they should be.
The four phases are stability and mobility, movement, load and performance, and sport-specific training. Most clients start somewhere in the first two. We move through them at the pace your body sets, not a predetermined timeline.
Stability & mobility
building the foundation
Before adding load, we establish that your joints move through their range with control and that the right muscles are doing their jobs. This is often where clients coming off injury or dealing with chronic pain spend the most time and it’s where the most important work happens. I already have a head start here because of what I observe on the table.
Movement training
functional patterns
Once the foundation is there, we build the basic movement patterns: push, pull, hinge, squat, rotate, carry. The goal is to move through these patterns cleanly before we add intensity or load. This phase addresses the compensations that show up when tissue is restricted or a joint is protecting itself.
Load & performance
building strength progressively
Progressive overload: adding demand over time in a way your body can adapt to. This is where most people want to start, and usually it’s not where we actually start. When we get here, the work tends to stick better because we’ve built something real underneath it.
Sport Specific training
training for something specific
For clients with a clear performance goal: returning to a sport, competing, or preparing for something demanding. Programming gets specific to your sport or activity, and recovery work becomes a deliberate part of the plan rather than an afterthought.
***Not everyone goes through all four phases, and you don’t necessarily start at Phase One. Your assessment tells us where to begin. Some clients stay in Phases One and Two for the duration of our work together and that’s exactly right for them.
This tends to be a good fit if:
- You’ve been dealing with recurring pain and want to understand what’s driving it, not just address it when it flares
- You’ve been cleared to exercise but aren’t sure how to do that safely given your history
- You’re already training and want your programming to account for what’s happening in your body, not work against it
- You’re post-rehab and need a bridge back to the activities you were doing before
- You want your bodywork and your training to be connected rather than two separate things happening in parallel
Sessions and rates
Coaching session
60 minutes · First session includes movement assessment
$90
recovery and performance session
90 minutes · 30 min bodywork + 60 min coached movement
$180
performance package
Monthly · 1 massage + 2 coaching sessions + priority scheduling + continued exercise programing
$299
Not sure if coaching makes sense for you?
Start with a massage session. We’ll talk through your history and what you’re working with. If coaching seems like a useful next step, I’ll say so. If it doesn’t, I’ll say that too.
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