Where to start? 

I am a massage therapist in Arvada, Colorado. I’ve lived a life of chronic pain and am finally free of all of it. 

I have two dogs and a partner of 13 years. We love to take our fur babies on adventures around Colorado and beyond.

My chronic pain began in my early twenties. I can not pinpoint what set it off other than some rough relationships and a lot of fear in my life of disappointment and or other people in my life with bad tempers. It began with non-stop low back pain that got exponentially worse when I was washing the dishes, a task I’ve always despised. I always assumed it was the height of the sink that my back just didn’t like. 

In 2013 I went through a very distressful divorce and in the middle of it my mother passed away unexpectedly. I promptly threw out my back while kickboxing and was scared to move. I had a rib that was subluxating according to the multiple health care and alternative health care practitioners I saw for it. Muscle relaxers did no good, they only made the rib more prone to subluxation. Chiropractors would adjust me, but it wouldn’t hold and I’d be in pain again by the time I reached my car. Drinking helped, but we all know that’s a slippery slope. 

In 2016 I started massage school. I was terrified because if I was in as much pain as I was while sitting at a desk, imagine what it will be like when hunched over people all day. But I told myself I would learn how to take care of my body, and to some extent I did, but the pain persisted. Once out of massage school the right shoulder pain started. I was told it was likely a torn labrum by a Physical Therapist I was working with. I tried everything under the sun for all of these pain syndromes, but other than short bouts of temporary relief, nothing helped. In 2021 I was introduced to a podcast called Tell Me About Your Pain. I eventually listened to the full podcast with an open mind and VOILA! the pain was gone. All of it. I highly recommend this podcast, for the record. As it turns out your brain creates all pain, and when your brain senses danger it turns all stimuli from your body into pain because it believes it is in danger. So now I’m adamant to get the word out. I’ve now seen this work in action. I’ve seen wheelchair bound patients fully recover and take on a new hobby of skiing. It’s mind boggling and really hard to wrap your brain around, but I promise that with an open mind and a diagnosis of neuroplastic symptoms, you too can be pain free.