Treatments

Marie Tarentino, a licensed Physical Therapist, has a holistic approach providing a variety of therapeutic treatments to support the needs of her clients within traditional practices.  Marie’s holistic approach includes Myofascial Release therapy, a gentle hands-on soft tissue technique, CranioSacral therapy, a non-invasive therapy to release restrictions within the body, Neural Manipulation a means to identify and treat our body’s communication pathways, Visceral Manipulation therapy that supports the healthy function of the viscera (your internal organs), SomataEmotional Release therapy, a holistic mind-body treatment that releases absorbed memories of past trauma and unresolved emotional experiences, along with Reiki, energy healing.  Each treatment performed is centered around reaching optimal health and well-being.

Treatment sessions will consist of a combination of manual therapy techniques to encourage the release of restrictions within the body, to maximize your healing experience and promote over-all well-being. A session may include a combination of gentle holistic non-invasive light touch therapies such as Myofascial Release, CranioSacral Therapy, Neural Manipulation, Visceral Manipulation, Somatoemotional Release, and other traditional physical therapy techniques, such as Integrative Dry Needling (IDM), cupping and soft tissue mobilization.

Fascia is a continuous thin sheath of tissue encompassing every muscle, bone, nerve, artery and vein, as well as our internal organs, brain, and spinal cord.  It has an appearance similar to a spider’s web and is connected throughout the body without interruption, thus providing an entire body connection from head to toe.  The fascial restrictions or dysfunction can lead to symptoms such as increased pain, headaches, and loss of motion affecting our flexibility, stability, and decrease our tolerance to withstand stress in order to perform daily activities.

Myofascial Release Therapy is a gentle hands-on soft tissue technique for the treatment of fascial restrictions of muscle skeletal immobility and pain.  It involves applying gentle sustained pressure to release muscular shortness and tightness in order to restore motion and eliminate pain.  It improves blood and lymphatic circulation and stimulates the stretch in our muscles, providing healing with reduction of pain, helping our bodies to reach the goal of optimal health and well being.

Our bodies encounter stresses and strains throughout the day.  These often cause our body’s tissue to tighten and disrupt different systems in our bodies such as our CranioSacral (CS) system, the flow of cerebral spinal fluid from our skull to our spine.  These disruptions to our system form tension around the brain and spinal cord, resulting in restrictions and creating a barrier to the health of our central nervous system.

CranioSacral Therapy  (CST) is a non-invasive, alternative therapy treatment that uses light-touch to locate and release such restrictions within the body.  CranioSacral therapy techniques help to release the stressors and strains deep within the body to relieve pain and dysfunction, ultimately improving the flow of the cerebral spinal fluid, in order for us to achieve optimal health and functional mobility.

Learn more about CranioSacral Therapy by visiting http://www.upledger.com

“The purpose of Visceral Manipulation is to recreate, harmonize and increased proprioceptive communication in the body to enhance its internal mechanism for better health.” – Jean-Pierre Barral, D.

Visceral Manipulation Therapy is a manual therapy consisting of gentle, specifically placed manual forces that encourage normal mobility, tone, and tissue motion of the viscera (our internal organs such as the stomach, intestines, kidneys, and liver ), and their connective tissue.  Our organs lose their normal motion when they become inflamed such as when there is an infection, trauma, poor diet, environmental toxins, and emotional stress.  Visceral manipulation is a gentle technique that will help in the body return to normal function, restoring better physiologic motion, which will in turn improve over-all well-being and optimal health.

Learn more about Visceral Manipulation Therapy by visiting http://www.barralinstitute.com/about/vm.php