“Shelley is AWESOME! Professional, kind, skilled & highly trained. She truly cares about your well-being and getting you back “in the game”. Can’t wait for my next appointment!”
Allen – Extreme Sports, Arkansas
“I highly recommend Shelley! The session started, and I instantly knew I was in great hands! She is very in tune with what I needed, and I couldn’t have expected better!”
Mark – Theater Actor, New York
“Shelley is the real deal – well-trained and professional.”
William – Film Production, California
PAIN MANAGEMENT
Pain involves both the mind and the body, mind-body therapies have the reach to alleviate pain by changing the pathways of how you perceive it. Feeling pain is individualized and influenced by emotions, personality, trauma, life experiences, and lifestyle. Chronic pain in the body programs your mind to rewire the brain so it perceives pain signals even after the signals have diminished. Pain management techniques are customized to the individual that specializes in natural healing abilities of the body-mind to learn techniques to alleviate stress, anxiety, and pain. The customized techniques are based on the combination of actions for the right purpose. To override pain signals.
Pain management toolbox of techniques:
• Controlled Deep Breathing
• Activate Relaxation Response
• Meaningful Mindfulness
• Fascia Stretch – Yoga
• Positive Mind Focus
SELF-CARE
Self-care is a daily practice – be an active participant in your own healing and well-being.
Learn the skills to be successful:
Grounding – get still, get centered?
Diaphragmatic Breathing – get a full breath
Body Scan – find the restrictions
Structural Treatment – sustained pressure
MEDITATION
Meditation – guided imagery or silent stillness – allows the mind to reduce pain of the body, sometimes significantly. This practice focuses the mind in activating and reinforcing some areas of the brain used in pain processing to improve the overall effect of helping to reduce pain intensity in the body.