Movement Therapy with Emilie Wyrick (LMT, CPT, ART, SFMA 1 & 2, FRC)

Who: Emilie is a Licensed Massage Therapist and Personal Trainer with more than 15 years of experience in movement coaching who utilizes a range of high-level assessment and treatment modalities – including SFMA (Selective Functional Movement Assessment), ART (Active Release Techniques) and FRC (Functional Range Conditioning) – to help clients identify, treat and resolve dysfunctional movement patterns that cause pain and/or limits in movement and activity.

 

What: Emilie offers Movement Therapy Sessions, which involve an assessment of the functional movement of your body to identify areas of limited mobility and/or stability and motor control. Assessment will determine the course of action of each session, and sessions may include a combination of direct manual therapy, movement coaching, at-home exercise recommendations, and self-administered myofascial release instruction.

 

Movement therapy is a collaborative treatment through which clients are given the tools they need to fully resolve acute and chronic issues, as well as to acquire the agency and body literacy they need to help prevent future musculoskeletal dysfunctions and limitations. As a result, although care is ongoing, follow-up sessions are intended to treat acute or chronic issues that can not be fully addressed through an at-home practice.

 

How: Sessions are very active, with the client moving as needed and as the body allows for assessment, treatment and follow-up care instruction. Clothing worn should be similar to what is worn during a workout or yoga class and should allow for effective treatment and freedom of movement – ideally clothing is thin, single layer and has some stretch to it.

 

 

After a thorough intake, Emilie will take you through a full-body movement assessment aimed at identifying major and minor limitations in mobility and/or stability and motor control. After the assessment, an initial treatment will be performed to reset your body’s motor control centers and clear out old movement patterns. Following direct treatment, you will be shown how to move through your new and more functional range of motion, as well as how to maintain the corrections on your own with corrective exercises and self-administered myofascial release. Finally, you and Emilie will come up with plan for continuing care and will schedule and/or plan for follow-up appointments as needed.

 

 

Follow-up appointments are scheduled based on what you and Emilie determine will be the best use of time. Full sessions are recommended for more complex/multiple joint issues that have been chronic or are still in the “healing” phases. Full sessions will usually include follow-up assessment and additional recommendations for home-based work. Half sessions are best for conditions that are well on their way towards resolution but still need assessment and/or follow-up instruction for home-based work. Tune up sessions are purely intended to treat a distinct dysfunction as part of an established care plan, OR to treat an acute issue that does not require deeper assessment or at-home care instruction.

 

 

New Client Initial Session (allow up to 90 minutes) – $275

Full session (allow up to 60 minutes) – $180

Half session (allow up to 30 minutes) – $95

Tune-Up session (allow up to 15 minutes) – $50