Marsha Ball, RMT & Rapid Pain Specialist

05/29/2026

Need an evening appointment? I have some time on June 1st. Book here:

Times available in the evening. Book now!

05/29/2026

At every single class we talk about this…

The brain is the boss.
The big kahuna.
The chief.
The CEO of the body.

If the brain likes your input, it can change tissue tone, increase ROM, and shut pain down incredibly fast.

If it doesn’t?

Good luck fighting uphill against the nervous system.

The funny thing is…getting the brain on your side usually isn’t that complicated. In fact, it’s often incredibly responsive when you know how to communicate with it.

Yet most therapists spend almost all their time trying to force change directly through the muscles.

They rub them, strip them, beat them up, poke them, smash them… hoping the tissue changes first.

But the change starts in the nervous system.

If you want to speak directly to the brain, you need to work with mechanoreceptors - the sensory input system constantly feeding information into the nervous system.

And muscles? Honestly, they’re not the best access point.

The connective tissues are where the magic really starts to happen.

That’s why we focus on high-yield connective tissue interfaces loaded with sensory receptors that can create powerful neurological change.

Want to learn more?

Check out our free online class on our website.

05/21/2026

Out of Office - returning Monday

05/19/2026

🌷Summer Hours🌷

Mon 9-10:30am, 7:30-9pm
Tue 9:30-3:30pm
Wed 7:30-9pm
Thu 6-9pm
Fri 9-10:30am

🦋The schedule is now open until end of August! New patients always welcome

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Marsha Ball, RMT

05/15/2026

🌷Need relief this Spring/yardwork/gardening season?

🧑🏽‍🌾 It happens to the best of us. Don’t wait for that ache to turn into something more.

🪏 Lots of options for appointments. Check the schedule here:
Marsha.noterro.com

05/15/2026

I have rare evening openings on May 18th & 19th - check out my page to book:

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05/11/2026

I want to talk to you about timing - something most people don't think about until it's too late.

Not how often you book a session. Timing in the bigger sense - where your pain is in its journey when you finally decide to do something about it.

Here's what the latest research is showing us, and it's worth paying attention to.

Pain has stages, and the stage matters.

In the first days and weeks after an injury, flare-up, or surgery, your body is making a decision. Your nervous system and immune system are working together, asking one big question. Is this still a problem we need to protect, or is it time to let the alarm quiet down?

While that decision is being made, things are still moveable. Your body is listening. The wiring isn't set yet.

If your body tips toward repair, the pain fades, the tissue heals, and life goes back to normal. If it tips the other way, the alarm gets stuck on. Your brain and spinal cord start treating the area as a permanent threat, even after the original injury is long gone. That's how short-term pain becomes long-term pain.

This is why two people with the "same injury" can look completely different six months later. One person bounces back. The other one doesn't.

The sweet spot for getting in there is the early window. Weeks, not years.

What I see in clinic week after week tells the same story.

Clients who come in early often shift fast. A few precise sessions and things start moving. They get back to their lives.

Clients who have been hurting for years still get better. It just takes more sessions because we're working against patterns that have had time to dig in.

Both groups can feel real change. The early group just has more leverage to work with.

Here's what this means for you.

If you've recently sprained something, had surgery, or noticed a new pain that won't quite go away, please don't wait it out. "Give it six weeks and see" is old advice. The newer science suggests that the early window is exactly when a precise, well-timed treatment has the most impact - not just on how you feel today, but on whether your body settles down or locks the pain in for the long haul.

That's a big deal.

And if you've been hurting for a while, this isn't a guilt trip. You're not too late. We just take a different road to get there.

Either way, you don't have to figure it out alone.

Visit Marsha.NoTerro.com for information and booking.

05/11/2026

Here’s to all the Moms out there! You’re the best💐

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05/05/2026

RAPID = HEALING

Check this photo from my own hand when I tripped and landed on it Thursday. The red outline was the actual size of the initial bruise, 3 days later it’s reduced and faded, and 6 days later it’s barely visible.

I applied RAPID on the initial injury before the bruise even started, helped to bring all the body’s natural healing agents to the area and sped up the recovery!

05/02/2026

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