Great Lakes Barefoot Massage

12/22/2025

12/21/2025

🎁🕯️ O⃨u⃨t⃨ o⃨f⃨ O⃨f⃨f⃨i⃨c⃨e⃨ 🌲❄️
Today 12/21 - 12/30 I’ll be out of the office spending time with my family in observance of Yule/Christmas🎅🏻
If youre needing to set up an appointment you can see my schedule below.

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12/17/2025

Because nothing says “RAPID is working” like a grown adult turning into a festive pirate the second you find their nociceptive hotspot.

You know the the way…
1. Client walks in: “I’m good with pain.”
2. You touch the spot
3. Client immediately: “OH SWEET JINGLE BELLS—”

And I’m just over here like,
“Perfect. That’s the one. Don’t run. We’re friends now.”

🎁 RAPID Holiday Translation Guide
• “That’s spicy.” = You’re on the money.
• “What IS that?!” = Hello, cranky spot. Nice to meet you.
• “I hate you.” = I will send you referrals forever.
• “I’m sweating.” = My nervous system just wrote a resignation letter.
• “Wait… it’s better.” = Christmas miracle achieved.

The best part?
They swear like a sailor… then stand up and go:
“Okay… why does my shoulder feel 40% younger?”

And I’m like:
“That’s the magic of targeting the right spot and making your tissues question their life choices.”

🎅 Bonus: Therapist Christmas Wish List
• Fewer “I’m fine” lies
• More “oh wow it’s moving” moments
• And a badge that says: “Swearing is just feedback.”

Tag your favorite holiday pirate client below 👇

12/17/2025

📞 Real conversation with a client

Client - “I have some questions about your services. I’m looking for someone that doesn’t push spiritual stuff or reiki”

Me- “oh, you found her, I don’t believe in any of that. Evidence based is my jam”

**** DISCLAIMER **** I don’t have a problem with people that are spiritual/religious/believe in energy work, you do you. It’s good to have something to believe in. I believe we go somewhere when we die and that our souls are an energy of some kind.

However, will never charge money or waste someone’s time on my table doing something that I don’t think will 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 help them. I’ve spent a lot of my career learning new skills and researching things that will help my clients in a 𝘮𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 way. If evidence based bodywork is something you’re looking for, and you want to see measurable results, you found me! 🙋‍♀️

12/13/2025

12/13/2025

“Okay enough pinching each other with your toes! Go brush your teeth” -me, a barefoot therapist talking to my kids 😂

12/09/2025

𝟭𝟬 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.
Thats right — these were taken 10 minutes apart.
I used to believe that a good manual therapist or massage therapist needed extra time to address complex tissue presentations like sciatica.
Spoiler alert — the right technique and the right therapist can make enormous changes happen in 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘵𝘦𝘴.
I used to despise 30 minute sessions, saying I didn’t have any time to really treat anything. I took 30 minutes, and my 60 minute option off my menu. Now? I do 30 minutes or 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 and get better results than I ever have.
If you’re in pain, do you have 10 minutes for yourself? Let me help you.

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12/08/2025

How ironic is it that the only crochet hook I have from this lovely woman who taught me to crochet 🧶 is a size j hook? 🥹 She had no idea what significance that would have for me someday. It’s like I was always meant to be a RAPID therapist ♥️
For those that haven’t had a RAPID session, there’s a technique called the J Hook that we use in RAPID NFR. This is the crochet hook that my grandma taught me with, and one I held on to over the years. She’s been passed away since 2009, but I think of her often and the ways she helped shape me into who I am. Im notnsute if I believe in coincidences, but it felt like a nod from the other side finding this today 💛
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12/06/2025

🗣️ CALLING ALL RAPID CLIENTS - if you’ve received RAPID NFR from me, can you write me an honest Google review? It will really help my search engine results! 🙏🏻

Link ➡️ https://share.google/tllYrjBmAYIhmBnZV

Photo from the plane flight home after lower body in Orlando FL 🏝️

12/06/2025

🌿 Building a Better Relationship With Your Body 🌿

Your body isn’t betraying you — it’s doing exactly what it was designed to do.

That muscle you always swear is “tight”?
It’s not the muscle’s fault.
It’s your brain and nervous system stepping in to protect you from something it perceives as a threat.

This guarding is your body’s version of, “I’ve got you.”
The problem? Sometimes that protective switch gets stuck in the “on” position… even after the actual injury has healed.

When the body keeps guarding or pain lingers long after tissues recover, it’s not because you’re broken — it’s because your system hasn’t gotten the memo to shift into healing mode.

✨ That’s where I come in.
I help rebuild trust between you and your body by using restorative, nervous-system–focused work to calm that overprotective response. By reducing pain and giving your body the signals it needs, we help it do what it’s naturally capable of:
heal itself.

Your body isn’t the enemy. It just needs the right conversation.

Let’s help it feel safe again. 🌱

Book your RAPID session here ⬇️

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12/05/2025

Are MRI Findings Really the Cause of Back Pain? Maybe… but often it’s inflammation.

A recent study reported that the more cumulative findings you have on MRI, the more likely you are to experience back pain.
Useful information — but here’s our take:

The study looked at associations, and association does not equal causation.

MRI shows structure, not symptoms. We see disc bulges, degeneration, and “changes” in plenty of people who have zero pain. So a structural finding alone rarely tells us why someone hurts.

What often matters more?

👉 Inflammation.
Inflammatory activity—macrophages, cytokines, congestion, and nerve sensitivity—can turn a totally harmless MRI finding into a painful one. Pain tends to correlate more with inflammation and tissue sensitivity than with how dramatic the MRI looks.

Bottom line:
An MRI can tell you what something looks like.
Pain tells you what something feels like.
And the gap between those two is usually filled by inflammation—not the image.