What Actually Happens During a Myotherapy Session?

When you imagine coming to your first myotherapy session, what comes to mind?

For most people, it's a little unclear. Will it be like a massage? Will it hurt? What am I supposed to feel? What's expected of me?

Before We Begin: A Conversation

A session doesn't begin on the table. It begins with a conversation.

What's going on in your body, how long it's been there, what's generally been happening, I listen to all of it. But this isn't a medical intake. It's more of an opening, a space to understand where you are right now.

Sometimes people don't quite know what they're feeling. That's fine too. We're here together to let the body speak.

When Contact Begins

Touch begins slowly. There is no rush.

The muscles and fascia are listened to where is there tension, where is movement restricted, which part of the body is holding on. This isn't only a physical assessment. It's also contact with the nervous system's current state.

The techniques I use in a myotherapy session include deep tissue work, myofascial release, trigger point pressure, and mobility techniques. But which of these is used, and when, is shaped by the responses the body gives in the moment.

What Might You Feel During a Session?

There's no single answer to that question, because every body feels differently.

In some areas you might feel pressure, sometimes a mild warmth or a slight burning sensation. Other times it becomes hard to name exactly what you feel, you simply notice that something has released.

Emotions can also surface during a session. Tears, anger, lightness, drowsiness... All of these are part of the nervous system's process of regulation. This is a space where you won't be judged, where you are safe.

Whatever you feel during the session, don't hesitate to say it. The body tells me a great deal, but what you share is just as important.

The Focus Isn't Only on Pain

Some people come with pain, others carrying stress in the body. Some feel they've lost connection with themselves.

Myotherapy doesn't only go to the place that hurts. It asks why that area is under load. This is why someone who comes in with lower back pain sometimes notices, partway through the session, that their breathing has changed, their shoulders have dropped, or that something inside has opened a little.

The body is a whole. We look not at a single area, but at the whole system.

After the Session

After a session, sometimes there's an immediate sense of lightness. Other times, the change is noticed hours or days later.

Sometimes the body may feel more tired at first, this is a sign that the system is reorganising. Drinking plenty of water, resting, and keeping the rest of the day calm is often helpful.

I love to hear how you feel after a session, it's valuable both for you and for understanding how we move forward together.

Myotherapy isn't an attempt to fix something.

It's a process of hearing your body, making contact with it,

and opening space for it to return to its own balance.