Surgery should be the last option, not the first.
Myofascial Tx is precise, hands-on muscular reconstruction that restores how your body moves and loads. It is the conservative-care step many people skip on the way to the operating room, and for a lot of them, it changes the plan.
Manual and soft-tissue therapy by a licensed massage therapist. Not a diagnosis or a substitute for your physician's advice. We refer onward when surgery truly is the right call.
Point to every area that hurts. Add as many as you like.
Point to where it hurts
Tap any area on the figure, pick as many as you like, and we will note them for your visit. Keyboard: arrow keys to move, space to choose.
Nothing here is a promise of outcome. Every body is different.
Many people are told surgery is the only option. Often, it isn't yet.
A lot of pain is mechanical: overloaded, restricted, poorly-coordinated tissue. That kind of problem can respond to targeted hands-on work and smart loading, before anything irreversible is on the table.
Treat the cause, not the spot
We assess how the whole chain moves and loads, then work the tissue actually driving the problem, not just where it hurts.
Change you can measure
Range, strength, and how you move are tracked session to session, so progress is something you feel and see, not a guess.
An honest second look
If conservative care can help, you will know quickly. If it cannot, you will be told plainly and pointed toward the right medical care.
Rebuild the tissue, not replace the joint.
This is not a relaxation massage. It is deep, specific soft-tissue and myofascial work that frees restricted tissue and restores normal mechanics, paired with progressive loading so the change holds. The goal is a body that works well enough that surgery stops being the obvious next step.
The mechanical problems people are often sent to surgery for.
Every body is different and nothing here is a promise of outcome. These are the kinds of issues advanced soft-tissue work is well suited to address.
Assess. Release. Rebuild. Maintain.
Find the root
A full movement and soft-tissue assessment to locate the real mechanical cause, not just the sore spot.
Free the tissue
Advanced myofascial and deep-tissue work to release restricted, overloaded tissue and restore motion.
Make it hold
Progressive loading and corrective training so the new range is supported by tissue that can handle it.
Stay out of the cycle
A simple, realistic plan to keep you moving well, so you do not end up back where you started.
Matt Van Norman
Matt specializes in advanced muscular reconstructive bodywork: deep, precise soft-tissue work that addresses the mechanical root of pain and dysfunction, paired with the training to make the change last. He works with people who have been told surgery is their next step, and with athletes who want to stay in the game and out of the operating room.
What changes when the tissue rebuilds.
"A surgery date on the calendar for a shoulder, then range restored over a few sessions and the date cancelled."
"Years of low back pain that nothing touched, and the actual mechanical cause found in the first visit."
"In to avoid knee surgery, out with a plan you can follow. Still training, still pain-free."
See Matt at one of two locations.
Choose the spot that works for you. Same hands, same approach, two ways to book.
The Spa at Canyon Crest
5225 Canyon Crest Dr, Suite 18B
Riverside, CA 92507
Online booking
Book onlineOn Vagaro, choose a massage and request Matt Van Norman.
CVMPOUND
10482 Enterprise Dr
Redlands, CA 92374
Booking by phone
Call (909) 633-5727A recovery and fitness facility. Ask for Matt when you call.
New to this work? Book a first assessment at either location. Not sure which fits, call and ask for Matt.