At Stillpoint, we help motivated people move toward ease and mobility through the use of techniques that deeply affect the body. Chris L. Widlund, LMP is a Washington State Licensed Massage Practitioner focused on helping her clients bring balance to their lives by reducing pain, increasing movement and deepening their connection with their bodies.
She has been in private practice since 2003 working with people of all ages. As a graduate of the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle, WA, she was privileged to receive training of the highest standards in both academics and techniques of massage therapy. Since her original training, Chris has gone on to specialize in Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy andCranioSacral Therapy.
Chris regularly works with other healthcare practitioners to facilitate their patients' recovery from injury or chronic pain. Chris' passion with the abilities of the human body began at an early age. As a professional modern dancer, following a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois, she discovered that massage therapy and other types of bodywork addressed her body's need to heal quickly and completely from various injuries.
She has been in private practice since 2003 working with people of all ages. As a graduate of the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle, WA, she was privileged to receive training of the highest standards in both academics and techniques of massage therapy. Since her original training, Chris has gone on to specialize in Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy andCranioSacral Therapy.
Chris regularly works with other healthcare practitioners to facilitate their patients' recovery from injury or chronic pain. Chris' passion with the abilities of the human body began at an early age. As a professional modern dancer, following a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Illinois, she discovered that massage therapy and other types of bodywork addressed her body's need to heal quickly and completely from various injuries.
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We are exposed to a variety of stressors everyday.
Most are small and only result in making us more resilient.
However, we fall out of balance when those stressors, physical or emotional, become too great.
Regardless of the technique, the ultimate goal of therapeutic massage & bodywork is help you restore balance.
In other words, the "Stillpoint" is when your world shifts and heads in another direction.
It is the point around which everything pivots and new patterns of health start to emerge.
Learn more about how Chris can assist you in finding your stillpoint through Craniosacral Therapy, Myofacial Release and Neuromuscular Therapy.
Most are small and only result in making us more resilient.
However, we fall out of balance when those stressors, physical or emotional, become too great.
Regardless of the technique, the ultimate goal of therapeutic massage & bodywork is help you restore balance.
In other words, the "Stillpoint" is when your world shifts and heads in another direction.
It is the point around which everything pivots and new patterns of health start to emerge.
Learn more about how Chris can assist you in finding your stillpoint through Craniosacral Therapy, Myofacial Release and Neuromuscular Therapy.
Craniosacral Therapy, developed by Dr. John Upledger, is a gentle hands-on method of evaluating and enhancing the functioning of the craniosacral system.
CST works with your body's own ability to heal and maintain balance.
Daily stresses, injury, disease and emotional trauma can accumulate overtime and diminish our body's natural ability to self-correct.
By addressing the underlying cause of the dysfunction, Craniosacral Therapy offers more than just symptomatic relief.
The craniosacral system is a physiological system comprised of the brain, the spinal cord, the membranes and fluid that surround them all.
CST works with your body's own ability to heal and maintain balance.
Daily stresses, injury, disease and emotional trauma can accumulate overtime and diminish our body's natural ability to self-correct.
By addressing the underlying cause of the dysfunction, Craniosacral Therapy offers more than just symptomatic relief.
The craniosacral system is a physiological system comprised of the brain, the spinal cord, the membranes and fluid that surround them all.
Myofascial release is a hands-on form of soft tissue therapy.
Used to treat structural dysfunction in the body, thus eliminating pain, restoring motion and rebalancing the entire body.
It does this by using deep, slow strokes to release "snags" or adhesions in the fascia.
The fabric that surrounds every structure in our body is fascia (connective tissue).
Fascia suspends every muscle, bone, organ and cell in its matrix.
It is the proper function of this fascial fabric that allows us to move through the world with ease and health.
Used to treat structural dysfunction in the body, thus eliminating pain, restoring motion and rebalancing the entire body.
It does this by using deep, slow strokes to release "snags" or adhesions in the fascia.
The fabric that surrounds every structure in our body is fascia (connective tissue).
Fascia suspends every muscle, bone, organ and cell in its matrix.
It is the proper function of this fascial fabric that allows us to move through the world with ease and health.
Neuromuscular Therapy is a specialized form of manual therapy that works with the nervous system to re-establish a healthy tone in the muscles.
Specific tender sites, called "trigger points" are caused when muscles become weak and inhibited.
At the core of the trigger is a muscle spindle (a sensory & motor neuron) that is in trouble for some reason-generally due to being pulled taut and over-stretch.
The Neuromuscular therapist must work under the radar of the nervous system to increase circulation to the localized ischemic (oxygen deprived) area as well as using static specific pressure to reset the tone of the muscle spindle.
Specific tender sites, called "trigger points" are caused when muscles become weak and inhibited.
At the core of the trigger is a muscle spindle (a sensory & motor neuron) that is in trouble for some reason-generally due to being pulled taut and over-stretch.
The Neuromuscular therapist must work under the radar of the nervous system to increase circulation to the localized ischemic (oxygen deprived) area as well as using static specific pressure to reset the tone of the muscle spindle.
We have all been greatly affected by the pandemic.
Whether it is loss of freedom, loss of a sense of security, or loss of a loved one, we will be forever changed by this time.
As such, I have decided to shift to a sliding scale fee structure.
Based on the financial resources you have, you can choose to pay between $50 and $125 per session.
This shift in fee structure is not due to a decrease in the value of the work, but rather as respect to the financial reality the pandemic has left us with.
Have you been struggling to make ends meet but you are still hungry for some therapeutic support?
Whether it is loss of freedom, loss of a sense of security, or loss of a loved one, we will be forever changed by this time.
As such, I have decided to shift to a sliding scale fee structure.
Based on the financial resources you have, you can choose to pay between $50 and $125 per session.
This shift in fee structure is not due to a decrease in the value of the work, but rather as respect to the financial reality the pandemic has left us with.
Have you been struggling to make ends meet but you are still hungry for some therapeutic support?
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