Founder & Myofascial Therapist

When I first began on this path to massage and then myofascial release therapy, I still had a primarily left-brain, analytical mindset. Of course, this is prominent in healthcare and science. However, this approach tends to dismiss the mind and body as a whole.

I’ve always felt mainstream healthcare is missing something. It’s too mechanical and fear-based, treating illnesses, injuries, and disorders as external forces attacking the body. The body is viewed as a machine that can be “fixed” by injecting, drugging, cutting, burning, and fusing it. This mentality fails to speak to the consciousness and heart of the deeper person and how it affects us physically.

As I explored other modalities, I gravitated toward those recognizing the mind and body as inseparable. In other words, they recognize symptoms, syndromes, illnesses, and breakdowns resulting from strained situations. These methods work with the body and mind to nudge and support change rather than force and compel compliant behavior.

Eventually, I discovered and trained with John F. Barnes, PT, LMT, NCTMB, the creator of the Myofascial Release Approach®. I realized this method is particularly effective at supporting the body and mind through those tricky places where they get stuck. By engaging with the whole being instead of treating symptoms, myofascial release trusts your mind and body’s innate wisdom and ability to heal itself.

My knowledge and passion are fueled by personal experience. I’ve recovered from years of on-again, off-again, (mostly on) debilitating back pain, headaches, and a laundry list of other pain and issues.

I’ve also helped my wife recover from severe back pain and stiffness, rebalancing and aligning her pelvis so that she was able to give birth naturally, unmedicated, three times—after a chiropractor had told her earlier not to ever get pregnant because it would be too difficult.

I opened Release Works as a way to help more people who haven’t found success with doctors, surgeons, acupuncturists, physical therapists, chiropractors, and massage therapists. Over the years, I’ve helped many people:

…just to name a few!

When not helping people get out of the pain that has frustrated and limited them for years, you can find me being driven just a little bit crazy by my three wonderful kids. I am forever grateful to my wife for bringing them into this world. Being a father is just as rewarding and challenging as I’d hoped and feared it would be. Actually, it’s more so, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

My #1 goal is to empower you with long-term health and vitality so you can enjoy movement again and live the life you envision for yourself. So, are you ready for a new kind of health journey?

Client Success Coordinator

The first person to greet you when you walk through our doors, Charity, is the heart and soul of Release Works. Her smile and spunky attitude makes everyone who walks in feel like family. She brings extensive knowledge to the team and has a diverse background in retail, marketing, event planning, health & fitness and art.

After having lived and traveled all over the world, Charity recently moved from back to Utah with the love of her life and is having so much fun in this new chapter. She has an adult half-Colombian daughter and loves spending time with her.