M'elle Pirri-Lee, PT
Adirondack Myofascial Release
Adirondack Myofascial Release is dedicated to helping people in Saratoga Springs and surrounding Upstate New York areas regain their good health and active, pain-free lifestyle.
www.adirondackmyofascialrelease.com/
62 Beekman Street
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
518-225-1440
melle@adirondackmyofascialrelease.com
Services
The John Barnes Myofascial Release Technique
Myofascial Release as taught by John Barnes provides sustained pressure into fascial restrictions addressing both the collagenous and elastic components, allowing the fascia to return to its natural state. MFR combined with self-treatment techniques your therapist will teach you, often results in fewer visits than more conventional physical therapy methods and gets you back to a pain free, mobile lifestyle as quickly as possible.
Myofascial Release Treatments
Treatment sessions begins with a brief postural evaluation so that the therapist can see what is happening in the patient's body. During the treatment portion of a session, a patient often lies on a treatment table. The therapist places her hands on the patient and sinks in to the "depth barrier" to connect with the fascial system, providing sustained pressure. The therapist may use a broad spectrum of pressure during a treatment session from very light to deep tissue depending on what each part of the patient's body needs. A well trained therapist is able to read the patient's body and will know which amount of pressure will work best. Some treatments may take place with the patient sitting or standing during a portion of the treatment. Verbal feedback from the patient is also very important. Myofascial Release is done on skin, so patents should wear, for men: gyms shorts, t-shirt, bathing trunks, for women: tank top/sports bra, two-piece bathing suit, or underwear, whichever he or she feels comfortable in is perfectly appropriate.
As part of treatment, patients will learn valuable self-treatment techniques to allow them to make progress between sessions and empower them in safeguarding/reclaiming their own good health.
Women's Health Services
One specialized form of Myofascial Release involves treating the pelvic floor. Dysfunction of the pelvic floor can occur causing some of the muscles to become overstretched and weak and opposing muscles to become too tight in an attempt to provide stability. It is estimated that as many as seven out of ten women experience problems due to pelvic floor dysfunction which may be due to surgeries, injuries, poor posture, difficult pregnancies. Symptoms of pelvic floor dysfunction can include: menstrual problems, incontinence, frequency, urgency, infertility and vulvodynia to name a few. By releasing restrictions through a combination of external and internal MFR, a therapist trained in the area of Womens' Health can reduce pain and return function to many of the structures in this area.
M'elle Pirri-Lee, PT
M'elle (Maryellen) is a licensed physical therapist and an advanced John Barnes Myofascial Release practitioner with a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.
She received her Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy from Russell Sage College in Troy, NY in 1996. M'elle worked as a Supervising Physical Therapist for Liberty/Montgomery County ARC, working with individuals with developmental disabilities and supervising the PT department. While working at Liberty, M'elle became interested in the John F. Barnes approach to Myofascial Release (MFR). Using MFR with clients at Liberty, she was able to provide relief from discomfort due to spasticity associated with cerebral palsy.
While continuing her training with John F. Barnes, M'elle realized her interests lay in the areas of treatment of chronic pain and women's health. In July of 2005, she began seeing private patients. And then in July of 2006, she left her position at Liberty to pursue her dream of private practice. Her practice integrates myofascial release with exercise and self-treatment programs in the areas of musculoskeletal, neurological and chronic pain disorders.
She believes that the quickest way to reduce pain and improve function is to have patients be actively involved in their treatments, as well as their self-treatment/home exercise programs between sessions.
Based in Saratoga Springs, M'elle sees a variety of patients with diverse diagnoses. She also works as a coverage therapist at the Myofascial Pain Relief Center in Paoli, PA and has begun assisting at JohnBarnes seminars.
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