Why soft tissue and adjustments belong together
A joint sits inside a sleeve of muscle and fascia. If that sleeve is tight and guarded, it will act on the joint the moment you stand up — which is why an adjustment sometimes holds for days and sometimes holds for about nine minutes.
Soft-tissue work reduces the tension acting on the joint before and after the correction. It's not a spa add-on; it's the other half of a mechanical problem.
The work Ashlie does
Ashlie is a licensed massage therapist trained at Boulder College of Massage Therapy. She specializes in deep tissue and trigger-point therapy, and she also does Swedish massage when relaxation — not excavation — is what the body actually needs.
She's also a nurse, with a nursing degree from Mount Marty, which shows up in how she works: she wants to know what's going on with you, not just where it hurts.
Deep tissue, trigger point, Swedish
Deep tissue is slow, specific pressure into the layers underneath the surface muscle — for the chronic knot that has been there since March.
Trigger-point work targets the tight, tender bands that refer pain somewhere else entirely: the one in your shoulder that produces a headache. Swedish is lighter, longer, and aimed at circulation and the nervous system rather than at a specific structure.