Move past pain.
Achieve lasting resilience.
In-Home Orthopedic Massage Therapy and Restorative Personal Training serving Marin County and Virtual Support Worldwide.
Are you in pain from an old injury, surgery, or trauma?
If your pain isn’t going away or keeps coming back, then you need more than just superficial relief; you need deep relief that you can feel and sustain long-term.
That’s resilient relief.
Using orthopedic massage therapy, restorative personal training, and holistic health coaching, I not only help you feel and move better, but I teach you how to maintain the changes yourself.
My Approach
Relief may be the motivation, but sustaining it is the goal.
If you’ve been living with pain for a while, you may have worked with a massage therapist, chiropractor, or physical therapist to alleviate it, but lasting relief is rarely achieved with a single therapeutic method.
That's why, for long-term, resilient relief, I use multiple modalities in a comprehensive approach to:
(1) Reduce pain with orthopedic massage that soothes irritated joints, softens tense muscles, and helps your body feel immediate relief.
(2) Restore easeful movement with assisted stretching that mobilizes joints, improves flexibility, and increases range of motion.
(3) Build tissue integrity with restorative training that activates weakened muscles, improves posture, and safely builds strength.
(4) Create lasting change with holistic health coaching that supports the lifestyle habits you need to achieve and self-sustain the results yourself.
Who This Is For
My approach helps you best when:
You have pain from injuries, surgeries, or traumas that happened more than 3 months ago
You may have had temporary relief from other treatments, but the pain keeps returning
You want a mindful and holistic approach to taking care of your body
You enjoy learning, growing, and being respectfully challenged
You have a goal beyond pain relief you want to achieve
My approach may NOT be for you if:
You have a severe injury or pain that hasn’t been evaluated by a doctor
You don’t want to change habits that may be contributing to your pain
You need emergency care or insurance-funded rehabilitation
You only want passive treatment for a quick fix
How We Can Work Together
30-Minute Video Consultation • free
We’ll talk about what's going on, answer your questions, and decide whether working together is the right next step.
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90-Minute Comprehensive First Session • $250
Our initial session begins with an assessment, then transitions to an orthopedic massage with hands-on assisted stretching. Based on the results of the treatment, we review a personalized exercise plan, including restorative movement routines and lifestyle habits designed for self-sustained pain relief.
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12-Week Goal Achievement Program
If you have a long-term goal you’re working toward (such as having lasting relief, engaging in a challenging activity, or feeling a greater quality of life), we then work together to build out a 12-
About Me
My name is Nicky Macaluso. I’m a licensed massage therapist, certified personal trainer, and somatics-informed educator from Brooklyn, NY, currently working in Marin County, CA. For over 15 years, I’ve helped people recover from persistent pain caused by injuries, surgeries, and trauma using a unique combination of orthopedic, neuromuscular, and bioenergetic movement, massage, and meditation modalities.
Early in my career, I focused on developing my skills in as many healing modalities as possible so I could help people recover and heal, but over time I realized that wasn’t enough.
I learned that for a person’s pain relief to be truly sustainable, I needed to not only help people feel and move better, but also teach them how to live in ways that support lasting relief.
That realization made teaching and learning the foundation of my approach, rather than just treatment and training.
Through our work together, you won’t just feel better; you’ll become better able to meet your body's changing needs for the rest of your life.
FAQs
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Orthopedic massage is a pain-relief-focused form of bodywork used to address tissue tension, restricted movement, and discomfort related to injuries, repetitive activity, or physical strain. This differs from traditional sports, deep-tissue, or spa massage styles in that the goal is not just relaxation but structural change.
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Yes. I often work with people living with persistent or chronic pain following old injuries, surgeries, or long-standing physical patterns.
I generally use the term “persistent pain” instead of “chronic pain” because it describes an ongoing experience without suggesting that it will be permanent.
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Traditional personal training often begins with general fitness goals, standard movement assessments, and an exercise program that measures progress by increased workout intensity.
Restorative personal training begins with a comprehensive understanding of your medical history, current movement capacity, pain and tension patterns, lifestyle habits, and goals.
Then, exercises are designed based on your body’s unique needs as determined by an assessment of any imbalances in muscle tone, joint range of motion, and posture.
Progress is then measured over time not just by the intensity of an exercise but by its complexity. -
Physical therapists are licensed healthcare professionals who diagnose and treat medical conditions and injuries according to standard protocols and procedures.
My work combines massage therapy, stretching, strength training, and integrated lifestyle coaching to help you not only rehab and relieve a painful area, but also continue developing your body to achieve your greater life goals.
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No.
I work with active adults, but “active” doesn’t mean you need to be an athlete. It just means you’re committed to living an active life, whether that’s walking, gardening, hiking, exercising, playing a sport, casually playing with kids, or moving through everyday life with greater confidence.
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Yes. All clients receive a personalized exercise routine to help them practice the things that are most useful for them at that moment.
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The first step is a free 30-minute consultation.
We will discuss what is happening, what you want help with, and whether my approach is an appropriate fit.