Lamoille Movement Experiences

We create neuromuscular educational opportunites to improve body awareness while exploring movement capabilities.  Specific hands-on bodywork and focused training help to expand your movement possibilities.

We can work at our location or yours.  Our preference is to work in natural settings with minimal equipment so you can continue your personal self-care movement program on your own.

Please arrive with comfortable clothing and shoes, ready for athletic movements.  Most work is done fully clothed, but  we will provide medical gowns and/or professional draping if required.

We begin with an initial evaluation which helps establish current movement capabilities and establish your overall movement goals. Sessions will typically consist of a combination of evaluation, bodywork, movement and re-evaluation.  We try to sneak in the education.  One session per week is typical, but you set the pace based on your goals.

Initial Visit $125

Normal 60 Minute Session $75

Extended Sessions by Request

We do not bill insurance, but will provide documentation required for reimbursement.

After traveling this great country of ours in a 14' trailer looking for a place to establish a simpler lifestyle, we chose Lamoille.  It matched our needs well: rural, mountains, water, seasons, farming and great people.

Appropriate movement experiences invite our bodies to adapt and heal, counteracting the negative impacts of modern life.  Our movement dysfunctions typically arise from poor habits (misuse/abuse), not moving enough (disuse) and/or moving too much (overuse).  Many of us have "forgotten" how to move through nature - rolling, crawling, squating, hanging, walking, climbing, running, etc. - we just need some gentle reminders to get back on track.

Recovery, along with good nutrition, is key to making your movement efforts pay off.  Recovery can be active or passive.  Movement can tear us down (catabolic) if we go too hard or too long, which we often do on purpose to force an adaptation to overload.  Movement can also build us up (anabolic) when we move with our natural rhythms to help the body "pump", "flush" and "flow".  Active recovery, like somatic movement, is often under utilized in our society.   We tend to rely more on passive recovery, like massage.  We advocate using multiple different active and passive recovery approaches.  Besides providing such services, we educate our clients on different methods of self-care that they can use on their own.

If you are into buzzwords, here are some that inform our practice: craniosacral therapy (CST), myofascial therapy (MFT), unwinding, neuromuscular therapy (NMT) / reeducation, dermoneuromodulation (DNM), lymphatic facilitation, somatic movement, functional movement screening (FMS), functional/primal movement, posture training, gait training, Thai & Shiatsu massage,  corrective exercise, chronic pain education (Explain Pain), neck/trunk stabilization,  balance & coordination training, bio/psycho/social (BPS) model, breathing education, skills assessments/reeducation, orthotics, Morton's foot structure, improved foot biomechanics, minimal footwear, CHEK Holistic Lifestyle Coach 1, Tai Chi, Qigong, kettlebells, ..... and much more!

Trina has practiced physical therapy for more than 38 years, 20+ years at her own private practice, Bay Cities Therapy Service, before moving to Lamoille. She has worked and managed in-patient and out-patient clinics. Trina specializes in spine care and pain management, but is especially fond of working with challenged children.
 
Trina is a member of the APTA.

Trina dotes on her and Chip's three adult children, dogs, grand-dogs, goats and chickens. She loves to hike, do yoga in the park and enjoy healthy meals with friends. 

Trina Semplinski PT
Licensed Physical Therapist (CA #13803, NV #4157)

Chip left a 35+ year  technology career to follow a lifelong passion for body awareness. He graduated in 2015 from the National Holistic Institute (NHI) core program and in 2016 from the Advanced Neuromuscular Massage Therapy program.  Chip taught Eastern & Western massage techniques at NHI in 2018.
 
Chip is a member of the AMTA, ABMP, IAAMB and NSCA.   He has worked with Stanford Football and Santa Clara University Basketball teams.

Chip is especially fond of free form mindful movement, barefoot running, hiking and kettlebells.