In 1996 Laurie graduated from New Life Institute in Atlanta (now Rising Spirit Institute of Natural Health) where she received certification in massage therapy and also neuromuscular therapy.
Ever since her introduction to NMT, also known as trigger point therapy, she has often found the work to be highly effective in relieving muscular pain, especially when trigger points have developed in the muscles. Needless to say, she is ever indebted to the pioneering work of Dr. Janet Travell, who was JFK's physician, and Dr. David Simons. Together they located and charted the common trigger points that can develop in muscles, along with their pain referral patterns, and also discovered ways to release the trigger points. Regrettably their exhaustive research has not yet been embraced by the medical community, but what they share in their extensive two volumes, Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction The Trigger Point Manuals, is invaluable for so many people in pain.
Often her sessions are an interweaving of Swedish massage, which is a relaxing massage, and NMT - that is, if deeper, more specific work is needed and wanted.
