The Feldenkrais Method® is an innovative way of learning to move again — focusing on simple, gentle and pain-free “movement explorations.”
 

We are able to accept insurance for Feldenkrais sessions, through our dual-licensed physical therapist Jeanne Hills, the only physical therapist in Arizona who also holds a 4-year Feldenkrais degree.

Using the Feldenkrais Method®, Jeanne Hills, PT, GCFP, specializes in helping chronic and complicated pain patients reach their full potential and reclaim control over their lives through the freedom and ease of movement most of us knew as children.

The technique repairs connections between the motor cortex and the body by retraining movement patterns. The method is based on the principles of neurology, physics, and physiology. Feldenkrais® eliminates the bad habits in movement that often create pain, replacing them with new, good habits.

The Feldenkrais® Method is a gentle and effective technique created by European scientist and martial artist Moshe Feldenkrais in the 1950s after a repetitive knee injury left him facing surgery.

Instead, he developed an incredible high-end technique used today by everyone from professional athletes and dancers to regular folks with good old-fashioned neck and back pain. In fact, it can help with every type of physical pain you can imagine.

At our office, Jeanne Hills, licensed physical therapist, teaches the gentle Feldenkrais® movements, which are then practiced by the patient at home. As the brain and nervous system are trained to move properly, new muscle memory is created, posture is improved, and pain disappears.

Jeanne is the only physical therapist in the Valley that has completed the 4-year degree to become a Guild-Certified Feldenkrais Practitioner and uses Functional Integration® with every physical therapy patient.

Jeanne’s motto is, “Don’t move into more pain!” Physical Therapy has a general reputation as being painful — not at our office. Jeanne takes a meditative approach, allowing muscle tension to release and movement to increase gradually. The movements should be slow and easy, staying within the patient’s pain constraints.

If you have any questions regarding physical therapy, contact us today at (480) 585-0252.