True Balance Massage Therapy

True Balance Massage Therapy

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Christina Burch, LMT
MA#00023515
No insurance accepted
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Pain management, injury recovery & wellness

💡Healthcare doesn’t really care about your health💡 
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#CoachingForReal #ManualTherapy #SportsTherapy #TheraPro 06/05/2026

Here in part is why I quit accepting insurance a while ago …Please reach out for any questions!

💡Healthcare doesn’t really care about your health💡 . #CoachingForReal #ManualTherapy #SportsTherapy #TheraPro

Most people search for relaxation in the wrong place.

They try stretching exercises, better diets & early nights, and find that the body still won’t fully unwind. 

The reason is often structural. At the base of your skull sit four small muscles that contain more sensory receptors per gram than almost any other tissue in the body. 

When they are chronically contracted, as they are in most people nowadays, the entire nervous system stays in a state of low-grade alert it cannot exit.
This region is not just a local tension problem but a systemic one.

The suboccipital muscles are directly connected to the vagus nerve and the upper cervical spinal cord. Chronic tension here compresses occipital nerves, reduces blood flow to the brainstem, and maintains sympathetic activation that radiates through the head, neck, and upper back. 

Over time, the surrounding fascia hardens around this braced position, locking your proprioceptive system into a threat-ready state the body begins to treat as its resting normal.

Releasing this region produces a quality of relaxation that differs from anything else.

Sustained, gentle pressure applied to the base of the skull inhibits the hypertonicity in these muscles, directly triggering a parasympathetic response throughout your body. The nervous system interprets the release of this single region as a whole-body signal of safety.

Two fingers or a small massage ball placed at the skull base, held gently for two to five minutes with slow diaphragmatic breathing, is one of the most reliable autonomic resets available.

Inside the Quantum Biomechanics program, suboccipital release is a foundational practice  because deep relaxation begins at the top of the spine. 05/02/2026

Most people search for relaxation in the wrong place. They try stretching exercises, better diets & early nights, and find that the body still won’t fully unwind. The reason is often structural. At the base of your skull sit four small muscles that contain more sensory receptors per gram than almost any other tissue in the body. When they are chronically contracted, as they are in most people nowadays, the entire nervous system stays in a state of low-grade alert it cannot exit. This region is not just a local tension problem but a systemic one. The suboccipital muscles are directly connected to the vagus nerve and the upper cervical spinal cord. Chronic tension here compresses occipital nerves, reduces blood flow to the brainstem, and maintains sympathetic activation that radiates through the head, neck, and upper back. Over time, the surrounding fascia hardens around this braced position, locking your proprioceptive system into a threat-ready state the body begins to treat as its resting normal. Releasing this region produces a quality of relaxation that differs from anything else. Sustained, gentle pressure applied to the base of the skull inhibits the hypertonicity in these muscles, directly triggering a parasympathetic response throughout your body. The nervous system interprets the release of this single region as a whole-body signal of safety. Two fingers or a small massage ball placed at the skull base, held gently for two to five minutes with slow diaphragmatic breathing, is one of the most reliable autonomic resets available. Inside the Quantum Biomechanics program, suboccipital release is a foundational practice because deep relaxation begins at the top of the spine.

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664 6th Street, Ste # F
East Wenatchee, WA
99403

Opening Hours

Monday 10:45am - 6pm
Tuesday 10:45am - 6pm
Wednesday 10:45am - 6pm
Thursday 10:45am - 6pm
Friday 10:45am - 3pm