Myofascial release with a licensed physical therapist, Brandon SD, 10 minutes from Sioux Falls
A licensed physical therapist addresses the tissue restrictions that keep pulling you back.
Who this is for
If one of these is your story, you are in the right place.
Then the same pain settles back into the same spot.
Your MRI or X-ray found nothing. The pain is still there.
Or since an old injury that never fully let go.
Fibromyalgia, headaches, jaw tension, back, neck and pelvic pain.
These are the patterns Gwen sees most, and they usually have a fascial component that no one has looked for yet.
The missing piece
A continuous sheet of connective tissue that wraps every muscle in your body — and pulls when it tightens.
Fascia is one connected system, not a set of separate wrappers. Pull on a shirt at the hem and the shoulder moves too.
Surgery, injury, repetitive work and long-held postural strain all thicken and shorten it in places. Those places then load the joints and nerves nearby.
That is why the pain you feel is often downstream of the restriction causing it, and why treating only the sore spot keeps failing.
The difference
Massage is good at what it does. This solves a different problem.
A typical massage
Good for a tight day. Not built for a held pattern.
Myofascial release with a PT
We address the tissue restrictions that keep pulling you back.
Book Your First SessionCase studies
What treatment actually looked like, told one patient at a time.
An 85-year-old regains bladder control and his confidence after prostate cancer radiation — no more pads, no more daytime accidents.
A 79-year-old finds her back pain significantly better after five sessions, when two years of other care had not. She is the same patient who shows how myofascial release and acupuncture work together here.
Individual results vary. Each case reflects one patient's experience.
Your first visit
Four steps. Treatment starts the same day.
Wear loose shorts, and a sports bra or tank top if you are comfortable in one, so Gwen can work skin on skin.
Skip lotion that day. You stay draped and covered except for the area being treated.
Most people feel a change within the first one to three sessions. Patterns held for years take longer, and Gwen will tell you where you stand as you go.
Gwen feels how your fascia actually moves.
Gentle sustained pressure, skin on skin, no oils. You stay comfortable, and some releases you feel as softening or warmth.
What she found, in words you can repeat at home.
And if Gwen does not think myofascial release is your answer, she will say so.
In their words
“Gwen has a healing touch that is very rare. Her deep tissue MFR is a true gift.”
“A herniated disc, and I felt relief the same day after myofascial release and acupuncture together.”
Sessions and booking
Gwen needs to feel your tissue before she can tell you what a course of treatment looks like.
Required first step
60 minutes · $150 private pay, or billed through your insurance.
Book instead: 60 min with insurance · 90 min private pay, $195 · 90 min with insurance, $205
We assess your posture, determine where the restrictions are, and treat accordingly the same visit. You leave with a realistic number of sessions.
Times and prices are live in the booking system, under Physical Therapy with Gwen Homer.
Your regular treatment once a plan is in place. Gwen works the restrictions the evaluation found, which are often not where the pain is.
See Gwen's whole schedule in the booking system.
Meet your physical therapist
Your myofascial release is performed by a licensed physical therapist, not a massage therapist.
She works slowly, and she keeps her hands somewhere until the tissue answers.
Myofascial release is a manual technique, and many people who offer it are massage therapists doing good work within their scope.
Gwen brings three decades of physical therapy and sports medicine to the same table, plus advanced training in soft‑tissue techniques for pain management and stress reduction.
That means the hands on you are also evaluating you: what the restriction is loading, what it is protecting, and whether something else should be ruled out first.
Some pain has more than one driver. Lidia Esper's acupuncture works alongside myofascial release here, and several patients see both of us in the same week.
See the Acupuncture pageBefore you book
It should not. The pressure is slow and sustained rather than forceful, and Gwen works at a depth you can breathe through.
A restriction that has been held for years can feel tender as it lets go, and you can ask her to ease off at any point.
Massage works the muscle with lotion and gliding strokes, and an adjustment works the joint.
Myofascial release uses no oils and holds gentle pressure on one place for minutes at a time, until the connective tissue itself changes.
It also happens here in the hands of a licensed physical therapist, so the evaluation behind it is a clinical one.
Imaging is built to show bone, disc and gross tissue damage.
Fascial restriction is a change in how tissue glides and how much tension it holds, which does not appear on an X-ray or MRI.
A normal scan does not mean nothing is wrong, and it is one of the most common reasons people end up here.
Most people feel a change within the first one to three sessions.
Patterns held for years take longer, and Gwen gives you a realistic number after she has evaluated you rather than before.
If she does not think myofascial release is your answer, she will tell you that instead.
Loose shorts, and a sports bra or tank top if you are comfortable in one, so Gwen can work skin on skin.
No oils or lotions are used, so skip lotion on the day of your session.
You stay draped and covered except for the area being treated.
We take Medicare and limited other insurance.
You will still want to look into your own coverage to understand your insurance benefits, and we can provide documentation for reimbursement or HSA and FSA use.
Call 605‑582‑1178 for the list of insurances we accept.
One evaluation tells you whether this is your answer.