Stephanie Thaler, LMT DeepFeet Instructor MN

So excited to be heading into the office today and bringing the energy and excitement of our Wild players making it to the 2nd round of playoffs 🚨 We also traveled to work with our and players this season, and they made it to the 2nd round as well!

The days when I’m mentally, physically, and emotionally drained after 28 years of giving it my all day in and day out for my clients, it’s seeing all my hard work pay off that keeps me going! I never have a bad day at work, and that’s all thanks to my incredible loyal clients🙌

I doubled my income last year, and I’m on track to do again this year! The success I’ve experienced this year is beyond anything I could have ever imagined, and it just keeps growing👣🙌

What a series! My voice is wrecked from yelling, but I can not tell you how much fun it has been to be just a small part of what happens on the ice for my players this season! I am SO proud and happy!!!

Come learn the techniques that keep my 33 players coming back season after season for over 15 years by learning barefoot massage 👣

Our next basics class in MN takes place June 19-21st! Only 3 spots remaining, link in bio to register!

Our 25 minute focus sessions are for clients who have a specific, chronic injury. We use active and passive release techniques, along with Shockwave therapy, to help clients get long lasting relief when other treatments fail.

Active and passive release techniques increase range of motion (ROM) by breaking down adhesion-based scar tissue, releasing fascial restrictions, and relaxing hypertonic muscles to restore normal movement. These methods combine manual pressure with joint movement—either by the patient (active) or therapist (passive)—to elongate tissues and improve circulation.

Active Release Techniques (ART)
Mechanism: ART is a, often painful, patented, movement-based massage technique that treats problems with muscles, tendons, ligaments, fascia, and nerves.
How it Works: A provider applies deep, targeted pressure to a specific adhesion or scar tissue while the patient actively moves the limb from a shortened to a lengthened position.
ROM Benefit: This action breaks up adhesions—dense bands of scar tissue—that develop from repetitive strain, allowing the muscle to glide properly, reducing pain, and immediately improving ROM.

Passive Release Techniques
Mechanism: This involves the therapist or a tool applying external force to move the tissue or joint, without active effort from the patient.
How it Works: Often including methods like myofascial release or positional release, the practitioner applies sustained pressure to shorten or lengthen a muscle, allowing the nervous system to decrease tension (relaxation) and encouraging the fascia to release.
ROM Benefit: It restores flexibility by allowing the muscle fibers to relax and elongate, often reaching end-ranges of motion that a patient cannot achieve on their own due to pain or restriction.

After such a LONG week of work in the office, I finally get to change out of my work hair for the week into my fun weekend hair 🥳

I’ve struggled with thinning, fine, limp hair since my thyroid cancer diagnosis at 18. It’s something I’ve always been super self conscious about. I tried ALL the things, extensions and coloring it to give it more body only made it worse over time 😭
So I started wearing wigs last summer, and honestly, no one could believe it wasn’t my real hair! Since then, I’ve gotten more adventurous, and now it is SO fun to be able to have long or short hair, try different colors and styles, anytime I want! One of the joys of being 47 is I also don’t care what people think anymore lol, and my husband says it’s like being married to a Bond girl 😂

So cheers to the women who have embraced their alternative hair, and for those who don’t know where to begin, I’m happy to help ❤️ .shop