Body and Mind Physical Therapy and Wellness, LLC

Body and Mind Physical Therapy and Wellness, LLC Our trauma informed practice invokes physical & emotional modalities which connect body & mind to empower our clients’ path to vitality.

Taking a more holistic view, we facilitate healing for more than an area of pain or a localized injury. Body and Mind PT strives to heal injuries while educating our clients to sustain their health and wellness, allowing them to move into a state of vitality.

Hi All! I’m attending an advanced CranioSacral Therapy course focused specifically on working with infants and children ...
09/06/2026

Hi All! I’m attending an advanced CranioSacral Therapy course focused specifically on working with infants and children this October, and the course is looking for pediatric participants who would like to receive FREE CranioSacral Therapy during the training.

Children can be anywhere from 3 months old through 13 years old.

During the course, children will receive CranioSacral Therapy from small teams of 1-3 experienced therapists who are completing advanced pediatric training through the Upledger Institute.

This can be a really unique opportunity for families who are interested in CranioSacral Therapy for their child and comfortable having them participate in an educational setting.

The course is October 22–25 in East Boston. There are different participation times depending on the child and the needs of the course.
There are 2 participation times are on Saturday for 1.5 hours each and 1 on Sunday for 1.5 hours. Ideally one participant would be able to come for all 3 sessions so progress could be tracked over the weekend.
There is also the opportunity to participate on Thursday and Friday and have treatment performed by the teacher while demonstrating to the class.

If you have a child between 3 months and 13 years who you think might be a good fit, or you’re simply curious and would like more information, please comment or message me privately. I’m happy to answer questions and send you the participant application with the details. ❤️

09/03/2026

📖 IF OSTEOARTHRITIS PAIN CANNOT BE FULLY EXPLAINED BY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE, WHY IS CLINICAL REASONING STILL SO OFTEN LED BY IMAGING?

Paolo Pedersinia et al (2026)

For many years, osteoarthritis (OA) pain has often been approached through a predominantly structural lens—the idea that pain is simply a direct reflection of joint damage.

But OA pain is not reliably predicted by imaging severity alone.

Pain may emerge from the interaction of multiple factors, including:

• Peripheral nociceptive input
• Altered pain processing
• Sleep disturbance
• Behavioral adaptations
• Reduced physical reserve
• Broader psychosocial and health-related factors

This changes the way we should think about clinical assessment.

Rather than asking only, “What does the scan show?”, clinical reasoning should also ask:

What are the dominant mechanisms and factors shaping this person’s pain experience?

OA pain reflects interacting joint, nervous system, behavioural, psychosocial, and health-related factors. Therefore, clinical assessment should move beyond structure alone and toward identifying the dominant pain drivers for the individual.

This also has important implications for treatment.

Exercise and education remain fundamental, but their value depends on how they are explained, individualized, and matched to the dominant pain presentation.

Manual therapy, pacing, load modification, sleep strategies, and psychologically informed interventions may also contribute when selected according to the individual clinical profile.

In other words, mechanism-based reasoning may help improve treatment matching in OA care.

💡THE CLINICAL IMPLICATION IS CLEAR:

We should not treat the scan.
We should understand the person and the mechanisms shaping their pain.

The aim is not to dismiss structural findings, but to move beyond structural assumptions toward multidimensional assessment, mechanism-informed reasoning, and coherent, person-centered care.

Disclaimer:
👉 Sharing a study is NOT an endorsement.
👉 Clinicians should read the original research themselves, consider its methodology and limitations, and critically interpret the findings before applying them to clinical practice.

An early start after being in class for the last 4 days but I had a wonderful morning welcoming Windham NH School Distri...
08/31/2026

An early start after being in class for the last 4 days but I had a wonderful morning welcoming Windham NH School District employees back for the new school year at today’s Windham School District Health Fair!

It was wonderful to share tips and tools for nervous system regulation with Windham’s staff. The strategies they learned can also be shared with their students, helping educators support their own well-being while empowering students to regulate their nervous systems throughout the school year.

Courtney Bellino, MS, RDN, LDN of Feed & Flourish Nutrition Therapy also attended 🩷

Wishing all of Windham’s educators and school staff a healthy, fulfilling, and wonderful school year! 🍎📚

I just completed CranioSacral Therapy Touching the Brain 2: Stimulating Self-Correction Through the Glial Interface!Glia...
08/31/2026

I just completed CranioSacral Therapy Touching the Brain 2: Stimulating Self-Correction Through the Glial Interface!

Glial cells were once thought of primarily as the “support cells” of the nervous system. We now understand that they play an active role in protecting and nourishing nerves, regulating the environment around them, supporting communication, and helping the nervous system respond and adapt.

This course focused on glial cells within the peripheral nervous system, the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord with the rest of the body, and how they may be engaged through gentle, precise CranioSacral Therapy techniques.

We explored ways of working with:

• Cranial nerves
• Sensory and motor nerves
• The body’s stress response
• The sympathetic “fight-or-flight” system
• The parasympathetic “rest, digest, and restore” system
• Balance and communication between these two systems
• The enteric nervous system within the digestive tract
• The relationship between the gut, liver, and central nervous system

What does that mean for my clients?

These techniques give me additional ways to listen to and work with the nervous system, especially when symptoms involve more than one body system or when the body seems to remain stuck in a protective or heightened state.

Depending on the individual, this work may support:

• Nervous-system regulation
• Recovery from prolonged stress or overwhelm
• More balanced autonomic function
• Sensory and motor nerve function
• Gut-brain communication
• The body’s own capacity for adaptation and self-correction

This course brought together so many areas that are central to my work: the nervous system, the stress response, sensory processing, digestion, whole-body communication, and the body’s ability to reorganize when it receives the right input.

I’m excited to begin integrating this deeper understanding into my treatments.

08/15/2026

🦴🤲 Frozen Shoulder... From the Gut?

This study explored how Visceral Manipulation (VM) helped people with adhesive capsulitis (frozen shoulder)—and the results were remarkable:
🔹 Decreased pain
🔹 Increased shoulder mobility
🔹 Improved daily function

By addressing visceral restrictions—especially in the liver and stomach—the study showed how manual therapy can influence joint health from the inside out.

📖 Read the full research herehttps://www.barralinstitute.com/docs/articles/Effect-of-visceral-manipulation-on-pain-mobility-and-fun.pdf Or Barralinstitute.com Research Article Database.

06/25/2026

🧠 Exciting research in PNAS reveals that cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) may travel along peripheral nerves to organs throughout the body, creating a direct brain-body communication pathway.

These findings align with the principles of CranioSacral Therapy and Neural Manipulation, which focus on supporting CSF flow and nerve function to promote health and balance throughout the body.

Read here:https://www.iahe.com/storage/docs/articles/gcAQfr5iaf92RHG4LGs0HCv9IBQeLzx00QtIkt5u.pdf or Barralinstitute.com Resources Tab

Today I will be at the Windham Pride Festival from 12-4 supporting the new area of remembrance 💝In this area you can par...
06/06/2026

Today I will be at the Windham Pride Festival from 12-4 supporting the new area of remembrance 💝

In this area you can participate in an art installation created by local artist Amy Beth MacDonald. Write a memory about someone on a piece of origami paper and then learn how to fold it into a crane. The cranes will then be strung together on ribbon and hung up to create a memorial that you can walk through. This represents the idea is that grief and joy can both exist simultaneously.

I will be here supporting people who want to notice where they hold grief and joy internally and help them gain a felt sense of holding that duality in their body.

From Windham DEI:

Pride is a celebration, but it is also an opportunity to honor those we carry with us.

This year, Windham NH Pride 2026 will feature an Area of Remembrance, created by local artist Amy Beth MacDonald in partnership with Trauma Sensitive Certified Practitioner Sarah Vose.

This quiet space will offer opportunities for contemplation, reflection, and remembrance. Visitors are invited to contribute names, memories, and messages to a growing community art installation throughout the day, creating a collective expression of love, legacy, and connection.

Sarah Vose of Body and Mind Physical Therapy and Wellness will be present to offer support to those who may wish to process emotions or simply have a compassionate presence nearby.

Whether you are remembering a loved one, honoring someone who shaped your journey, or simply seeking a quiet moment amid the celebration, we hope this space offers comfort and connection. 💛

Stall Bars, also known as Swedish ladder wall, have been installed. Next up are some continuing ed courses on using them...
05/27/2026

Stall Bars, also known as Swedish ladder wall, have been installed. Next up are some continuing ed courses on using them for the Schroth method for scoliosis treatment. Exciting!!!

Finally gave our the refresh it needed! 🌱🌱🌱After all of the office plants started dying at the same time last year, I ...
05/27/2026

Finally gave our the refresh it needed! 🌱🌱🌱

After all of the office plants started dying at the same time last year, I figured out that the salt content of the tap water at our current location is 10x the recommended amount. Now that the water is filtered correctly it was finally time to replant this beauty to its previous glory.

I used jubilee ivy and asterisk ivy this time around. Hopefully these beauties have a luscious and long life (free of salt!) 🌱🌱


05/07/2026

We’ll be a vendor at Windham Pride again this year!! 🏳️‍🌈 Come visit us and enjoy the festivities of the day! You’ll have an opportunity to learn about our team and services while celebrating the voices, identities and cultures within Pride representation. This is important.

🥳 It was so much fun last year, we’re looking forward to being there again!
Saturday, June 6th at Windham high school

All bodies deserve love, care and respect 🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵💙💜🤎🖤🩶🤍

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127 Rockingham Road, Suite 204
Windham, NH
03087

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