Reclaim Your Life & Joy with Myofascial Release Therapy
Holistic Healing that Empowers You to Move Better
Chat With us to Get Started
Interested in getting our help? Start by watching this video…
Heal Body and Mind
We’ll address the emotional and mental blocks that manifest physically to cause improper movement, tension, and pain.
Feel Normal Again
Pain does not have to be the norm! Enjoy physical freedom and get back to the things that light you up with confidence.
Live for the Long Term
Our comprehensive approach and myofascial release allow easy movement and keep you healthy and active for years to come.
When Was The Last Time You Didn’t Feel Pain—Or Fear of Pain?
If your memory archives are flipping back to when you were much younger or you can’t even remember, you’ve likely been struggling with:
You’ve been doing your best to remain positive, but you’re starting to lose hope. Whether it’s back pain, knee problems, carpal tunnel, fibromyalgia, or some other persistent issue restricting your life, you miss being active and being there for your loved ones.
Not to mention, you’ve tried all the conventional solutions and then some. But between the surgeries, prescriptions, and even other forms of bodywork and therapy, nothing has stuck—except the pain.
You don’t have to be left behind or simply live with a body that doesn’t work as it should. Experience authentic therapy that heals you from the inside out.
Achieve and maintain your physical freedom with a strong foundation of movement.
We often don’t think about how we move, but it’s vital to our health and pain/injury prevention! Release Works is a Salt Lake City practice focused on foundational movement fitness to build strength and establish adaptable, stable movements that every human should have.
Using a blend of myofascial release therapy and shockwave regenerative medicine device, we’ll restore your proper mobility, range of motion, and glide to all areas of the body. Myofascial release is a specialized technique that releases fascial restrictions deep within the tissue to restore movement and eliminate pain. It’s targeted, intentional, and life-changing!
By undoing the “bad habits” you’ve picked up in your movement, you’ll enjoy a pain-free body that moves well. Experience hands-on therapy and coaching to help you:
Are you ready to step out of pain and regain control of your body and life?
Improve and understand your health.
You know that knowledge is power, and that’s exactly what Release Works will give you! We’re a great fit if you:
Myofascial Release Therapy Programs & Packages
Vitality in Motion
Our flagship program, Vitality in Motion: 90 Days to Physical Freedom, gives your body a fresh start to better, more joyful movement. This intensive offers a blend of hands-on treatment, education, and tailored support to begin your healing journey and remember what fun movement feels like.
Virtual Support Group
For those on a budget who want to begin improving their experience in their bodies, our Virtual Support Group guides you with instructions and resources for self-treatment you can perform at home.
Starter Program
If you’re new to myofascial release and want to see if it’s right for you, start here! Choose two or four sessions for your first month, during which we’ll strive to show you an improvement and evaluate your experience. Available to new clients only.
Additional Programs
Available in blocks of 10 or 20 sessions, these are ideal for those who need ongoing maintenance or specific treatment. We’ll determine the frequency and program based on your health (e.g., once a week, every other week, 2-week intensive, etc.).
Not sure which is right for you? We’ll guide the way!
About Release Works Myofascial Therapy Clinic
Release Works is a Salt Lake City clinic focused on resolving the source of pain rather than coping and compensating for problems.
We do this with a blend of myofascial release therapy, coaching, and healthy movement. From persistent pain and stiffness caused by past injuries or surgeries to conditions like fibromyalgia and carpal tunnel, you’ll receive a tailored approach and plan.
Meet Your Myofascial Therapist
Michael Sudbury, LMT | Founder & Owner
When I first began on this path to massage and then myofascial release therapy, I still had a primarily left-brain, analytical mindset. Of course, this is prominent in healthcare and science. However, this approach tends to dismiss the mind and body as a whole.
This led me to explore approaches that honor the mind-body connection and recognize illness and pain as signals of underlying stress or imbalance. Eventually, I trained with John F. Barnes, PT, LMT, NCTMB, creator of the Myofascial Release Approach®. This technique supports the body and mind’s natural ability to heal by working with, rather than against, the body.
My journey is personal—I’ve recovered from years of debilitating back pain and headaches, among other issues. I also helped my wife achieve natural births after being told it wasn’t possible. Through my practice, Release Works, I’ve helped clients overcome chronic pain, frozen shoulder, back issues, decades long headaches, and more, all without invasive procedures.
Outside the clinic, I’m a proud father of three wild and wonderful kiddos. My mission is to help you regain long-term health and vitality so you can enjoy life fully. Sound like what you’re looking for?
Look What Others Just Like You Are Saying About Release Works
Jeff's Story
After being involved in a bad fall at work from sixteen feet and having five spinal surgeries and a knee replacement, I was still in a lot of pain. I came up with the idea it must be from all the scar tissue from having back opened so many times. I keep saying I felt like I was being squeezed with a giant pair of pliers around my back and ribs. I convinced my pain management Doctor to refer treatment to Release Works and now after my seventh visit things are really starting to change. I'm sleeping more and longer through the night, pain is reducing and now I'm standing taller and not leaning into my pain. This has made a huge difference for me and without the use of opiates that the Doctor had me on for twenty years.
Frida's Story
Absolutely loved my sessions with Michael and his team! I was so happy to find their clinic in Salt Lake. Pursuing a career in dance, I was terrified of potential injuries or imbalances and tightness in my body that could hinder my performance or longevity, and I am so thankful for the knowledge and work they did with me to help me not only heal, but continuously discover even more mobility and less pain in my dancing, which also means a longer lasting career!
Susan's Story
Recently I had surgery to repair a broken collarbone. Because we had future travel plans, the surgeon made it clear that he would not 'release me as a patient' until at least three months after the surgery. I started treatment with both Michael and his team prior to the surgery and continued again a couple of weeks after. At the two month check up, the surgeon stated that my progress was so good that he had not realized it had only been two months. 'I fooled the doctor!' The use of myofascial release techniques and the skill of these practitioners helped me to heal and gain mobility much faster than expected.
Frequently Asked Questions
First, it’s important to understand what the fascial system is! Think of your fascia as the suit of your body. Every structure, organ, bone, nerve, and cell is connected via continuous weaving fibers, supporting and shaping us from head to toe.
When we’re injured, these fibers become glued and bound, no longer gliding as they should. This leads to a ripple effect of distortions and problems like stressors and other symptoms like chronic joint pain, stiffness, and headaches.
Myofascial release is a form of healing that supports the body to change and heal itself. When done properly, this technique involves gentle hands-on pressure that nudges into areas of tissue that aren’t working as they should be. Myofascial release supports the body in releasing and unraveling so it can move well again.
At Release Works, our approach to myofascial release therapy involves addressing these restrictions through the highly effective John Barnes Myofascial Release Approach® and shockwave therapy to enable your body to move/continue moving. We also emphasize movement practice and coaching to empower you to become a better mover, maintain your health, and prevent long-term issues. We look deeper to find what is preventing healthy movement, taking a compassionate, patient, and thorough approach to healing the mind through the body…and vice versa.
Conventional medicine and even other modalities like massage and physical therapy use rubbing, breaking up, injecting, cutting, etc., to try to fix the symptom—but miss the underlying issue.
For example, you may go to a chiropractor for a neck adjustment, but your neck is thrown out of alignment when you stand up again. Or you may get an injection to reduce inflammation in one disc, but it’s still being crushed and twisted, so the pain persists.
Even at-home methods like balls and foam rollers can loosen tight muscles and joints temporarily. However, these often overwhelm the area. So, your body wants to build up protection around the pain, making it even tighter and thicker.
Rather than strictly addressing the symptom, our style of myofascial release takes a psychosomatic approach, uncovering where and why your body has built up these “walls” that create tension and pain along with movement and posture issues. In doing so, we unwind these issues gently and re-teach your body how to move well.
People who see us are dealing with stuck, glued connective tissue, joints that are over-stressed and wearing out, and bony structures that are misaligned and compensating. They frequently struggle with habits and behaviors that contribute to this stuckness. As we address troubled areas and get things moving in the totality of the being, people often describe what they feel as a "hurts so good" type of pain. There is a difference between injurious pain and therapeutic pain. There can be a level of therapeutic pain.
We will never force, we will never injure. If it is painful or uncomfortable, we want you to tell us. Understanding how your body perceives and responds to pain is an essential part of healing. We will help you navigate this process, including when you might feel worse.
Everyone needs to know if this will work for them.
When life is slowed down or stopped by something, it is frustrating (to say the least) to spend time, money, and energy looking for and trying things that promise to help—only to be let down. If only there were something that actually worked. If only someone would really listen, understand, and know how to help.
We promise that if you allow things to change, you will see change. As you work the program, learn to reconnect with your own intuitive healing nature, give yourself the time needed in each stage, never forcing or rushing through, and commit to regaining control of your life, you will see change. We will help you find the things getting in your way, identify what works for you, and support you in the ways you need most.
You will experience more improvement than just “the thing.”
Want to know more?
Download one of our FREE Learning Tools!
5 Things People Not Stuck in Pain Get Right!
FREE Downloadable Guide
Are you tired of feeling like you can't do what you want to because of pain? Do you keep hoping there is something that will help? You're not alone. That's why I've created this free guide where I share with you 5 key things that make the difference between people readily helped out of pain, and those who otherwise are nearly impossible to help.
Who is Myofascial Release For
FREE Downloadable Guide
This guide is written to give you an overview of the likely reason traditional approaches to healing haven't been successful (enough) for you. I'll also talk about one of the cornerstones of our Recovery Programs (myofascial release) and how that works to get you going on a real, long-term answer to resolving your trouble so you can get back to life on your terms.
1st Aid for Back Pain
FREE Downloadable Guide
When it comes to back pain, or any other pain for that matter, the order in which you do things, matters.
This guide is written to address the immediate crisis caused by a back flaring up. It is 1st aid. Take care of the immediate crisis, and then you can move on to deeper healing and recovery.
100% Right Decision Guarantee
We are so confident in what we do and how we help people that you are protected by our 100% right decision guarantee. If you are not 100% satisfied with the level of service you are provided, all you have do is tell us at the time of your session and your session is on us. It's that simple! If we don't deliver on what we promise, then we should not be compensated for our time. Does that sound fair to you?
Michael Sudbury
Founder of Release Works Myofascial Therapy Clinic
Hi, This is normally where motivational and inspirational words would go. If you've made it here and haven't gotten started, I don't have any words to convince you. But I do have a question. How long are you going to let something get in the way of feeling great?
See you soon!
Michael Sudbury