Richard Finn PTS, CMT, CMTPT, MCSTT
When I was about 20 I started getting chronic headaches. I was downing 6
aspirin a day for the pain and a lot of nose bleeds were the only real result.
Then one day in a bookstore, my favorite place to be, I came across a book
about myofascial pain. I read it and it changed my life!
Here was a person talking about pain being caused by knots in the muscle.
No one had ever mentioned that my pain or anyone else’s was caused by
knots in the muscle. The more I read the more interested I became. This
made sense! I realized that if 50% of body weight is made up of muscles that
wouldn’t it make sense to consider those as a cause of some pain? I started
playing around and was able to help myself. This was great. I didn’t really
understand all the science behind the healing that was happening, but I was
getting results. My friends and coworkers were all coming up and saying,
“Richard, work on me, I’ve got this headache, sore neck, back ache” ect. I
decided it was time to look into this as a profession. That was over 20 years
ago. I went to school and learned the science behind this amazing healing
modality and continue to be thrilled with the results on friends, family, and
now, patients.
With my wife as my office manager I was able to run a successful practice in
Denver, Colorado for 3 years. Working mostly with chiropractors at that time,
it never stopped to amaze me how this simple, modality was able to bring,
healing and hope to so many people of varying ages, backgrounds, and pain.
I was offered a position of being part of a vision of open a school that taught
this modality. My wife, daughter and I packed up and headed for the east
cost, and new horizons.
I’ve been the Director of the Pittsburgh School of Pain Management since
1995. I continue to have a private practice as well as training others in this
modality. Watching others learn and heal is about as exciting as doing it
myself. The great thing is there is always something new to learn. Some new
aspect of the body and how it works and how we can help people reclaim their
lives and live without pain.
For information on my background, training and publications, click here.
Carol Finn BA, MTPT
You know the saying, “Behind every successful man stands a hard working
woman.”
Well, for the past several years that has been me. I believed in myofascial
trigger point therapy and supported both my husband’s private practice and
the school, PSPM, that trains others in this modality. Finally, I decided to take
the plunge and join in this healing modality. I graduated from the Pittsburgh
School of Pain Management June of 2006 and have started my own practice.
.
What drew me to the ranks of myofascial trigger point therapists were the
phenomonal results that I kept seeing as patients came out of a session at the
office where I was office manager. People who had been in chronic pain for
months, even years were helped. People who had been told by health care
providers that heir pain “was all in their head” or “they would just have to live
with the pain” came out of the office lit up. It was as if someone had lit a
candle inside of them. What truly was happening is that they were being given
hope. Hope that this pain could be treated and dealt with. Also patients are
shown text books that said the pain they experienced wasn’t “in their head” – it
was in their muscles. Often they could get their lives back and live WITH OUT
PAIN. The excitement after just one treatment was infectious and I wanted to
be a part of this. After my first treatment as a therapist at student clinic I was
thrilled. I danced in the hall, "I did it. I did it." I was using my skills to eleviate
pain. Wow! that is exciting.
Another part of this discipline that I find exciting is that the patient is very
proactive. They are taught stretches and possible changes in daily living are
pointed out that may be contributing to their pain. They get to have some
control in the healing process.
Now, I'm practicing Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy. I also teach the
Business skills class and at times substitue instructor for Student Clinic at the
Pittsburgh School of Pain Management.
When I was about 20 I started getting chronic headaches. I was downing 6
aspirin a day for the pain and a lot of nose bleeds were the only real result.
Then one day in a bookstore, my favorite place to be, I came across a book
about myofascial pain. I read it and it changed my life!
Here was a person talking about pain being caused by knots in the muscle.
No one had ever mentioned that my pain or anyone else’s was caused by
knots in the muscle. The more I read the more interested I became. This
made sense! I realized that if 50% of body weight is made up of muscles that
wouldn’t it make sense to consider those as a cause of some pain? I started
playing around and was able to help myself. This was great. I didn’t really
understand all the science behind the healing that was happening, but I was
getting results. My friends and coworkers were all coming up and saying,
“Richard, work on me, I’ve got this headache, sore neck, back ache” ect. I
decided it was time to look into this as a profession. That was over 20 years
ago. I went to school and learned the science behind this amazing healing
modality and continue to be thrilled with the results on friends, family, and
now, patients.
With my wife as my office manager I was able to run a successful practice in
Denver, Colorado for 3 years. Working mostly with chiropractors at that time,
it never stopped to amaze me how this simple, modality was able to bring,
healing and hope to so many people of varying ages, backgrounds, and pain.
I was offered a position of being part of a vision of open a school that taught
this modality. My wife, daughter and I packed up and headed for the east
cost, and new horizons.
I’ve been the Director of the Pittsburgh School of Pain Management since
1995. I continue to have a private practice as well as training others in this
modality. Watching others learn and heal is about as exciting as doing it
myself. The great thing is there is always something new to learn. Some new
aspect of the body and how it works and how we can help people reclaim their
lives and live without pain.
For information on my background, training and publications, click here.
Carol Finn BA, MTPT
You know the saying, “Behind every successful man stands a hard working
woman.”
Well, for the past several years that has been me. I believed in myofascial
trigger point therapy and supported both my husband’s private practice and
the school, PSPM, that trains others in this modality. Finally, I decided to take
the plunge and join in this healing modality. I graduated from the Pittsburgh
School of Pain Management June of 2006 and have started my own practice.
.
What drew me to the ranks of myofascial trigger point therapists were the
phenomonal results that I kept seeing as patients came out of a session at the
office where I was office manager. People who had been in chronic pain for
months, even years were helped. People who had been told by health care
providers that heir pain “was all in their head” or “they would just have to live
with the pain” came out of the office lit up. It was as if someone had lit a
candle inside of them. What truly was happening is that they were being given
hope. Hope that this pain could be treated and dealt with. Also patients are
shown text books that said the pain they experienced wasn’t “in their head” – it
was in their muscles. Often they could get their lives back and live WITH OUT
PAIN. The excitement after just one treatment was infectious and I wanted to
be a part of this. After my first treatment as a therapist at student clinic I was
thrilled. I danced in the hall, "I did it. I did it." I was using my skills to eleviate
pain. Wow! that is exciting.
Another part of this discipline that I find exciting is that the patient is very
proactive. They are taught stretches and possible changes in daily living are
pointed out that may be contributing to their pain. They get to have some
control in the healing process.
Now, I'm practicing Myofascial Trigger Point Therapy. I also teach the
Business skills class and at times substitue instructor for Student Clinic at the
Pittsburgh School of Pain Management.
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Carol Finn MTPT Richard Finn, CMTPT
412-266-2359 412-779-7822
carolmfinn@gmail.com pittsburghpainrelief@hotmail.com
412-266-2359 412-779-7822
carolmfinn@gmail.com pittsburghpainrelief@hotmail.com