Fae’s massage style is guided by a blend of anatomical knowledge, intuitive listening, and ongoing communication with their clients. They believe that every client brings essential insight into their own experience—and that healing is best achieved through a collaborative process.

Fae has practiced in both chiropractic and wellness clinic settings, working primarily with clients recovering from car accidents, work-related injuries, or the wear and tear of daily life. Their mission is to help people out of pain not by fixing them, but by helping them understand, trust, and work with their bodies to restore balance.

They use a combination of:

Myofascial Release NeuroKinetic Therapy (NKT) Deep Tissue Muscle Energy Techniques (MET) Their sessions are often interactive, incorporating gentle movement and muscle testing to uncover compensatory patterns. NKT plays a key role in their approach, helping restore proper brain-to-muscle communication by identifying which muscles are underworking and which are overcompensating. Paired with their other tools, this method helps people take an active role in reshaping how they feel and move, leading to long-term shifts in pain and balance.

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Anne Cooper is a long-time mover and she’s bringing her robust background of somatic education to Compass Proactive Health with The MELT Method. Anne Cooper has been a dedicated mover for decades as well as a teacher of dance, Feldenkrais and exercise. Anne became a teacher of The MELT Method in 2015 and has completed all 5 levels of training. The MELT Method incorporates elements of somatic, anatomy and nervous system education. Anne has taught The MELT Method in many facilities: Eugene Yoga, The Downtown Athletic Club, Oakway Fitness and Willamalane Parks and Recreation.

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Tiffany graduated from 5 Element Acupuncture in 2020. Building on her skills as a massage therapist for 20 years and physical therapist’s assistant with 7 years of experience, she has rounded out her strengths as a caregiver. Being able to draw on her many years in the healthcare industry, Tiffany has developed a multi-point system to address many levels of dysfunction using the wisdom of Chinese medicine, kinesiology, and fascial and muscular techniques. She tailors her care to the individual to include all modalities offering care that the client can do independently for self-care. She provides a calm environment and has honed her listening skills and being present for her clients.

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Health Coach, Mobility Specialist, and Fitness Trainer

Health Coaching:

By using Motivational Interviewing, Positive Psychology, and Active Listening, Shane works with you to define your values and goals. We then develop a plan of action to establish SMART goals to achieve your vision.

Mobility:

Shane uses his knowledge and experience to help individuals improve their mobility, range of motion, and strength. He has worked with clients that have suffered from scapulothoracic pain, elbow/wrist pain, glenohumeral pain, hip/knee pain, gait dysfunction, chronic neck pain, and core deficiencies.

Shane’s methodology is to start by assessing an individual’s mobility and range of motion. He then designs a program that is tailored to the individual’s specific needs. The goal of the program is to improve the individual’s mobility and range of motion, which will then lead to improved strength and function.

Shane’s philosophy is to target the neuromuscular (brain-to-body) connection. He focuses on training the brain to send the correct signals to the muscles. This helps to ensure that the individual can move correctly and safely.

Fitness:

Fitness begins with truly understanding how to use your body. With a framework of mobility established, we work together to establish a program that is geared toward your specific fitness goals. The core mantra is to train with intention.

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Christi Van Deusen has 25 years of experience as a licensed clinical Physical Therapist.

She earned her Physical Therapy degree from the University of Washington in 1998, and practiced with Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, Washington for 23 years before moving to Springfield in 2022. She is passionate about helping and empowering patients to optimize their physical function and comfort.

Christi’s treatment approach is a combination of patient education, targeted exercises, and hands-on techniques. She tailors meaningful exercise and movement programs for her patients that can be readily incorporated into daily life. In addition to a wide variety of orthopedic issues, Christi is skilled at treating vestibular and balance deficits.

Christi was a varsity rower for the UW Women’s crew team back in her college days. Although her competitive rowing days are long over, she loves floating the McKenzie River with her husband.. She also enjoys recreational archery, hiking, gardening, art and photography.

“Physical Therapy should be specific to each individual and their personal mobility needs and wants: it is not a “cookbook approach” because each person’s “recipe” is a little different. We are complicated creatures, and it is important to look at the whole integrated system… the whole person… and not just the symptoms. Physical Therapy should be a collaboration. It’s about helping the client understand their body and about guiding them towards independence and healing.”

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