ABOUT US

 

Therapists Mary Biancalana and Sharon Sauer have recently completed the final manuscript for a book on self-care techniques for the relief of low back and buttock pain, the most common muscular pain problem for our patients. The book is primarily intended to teach self-care techniques for people in pain; but it will also spread awareness among the public and medical practitioners of the prevalence of trigger points and referred pain, and the efficacy of myofascial trigger point therapy in general. To be released in spring 2010 - keep checking for more information!

Our therapists have more than 50 years of collective experience treating and training patients based on the discoveries of the late Dr. Janet Travell (JFK's personal physician) and Dr. David G. Simons, authors of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual.

Meet our highly trained staff who can help you get back to a pain-free and fully-functioning life.

 

Mary Biancalana, CMTPT, LMT, CPT, MS

Mary is the Co-director of Therapy at the MYO Pain Relief Center. She is an educator and healthcare professional with more than 20 years of experience. She is a graduate of the MYO Seminar Series, which she has helped direct for several years.

Mary has contributed to the self-care manual Taking Charge of Fibromyalgia: A Self-Management Program for your Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Mary met Sharon first as a patient in 1999, and the two have collaborated and worked together ever since.

 

Leah Philipp, MTPT, LMT

Leah graduated from the Chicago School of Massage in 2003, and shortly thereafter she was trained as a myofascial trigger point therapist by the MYO Seminar Series. She has been working together with Mary and Nicole since 2003, and has been part of the MYO Pain Relief Center since the start.

 

Sharon Sauer, CMTPT, LMT

Sharon is Co-director of Therapy at the MYO Pain Relief Center. She was trained and mentored by the late Dr. Janet Travell, co-author of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual. She is a graduate of the Bonnie Prudden School for Physical Fitness and Myotherapy, and was the first to bring myofascial trigger point therapy to Chicago in the mid-80s. Additionally, Sharon has collaborated with the late Dr. Andrew Fischer, a respected author and fellow leader in the field.

Since 1988, Sharon has trained over 1000 practitioners in the relief of myofascial pain and dysfunction. She started the current MYO Seminar Series in 1993, and together with Mary she has developed a body of protocols and training materials unique in the field.

One of the most recognized names in the field, she has treated members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the Chicago Bears.

 

Nicole Scholpp, CMTPT, LMT

Nicole is a graduate of the MYO Seminar Series, and has been a practitioner of myofascial trigger point therapy since 1998. She was first introduced to myofascial trigger point therapy in her high school years, when Sharon corrected her father’s chronic back pain. She became a student of Sharon’s not long after, and is now a long-time colleague. She has been with the MYO Pain Relief Center since the beginning.

 

Jane Quint, CMTPT, LMT

Jane is also a graduate of the MYO Seminar Series, and has been practicing myofascial trigger point therapy for nearly 2 decades. She discovered myofascial trigger point therapy in the mid 80s when Sharon relieved her husband’s chronic arm pain. Before then, Jane was in the legal profession for 20 years.

One of Sharon’s first apprentices, she has treated patients and trained people as part of the MYO Seminar Series for many years. She has been working with the MYO Pain Relief Center since its founding.

 

Visit MYO Pain Relief Center today and get your life back!