The Secret to Lasting Healing: Why Your Self-Care Myofascial Release Homework is Essential

You’ve experienced the profound, lasting relief that Myofascial Release (MFR) can bring after a session. You walk out of our office feeling lighter, more aligned, and in less pain. But for true, sustained healing, the work can’t stop when you leave the treatment table—that’s where your crucial at-home self-care comes in. At Solstice Physical Therapy, we emphasize self-treatment because it’s a large and necessary part of the Myofascial Release approach. Consistent self-care at home is the vital bridge between your professional sessions, accelerating your body’s ability to heal and maintain its released state….

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Lisa WilcoxMarch 19, 2026Comment

How YouTube is Transforming My Patient Care Approach

Dr. Lisa Wilcox has launched a YouTube channel to enhance patient self-care between treatments, allowing her to focus more on hands-on therapy. The channel aims to educate viewers about Myofascial Release and effective self-care techniques. Wilcox releases 1-2 videos weekly, encouraging feedback and sharing resources for better health.

Lisa WilcoxDecember 9, 2025Comment

Review of the book Ultra-Processed People, by Chris Van Tulleken

Have you ever struggled to maintain a healthy diet and clean eating? Have you ever tried to eat clean for 1 or 2 meals and then given into your cravings, feeling a complete loss of willpower? I sure have! I don’t know how many times in my life I have started on my “clean eating” lifestyle, only to fail within a few hours to a few days. Likely hundreds of times. Also, what is “clean eating?” Is it Paleo, Keto, plant-based, whole foods, etc???? I have tried most major diets over my lifetime, as I have struggled with my weight and severe gastrointestinal issues since childhood. My functional medicine doctors and nutritionist recommended eating gluten-free, dairy-free, soy-free, high protein, high fat/low carb, high carb/low fat, low FODMAP, low histamine, vegetarian, vegan, etc…There are so many different fad diets and I have tried most of them, but in the end, I ended up figuring out that to me, “clean eating” means a whole-foods diet with a variety of high quality foods and minimal processing. But what constitutes processed food? What does ultra-processed food mean? I can read all of the ingredients in a bag of chips (corn, oil, salt) and there’s no weird chemicals or dyes, so that’s healthy, right? Believe me, I can figure out a way to justify a lot of things so that they seem healthy in my mind, but my stomach doesn’t lie and often lets me know when I’ve made some bad choices.

Lisa WilcoxSeptember 3, 2025Comment

Chronic pain may not improve if only treating the symptoms

Lisa WilcoxOctober 25, 2023Solstice Physical TherapyComment

How Women’s Health physical therapy is different at Solstice PT

What is Women’s Health? Most people think about treatment of the pelvic floor muscles and incontinence, but men have issues with these as well and also benefit from very similar treatments. Women are completely different though when it comes to their reproductive organs, breast tissue, hormones and how their bodies are built in order to sustain pregnancy, give birth, and recover from childbearing. Traditional Women’s Health physical therapy tends to focus on strengthening a weak pelvic floor and core or decreasing tension in a tight pelvic floor. It usually consists of exercises and hands-on treatment both externally and internally (via the vaginal and rectal openings). I often see women after they have tried traditional Women’s Health PT and have not progressed as much as they were hoping for. Once I do my assessment and treatment, they are usually curious as to why my techniques are so different than what they have experienced in the past. The simple answer to this is that I have had some very unique training when it comes to Women’s Health and to the whole body in general. My treatments are not limited to the pelvic floor and core muscles – the entire body functions as a whole and when it is out of balance, the source of the imbalance could be coming from anywhere, not just where the symptoms are showing up. I also don’t just focus on the weakness, tightness or pain; I focus on the entire body, mind and life experiences that have led the woman to where she is at that moment.

Lisa WilcoxApril 11, 2023Solstice Physical TherapyComment