Massage With Tim Monaco, AP, LMT
Tim has spent more than thirty years as a licensed massage therapist working on the body’s fascial systems, including a decade teaching at a school of massage. He uses that two ways, and plenty of people book both.
Myofascial and recovery work. Hands-on soft tissue work for tight fascia, training recovery, and bodies that feel stiff and overworked. If what you want is an hour of proper, skilled hands-on work after a hard block of training, this is that.
NeuroKinetic Therapy. Assessment-driven corrective work. Rather than working the sore spot, Tim tests which muscles are firing and which have gone quiet, releases what is overworking, activates what is not, and re-tests before you leave.
You do not have to choose before you arrive. Tell Tim what brought you in and he will tell you which of the two the session should be, or how to split the hour between them.
He is also a licensed Acupuncture Physician, and a serious endurance athlete in his own right — Ironman World Championship, fifth American, a US National Team member at the Powerman Duathlon World Championship, and twelve ultramarathon wins. If you are training for something, he has been there himself.
What is NeuroKinetic Therapy?
NKT is based on the premise that your brain is a master learner, constantly adjusting to keep you moving. However, due to injury or stress, the brain can get “stuck” in old, inefficient patterns.
NKT acts as a re-education tool for your nervous system, helping your brain let go of harmful compensations and adopt healthier movement habits.
How It Works: Finding the Root Cause
Unlike treatments that only address the site of pain, NKT targets the neurological source of the problem.
- Muscle Testing: Tim tests specific muscles to identify patterns of dysfunction—pinpointing which muscles are overactive (compensating) and which are underactive (weak).
- Manual Therapy: Once the imbalance is found, manual techniques are used to release tight areas and activate weak ones.
- Repatterning: We re-test the muscles immediately to ensure balance is restored.
- Reinforcement: You receive simple, targeted exercises to “lock in” these corrective changes for long-term results.
Who Does It
NeuroKinetic Therapy here is done by Tim Monaco, AP, LMT. He is NKT certified and also certified in Neuromuscular Reprogramming, the other manual system built around muscle testing.
Underneath both sits more than thirty years as a licensed massage therapist working on the body’s fascial systems, including a decade teaching at a school of massage. He knows tissue by hand, which is most of what this work asks for.
Fuller background, including his athletic and coaching history: Acupuncture and Athletes.
Why Choose NKT
It looks past the spot that hurts. The muscle that aches is often the one doing extra work for a muscle that quietly stopped pulling its weight. NKT is built to find that relationship rather than to work the sore place and hope.
You get feedback inside the session. The re-test is the useful part. If a correction holds, you feel the difference in that movement before you leave. If it does not, Tim will tell you rather than book you in for another ten visits.
Non-invasive, and specific to you. No needles, no equipment, nothing to recover from afterwards. The session follows what the muscle testing shows on the day, so two people with the same complaint rarely get the same treatment.
Honest about the evidence. NKT is a practical system rather than a heavily researched one. There is good evidence that manual therapy and targeted exercise help low back, neck and shoulder pain. The stronger claim — that NKT specifically outperforms other approaches — is not something the published research supports, and we are not going to tell you it does. What we will do is show you the re-test and let you judge from that.
What It Costs
| Single | 5 sessions | 10 sessions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30 minutes | $75 | $350 ($70 each) | $700 ($70 each) |
| 60 minutes | $150 | $700 ($140 each) | $1,400 ($140 each) |
We accept cash, check, credit card, and HSA and FSA payments. The office can provide a superbill to submit to your insurance as an out-of-network provider.
