Denise Schwartz at Manual Touch is a marvelous diagnostician and therapist. During the past few years, I’ve sought out Denise’s care for various physical limitations. I am continually amazed by her ability to determine my discomfort’s cause as well as by the effectiveness of the exercises she recommends to ease my pain. She also knows how to best manipulate my aching joints to bring relief. I can whole-heartedly recommend Denise because she is a skilled, proficient, compassionate professional.
I would like to share an example of her expertise. I had scheduled a session with Denise because I had not been able to fully extend my right arm–the elbow could not form a 180 degree angle. After Denise completed a review of my gait and general movement, she told me that the stiffness in my arm was due to the way I was throwing my left shoulder forward while walking. That shoulder movement was my way of compensating for a problem with my left knee. Her ability to track the source of my elbow problem to my knee was incredible. With the physical manipulation she did during our sessions and by faithfully doing the exercises she taught me over the course of treatment, my elbow extension problem disappeared.
