Michael has techniques that are not the standard of massage therapy. I fractured my shoulder and was having the standard physical therapy. The pain was so intense and the mobility compromised. At my first session with Michael, he started working on my arm which I could not raise from the table...it felt dead. Michael worked on my jaw and massaged points on my head. He asked me to raise my arm and it was amazingly easy to move. He broke the pain cycle and I finally will get a good night sleep. Michael is professional and is constantly learning. It is obvious!

I have had chronic back pain for year. After a couple of sessions with Michael, he found specific trigger points that directly related to my lower back in places no one else had thought to look!
He has now started me on a long-term road to improvement and with the support from his classes; I am addressing decade old injuries I didn't even know I had!

Michael is at the top of his game. He took the time to listen about my back pains and what I've been through with all the different treatments over the years. He responded to my feedback of what I thought worked and what didn?t. He also gave me a lot of good information and taught me how to care for myself on a regular basis. I use what he has taught me everyday to maintain my pain free life.

Don?t fool around. If you are an extreme athlete looking for lasting results, he?s the one!

(my friend wrote this on my computer while visiting from LA)

While visiting friends in Mill Valley I had an opportunity to make use of Michael Westgate's services. My back was out and I couldn't stand up straight. I was listing at about 30 degrees starboard. I had a big party to photograph the next day.

Michael?s amazing expertise and comfortable manner literally 'fixed me'. He was most pleasant, professional and made himself available to me on short notice. I have never had such immediate and long lasting recovery as I experienced with just 1 (one) treatment on Michael's table.
My one regret is that I live in Los Angeles and I am not able to avail myself of Michael's services more often.

I have a shoulder injury that was started by overworking my shoulder during rock climbing. After I first injured it, I climbed a few more times and injured it even more. I realized that I had an injury and not just sore muscles. From that point I stopped exercising that area and went to physical therapy for about a month and a half. There I was given exercises to stretch and strengthen my shoulder. After about 4
months I needed to help the healing along. A friend who had shoulder problems recommended Michael Westgate. After my first session, I felt immediate results. Michael helped with the pain in my shoulder and helped relieve the tense muscles in my shoulder and back. Even though I had shoulder pains, Michael found that the tension in my arms actually was preventing the healing of my shoulder. It took about 4 to
5 sessions with Michael before I was able to climb again. With Michael's help, time, and constant work on stretching my shoulder is about up to 90% of capacity.