About Mireille

     I grew up in France in a quiet suburb near Paris. As a child, my father was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. Over the next 40 years, his cognitive and physical abilities declined; he ultimately lost the ability to walk, speak, and feed himself. While his body felt locked in a cast, I was studying ballet at the Conservatory of Paris and later at the Paris Opera - exploring freedom of movement and pushing beyond my limits as he became increasingly trapped in his own body. We were both experiencing fascia in opposite ways.

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His quality of life would likely have been far better had the severe myofascial restrictions in his body been recognized and addressed earlier. At the time, fascia was poorly understood; only a few pioneers kept the field alive from the 1960s onward. Today, "myofascial pain syndrome" is widely used to describe a range of conditions linked to dysfunction in this complex, still-mysterious connective tissue.

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     I moved from France to Los Angeles in 1996 and earned my massage therapy and personal trainer certifications. In the early 2000s, as part as my continuing education, I attended a one-week gross-dissection course taught by Gil Hedley, Ph.D., at Pomona College in Claremont, California. The experience deepened my understanding of the body's fascial network and reshaped my career. Ten years later, I returned with my eldest son. It proved life-changing for him as well: today, Julien is the chief orthopedic surgery resident at UCSF Fresno.

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​​     Both my personal experiences and professional work with fascia have naturally guided my 25-year career toward helping individuals affected by myofascial dysfunctions such as limited range of motion, tissue adhesions, chronic stiffness, and referred pain.

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