MELT Method
The MELT Method is a self-treatment technique designed to simulate manual therapy. It is self-massage! It re-hydrates connective tissue and quiets the nervous system. It has been scientifically proven to prevent pain, heal injury, and erase the negative effects of aging and active living. Using specialized balls and rollers, you can learn to care for yourself in your own home or office.
I like the MELT Method because it enables you, after only a few classes, to begin to take control of your health. MELT gives you the tools to maintain an active, pain-free life. Come to Studio Reset to develop good habits that will facilitate a longer, healthier, more vibrant life.
As I think about the three most important aspects of my physical and mental regimen — Pilates, MELT, and meditation — they all have certain things in common. They all promise significant benefits as a result of steady, patient effort. They all can change your life if you incorporate them into your weekly routine. They all impact both physical and mental health. And they all begin, simply, with breathing. Breathing is something you do every moment. It can calm your mind and body, soothe your nervous system, remind you of your pledge to develop better health, and help you incorporate good habits into your daily routine. Breathing is one of the most important and most overlooked aspects of health. Pilates emphasized it, Sue Hitzmann wrote about it, and it is the fundamental practice taught to many beginning meditators.
If you are interested, please read a wonderful article on breathing by Sue Hitzmann here.
“By focusing on what’s staying stable rather than the movement, we reopen the neurological potential for stabilization.”
MELT Moves
Hand Treatment
“Everyday life is hard on your hands. The MELT Hand Treatment relieves the stiffness brought on by repetitive daily activity that's felt as pain in your hands and wrists and, over time, as chronic neck, shoulder, and back aches."
— Sue Hitzmann
Foot Treatment
"Position Point Pressing applies direct tolerable pressure to specific points of the hands and feet to mobilize the joints and rejuvenate them with essential fluid. Position Point Pressing improves not only the mobility of the hands and the feet but also the neurological connection between your extremeties and every other system in your body."
— Sue Hitzmann
Shoulder Blade Reach
"Ideally the shoulder blades glide against the rib cage without making any sound or creating discomfort."
— Sue Hitzmann
Hip to Heel Press
"Length involves moving two specific masses of the body, such as your hip and your heel, away from each other at the same pace to create tensional length in the connective tissue between them."
— Sue Hitzmann
