Taylor’s appreciation of human anatomy and human physicality began long before she became a massage therapist. She trained as a dancer and, for over a decade, enjoyed a career with several professional ballet companies.

During that time, she struggled with pain associated with scoliosis, nerve entrapment, and repetitive or overuse muscle injuries.

Pain management became an integral part of her life. She regularly used self-massage, foam rolling, and active stretching but sometimes saw a professional therapist and often massaged her colleagues. She came to see massage therapy as a way of exploring her interest in anatomy and movement that was kinder to her body.

Taylor loves to set and achieve goals with her patients, often with free and comfortable movement as a criterion.

Taylor is passionate about working with patients living with irregular nerve function and/or pain. Conditions such as: nerve impingements, nerve entrapments, peripheral neuropathy, neuroglia, Fibromyalgia, and Myalgic encephalomyelitis (ME), also referred to as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

Taylor strives to create a space of active curiosity/problem solving, with tailored treatments acknowledging and honoring how nerve pain/irregular sensation behaves uniquely in every body.

Taylor also enjoys working with athletes and helping them with recovery from fatigue and injury prevention. In the future, Taylor is very interested in pursuing specialty certification in manual lymphatic drainage and neuromuscular therapy.

As a child, Taylor lived all over the country with her family and their eccentric collection of alpacas. In 2011, she moved to Tucson. She likes to say that Tucson adopted her. Some of her interests include jalking (jog-walking) in the desert, community service, cycling, loving animals, and her yoga asana practice.

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>“Everybody deserves to experience joyful movement in their unique earth costume.”

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Born and raised right here in Tucson, Niki has been a local massage therapist since 2007.  Her continued studies include Biomechanics, healthy movement, and nerve compression syndromes.

Her most recent studies are aimed at pain science, going deeper into understanding the nervous system and techniques for addressing angry nerves, including Dermoneuromodulation.

Her treatments are aimed at being corrective, restorative, and collaborative. When the client knows they’re in charge of the pressure, depth of stretch, and other applicable measures, they can fully relax into the treatment, which helps to release tension in specific areas and also to calm the nervous system.

Her belief is that massage isn’t just about rubbing a muscle and getting it to relax; it’s about getting the nervous system to calm down, both locally and systemically.

She combines various massage techniques, gentle movements, and stretches along with continuous communication during the session to provide effective individualized care.

Niki loves treating issues of the hip and pelvis, relieving headaches by working the scalp, neck and shoulders and in general and just getting the patient’s nervous system to settle down.

The primary focus of working so intently with the nervous system is that many practitioners like Niki find that when this is addressed first, then the specific, sometimes deeper work can be more beneficial. For some people whose system is overwhelmed, overworked or overstimulated– a super deep massage session right off the bat can be counterproductive and even uncomfortable.

This shouldn’t be confused with a simple “light pressure massage”. It’s more of a specific approach, an “order of operations” and working with the body to achieve goals, as opposed to forcing the soft-tissues into submission (which never quite works well anyway).

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When Niki’s not treating patients she enjoys hanging out with her family, reading about various manual therapies, digging in the garden and playing Dungeons and Dragons.

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All of the therapists at Miller Medical Massage have formal education in Massage and Manual Therapy. They have long lists of continuing education related to specific modalities and specific health conditions.

Our therapists utilize these modalities and approaches throughout each session and when deemed appropriate.

Therapists rarely stick to just one modality throughout a a session unless specifically requested. We believe that there are many different ways that one can achieve a great result. The goal is to find what works best for your individual circumstance. We have found this approach to produce amazing results.

Born and raised right here in Tucson, Niki has been a local massage therapist since 2007.  Her co... Read More

In 2004 I graduated the massage therapy program at Renton Technical College in Renton, Washington. I have over 18 years experience treating people with injuries sustained in auto accidents. These include things like whiplash, concussions, PTSD, anxiety, depression, seatbelt injuries, contusions, broken ribs, soft-tissue tears, head injuries, tremor, jaw pain, headaches + migraines, tinnitus, vertigo and more.

I also have extensive education and experience in chronic issues such low back + hip pain, carpal tunnel syndrome, frozen shoulder (adhesive capsulitis), thoracic outlet syndrome, sciatica + piriformis syndrome, scoliosis, nerve pain/tingling/numbness, tennis and golfer’s elbow, foot pain and jaw/head/face pain. I have a passion for foot health and how it correlates to injury + injury prevention.

In 2011 I became certified in Active Release Techniques (ART); Upper and Lower Extremity and in 2022, I became certified in the newly added masters course Upper Extremity Level II.

We would love the opportunity to help you become pain-free and to get back to do doing the things you love! I look forward to meeting you!

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