2 - Assessment + Bodywork
Step 02 — Assessment + Bodywork
Jaz Wilson Mobile Massage — Los Angeles
Your body gets read before it gets worked.
Most massages go straight to the table. This one starts with a structural assessment — so the hands-on work is targeted to what your body is actually doing, not just where you think it hurts.
How It Works
Three parts. One session.
01
Structural Assessment
Before anything else, we read your body. A postural screen, movement check, and hands-on palpation to find where you're compensating, bracing, and holding — not just where it's sore. This is what makes the bodywork that follows actually targeted.
02
Targeted Bodywork
The massage goes directly to the source — built around what we found in the assessment. Depending on your body, the session may draw from deep tissue, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, Shiatsu, Swedish, or assisted stretching — layered together for your specific patterns, not a preset routine.
03
Progress Note
You leave with a clear picture — what we found, what we worked on, and what the next session should build on. This isn't reset-and-repeat. Each session stacks on the last.
The Assessment
What we're actually reading.
The assessment isn't a checklist — it's a clinical read of how your body is organizing itself under load. Here's what gets evaluated:
Postural Screen
Standing alignment check — how your head, shoulders, hips, and feet are stacking. Compensations here show up as tension and pain downstream.
Movement Screen
A few basic movements to see how your joints and muscles are loading — where you're restricted, where you're over-relying on one side, and what's compensating for what.
Hands-On Palpation
Manual assessment of tissue quality — feeling for density, restriction, asymmetry, and trigger points before any massage begins. This is where the real map gets drawn.
Health History + Intake
A brief review of your health history, current complaints, and goals — so the session accounts for injuries, conditions, or patterns that aren't visible on the surface.
Pre + Post Comparison
We check in before and after so you can feel — not just hear about — what changed. This builds trust in the work and gives both of us data for the next session.
Why It Works
Most massages treat where it hurts. This session treats why it hurts — and that's the difference between temporary relief and actual change.
When you skip the assessment, you're guessing. The session might feel good, but it's working on symptoms — not the pattern driving them. When you start with structure, every minute of hands-on time is going exactly where your body needs it.
Tension patterns get addressed at the source. Not just the surface complaint, but the compensation chain upstream of it.
Each session builds on the last. Because we document what we find, nothing gets lost between sessions. Progress is trackable and intentional.
You understand your own body better. You leave knowing what's actually going on — not just how you feel.
Who This Is For
This session is the right fit if you're…
Done with massages that don't last
You've gotten massage before. It felt good for a day or two and then the same tension came back. That's because the pattern wasn't addressed — just the symptom. This session goes deeper.
Dealing with recurring tension or chronic pain
Same spots, week after week. Neck, lower back, shoulders, hips. If it keeps coming back, your body is in a compensation pattern — and that pattern needs to be read before it can be changed.
Coming back from an injury or managing a condition
With a clinical background in patient care and nursing, I work carefully with people navigating injuries, post-surgical recovery, or complex health histories. The assessment makes this work safer and more targeted.
Athletic or physically active
Training creates asymmetries and loading patterns that build up over time. The assessment catches these before they become injuries — and the bodywork keeps you moving efficiently.
Desk workers or people in physically repetitive jobs
Hours of sitting, standing, or repetitive motion creates predictable tension patterns. We map them, address them, and build a maintenance rhythm around your actual schedule.
Book This Session
Three ways in.
▶ First Time? Start Here
First Visit Session
Full structural assessment + 60 minutes of targeted bodywork at an intro rate. Designed to map your patterns so every session after is more effective. First-time clients only.
$5060 min · Intro
Standard Session
The 60-Minute Session
Assessment + targeted therapeutic bodywork in one session. The core offering — for returning clients ready to keep building.
$12060 min
▶ Best Value
3-Session Package
The Reset (60/60/90) or The Deep Reset (60/90/90) — structured progressions where each session builds on the last. For people ready to commit to real change.
Saves $40–$50 vs. individual sessions
$365+3 sessions