I have seen Joseph for a variety of muscular-skeletal and neurological symptoms and have received great relief for all. I really appreciate his blending of skills, Hellerwork, cranial-sacral and visceral manipulation, energy work, all of which he uses with such great facility to inform him on where work is needed to relieve the patterns of restrictions leading to the pain and dysfunctions being experienced. In addition, he has a great eye for seeing where structural and postural patterns are leading to problems, and making helpful suggestions on how to correct these postural patterns to relieve symptoms.
I am a licensed acupuncturist with over 21 years of clinical practice, and I work with people with many of the same problems that Joseph does. Because of this, I have an even greater appreciation of the depth and degree of Joseph’s skills and of what he offers his patients. Working with him as one of his patients has really inspired me in my own work, and helped me to tune in better to listening to my own patients’ patterns. I highly recommend going to see Joseph for the very best in bodywork care.
- Daniel Zizza L.Ac.
I came to Joseph with shoulder and lower back pain. I was also experiencing headaches and fatigue. After 12 sessions with Joseph I started to feel relief that lasted. I had tried everything before: Chiropractic, massage and acupuncture. Hellerwork was able to address how my life’s stress from home, pending layoffs at work, a destructive boss and infertility was leading to pain in my body. I can attest to how the mind and its effects on the body are inseparable. Checking in with Joseph and targeting treatments was highly effective. I have no lower back pain now and my shoulder is much improved. I have learned how to prevent pain from returning. If you have experienced chronic pain for years and tried everything, don’t give up, try 12 sessions of Hellerwork with one of the top practitioners in the US and experience relief from your symptoms.
- Elizabeth – Kirkland, WA
High Tech Sales
A friend, who gave me a glowing reference about his professionalism and effectiveness, referred me to Joseph. She described Hellerwork, as “It’s deep tissue massage like Rolfing which also looks for any emotions and mental stress we are under that are adding to our pain”. I was experiencing pain in my knee and unable to walk down hill without my leg locking. Joseph Hunton was able to work on my knee and release the tight muscles that were contributing to the pain. My posture was corrected and I discovered that at work, when stressed, I was curling my leg around my chair and straining my knee! Ergonomics, stress, emotion and a past knee injury were all considered in my treatment.
- Tania
Redmond, WA
Everything ached, my back and joints. I was facing a divorce and burn out in my job and my body was suffering. There are many schools of thought for healing and as a therapist I had tried talk therapy and exercises like yoga. The missing piece in my self-care was around my need to learn stress-relieving techniques through breathing and posture to alleviate pain. I now incorporate mind and body work in my practice with critically depressed clients. I feel centered and physically and emotionally better from my time with Joseph. I would recommend Joseph to any psychotherapists in need of new techniques and self care.
- Sam H
Seattle, WA
Mental Health Counselor
Being a professional firefighter and competitive weight lifter puts high demands on my body. Joseph Hunton has done an amazing job of pinpointing problem areas and fixing them. He has made me a better performer on the fire-ground and in the gym.
His knowledge of how the body works is outstanding. His work has improved my range of motion and endurance. After working with Joseph I improved my personal lifting record by over 20% and became the IKFF National Champion Kettle bell Lifter, Senior Division. I would highly recommend that anyone who wants to improve their body and their performance go see Joseph.
- Tom C
Firefighter and Competitive Athlete
Joseph has been my Hellerworker for 8 years. He does very skillful evaluations and his knowledgeable bodywork always results in improvement and relief. Others have commented accurately on his skills, so my comments focus on the unique relationship we have built to address the pain and discomfort in my body. He senses what is required to meet me where I am in my pain, stress and tightness. He doesn’t push too fast or too far, instead working with presence so that I can “see” into my own areas of discomfort as he works. This allows me to relax those areas and bring them back into my awareness in a welcoming and healing way. He provides a kind lens as he listens deeply to me and my body. I trust him. His work has made a huge difference in my mobility, comfort, flexibility and overall health.
- Jane Martin, M.A.
Hellerworker
I came to see Joseph after over a year of what started out as mild tingling and numbness, had become severe carpal tunnel and thoracic outlet syndrome. Being a massage therapist myself, the symptoms of these two ailments were affecting my sleep, my life and my work.
I had started my treatment seeing two physical therapists, one after the other, and the symptoms had gotten worse. Then I went to see two active release therapists, one after the other, receiving their very intense and painful therapy, and still I wasn’t free of the symptoms
Upon starting treatment with Joseph, in a very short time, with the use of his gentle, precise, caring touch, plus the exercises he gave me, my symptoms began to recede. Gradually it healed completely, never to return. Imagine my delight that this came with light touch!
With my 30 years of experience as a professional bodyworker myself, and my lifetime of chronic asthma and other injuries, I have been to many, many therapists over the years. I have found Joseph to be not only an effective, skilled therapist but also a very supportive, and thoughtful listener. I love how Joseph continues to expand his already wide variety of therapy offerings. I highly recommend Joseph. In fact, my clients have to stop me and ask if I am trying to get rid of them, when I tell them how wonderful he is and how much I feel he could help them, too!
- Katelon T Jeffereys LMP
I had already done a full course of physical therapy on my shoulder for nine months and they told me that I’d done as much as I could and I wouldn’t get any better. What Joseph was able to find out was it wasn’t about the shoulder at all–it was about my neck and holding tension in my neck that was causing misalignment. Once he did his poking and prodding it was pretty amazing; it only took four to five sessions before feeling relief. Now I’ve been symptom-free for eight months. I like to swim in the mornings and hadn’t been able to do it for a year and a half and now I’m back swimming three times a week. I look at my relationship with Joseph as a life long thing.
– Anita M
I got a lot more relief from Joseph than from the work with the physical therapist
that my physician had recommended. It’s because he includes movement re-education and he helps you build awareness about how you hold yourself and your habits of movement and posture.
- Kim F
I had a 12-week session with Joseph and am now in maintenance mode. It has altered my life in many ways. The numbness and tingling in my hand has not been back at all in 1 /1/2 years. I also had chronic pain in my shoulders and ongoing pain in my back, and it’s all gone. I’m a sign language interpreter and I know people in my field that can’t even work any more because of RSIs. Joseph helped me not get injured in my career by taking care of myself way above and beyond anything I could have imagined.
- Lisa M
He’s very talented at being able to determine where the source of the problem is. It’s the first time I’ve ever had a practitioner who’s been able to get deep enough in a gentle enough way that I can feel things uncurl He’s very talented at being able to feel the tension in someone’s body and he knows his stuff really well.
- Mary A
Joseph has wonderful personal and technical skills. And it’s the combination of the two that makes him such a great practitioner. I wouldn’t be interested in him if he didn’t have skills in both those areas.
- Laura W
Meeting and working with Joseph has been the most incredible bodywork experience for me. His technical skills allowed him to find out in my first session what was causing the problem. Joseph has a big gift and with his healing energy and intuition he was able to access my trigger points and release them. He creates a space where healing can take place on a physical and emotional level.
- Ulrike C
I love working with Joseph to restore my body. I wanted to actively participate in healing (unfreezing) my shoulder. Bodywork with Joseph taught me about my muscles, and gave me exercises (tools) to assist my own healing. I could see and feel the progress. It gave me great hope, and I am well on my way to a restored healthy shoulder. Thank you Joseph!
- Sandy