Seth’s approach to care

Motion is essential to life and represents the free expression of health as it is reflected in our physical form. Motion must be present within the smallest recesses inside us; the spaces between organs, lungs, vessels, neural sheaths, membranes, and fascial connections that provide interconnectedness throughout our bodies. When free motion of any structure is lost or inhibited, whether by infection, injury or prolonged states of emotional overwhelm, we lose the ability to adapt and then begin the process of compensation. From this point, we are vulnerable to declining health and loss of wellbeing. My unique approach allows for the restoration of motion in the body so that we may be properly animated and ambulated, and assists in the process of regaining the homeostasis that exists within us all.

Personal history

I spent nearly a decade of my life working with Osteopathic Physicians as a Physician Aide. Working directly under the supervision and guidance of 4 different Osteopathic Physicians, my duties included preparing patients for manipulative treatment provided by the Physician, and providing follow-up care to integrate and teach self care to ensure each patient’s best outcome. In this position, I developed an understanding of the impact of pain, injury, illness and the difficulties of restoring health when the condition cannot fully be remedied by Medical intervention and treatment.

At the age of 30, my life was permanently altered by a serious motor vehicle accident. Suffering multiple structural injuries to my head, neck and spine, I underwent four reconstructive surgeries, hundreds of hours of rehabilitation, and spent many months learning to walk and regain enough function while living with significant disabilities. After almost a year in a body-brace, I underwent additional surgery and was told I would not return to a “normal” life ever. Devastated, but refusing to accept this, I applied the knowledge I had gained from working with the above mentioned Osteopathic Physicians whom I had assisted before being injured. I developed a myriad of self care evaluations and interventions that I self-applied and fought my way through disabling pain, fatigue, worry, anxiety and depression. After 6 years of struggle, I had recovered enough of my health to regain function and manage chronic pain and fatigue, and by using the tools I had developed I was able to return to work with a highly modified, but relatively normal life. I then chose to further my education so that I could help others by sharing what I had learned through my personal experience to empower clients to help themselves.

This combined experience added a unique perspective that reflects into my approach and the tools I utilize in helping others suffering with challenging or declining health concerns. By personally experiencing how time affects muscle tone, posture, metabolism, chemistry, attitude, spirit and ultimately, self-esteem, I acquired knowledge that I could not have been taught in any academic setting. I’ve learned how to reverse the effects of injury and time upon physical health and the human spirit.

Bringing this knowledge to the clients I see provides a cutting edge in restoring health, hope and independence, teaching self-reliance and self-awareness techniques to individuals facing some of the most complex and intractable cases imaginable.

As many of my clients express to me, my personal experience provides a bridge that connects me to the client in a way that encourages an accelerated path towards their health and recovery. Choosing to work with me should be considered a complement to other health care providers you may currently be seeking treatment under.

My reputation propels a constant influx of new clients and the turnover of satisfied clients. For this, I’m known as the “Magician of Marin”, to which I respond “The magic is all yours. Learning and using the tricks I will teach you makes you the Magician. I am simply a good mechanic doing my job.”