Posts by Bevin Keely
Pain Scale
If you are dealing with persistent pain, it’s useful to be on the same page when we discuss it. Please use this chart to help us understand how you are or have been feeling when it comes to your pain and discomfort, and we will do our best to help you feel better.
Read MoreCOVID-19: Masking Policy
Masking Policy April 2023 Effective April 3, 2023 the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) will end the Secretary of Health Mask Order, which currently requires universal masking in healthcare facilities for people age 5 and older. You are always welcome to wear a mask or request that we wear masks, and we may default…
Read MoreThe Rolf Pelvic Lift
The Rolf Pelvic Lift is a classic piece of self-care. I often recommend this for people, usually with more emphasis on allowing the weight of the body to pour through the feet into the table and a lot more cues about letting your butt kind of go along for the ride, but if we have…
Read MoreIntroducing Jennifer Keller, LMT
Beginning in July 2021, Jennifer Keller will join me here at Thrive Together Healing Arts. Here’s a little Q & A to help you get to know her: What draws you to bodywork as a career? I’ve always enjoyed helping people and being of service. After a lot of customer service jobs, I needed to…
Read MoreCrisis Care November 2020
UPDATE January 7, 2021: I got my first dose of the Moderna vaccine for COVID-19 today, and will follow up with dose number two in a few weeks. I will still be wearing PPE, screening you before you come in, and sanitizing and clearing the air out of my office between appointments. We have a…
Read MoreTummy Time for Adults!
In my own adventures of owning and maintaining a human body I have (re?)discovered the joys of “tummy time”. Parents will be familiar with tummy time as a thing we have our babies do to develop their back and neck muscles that eventually becomes rolling over, crawling, and the like. We basically plop them down…
Read More27 Years
I am celebrating 27 years in practice this month, a fact that makes me feel pretty old! For my first anniversary I hand-wrote thank you notes to all of my clients, a task that would be impossible today. How lovely is that? The sentiment remains the same- deep gratitude for being allowed to support myself…
Read MoreCoronavirus/COVID-19 Policies and Practices
We make this agreement with you, and ask that you make it with us: We are following current CDC and local government guidelines regarding masking and social distancing. We wash or sanitize our hands frequently when outside our own homes. Within 5 days of your appointment we will not have been asked to self-isolate or…
Read MoreScreening Questions in the time of COVID-19
Update, February 2023 We still reach out the day before your appointment to make sure you are in good health and to disclose any exposures or illnesses we are managing . Our policy is to make sure everyone has the information they need to make the right decision for themselves and their families in this…
Read MoreAnti-Racism
Added by BK 12/6/2022: I want to put this one at the top, because it’s what I am currently absorbing. You likely know the metaphor of the fish who doesn’t know what water is… well, here’s the water we’ve been swimming in: White Supremacy Culture Characteristics. This will take me some time to read, to…
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