Tim L. Russell is a manual therapist specializing in various forms of integrative soft tissue therapies.  He earned his B.S. in Psychology in 1988, a certification in Massage Therapy in 1992, and a certification in Neuromuscular Therapy in 1993.  Tim has been on staff at the Center for Integrative Medicine since 2001.   He continues to enhance his understanding of the body with studies in Craniosacral Therapy, Biovalent Systems, Myofascial Release, and Tai Chi Ch’uan.

I am a manual therapist who enjoys helping people learn how to feel better. I emphasize learning because I believe that once someone learns how to feel better, they can take the lesson with them wherever they go. I like empowering folks to get the most out of life including the life they have within their own bodies.

I am originally from West Texas. I grew up in middle Tennessee and graduated from Tennessee Tech University with a degree in Psychology. I considered going to graduate school, but chose to take a break from the protected environment of academia to see where life’s adventures would take me while following my bliss. Eighteen years later, God has blessed me with a wonderful wife, Patti, a comfortable home, and a fulfilling career that enables me to use the talents that I’ve been given to help people. I actually look forward to going to work on Mondays!!

I love to travel and have been all over America and Canada studying with some of the top teachers/practitioners of manual therapy. I usually stay a few more days after the seminar and my wife joins me for a tour of what that particular area of the country has to offer. In my spare time, I work out in a number of ways by working out at the gym and playing disc golf. I needed a hobby that was not related to my work. Now whenever my wife and I travel, we take along a few of our favorite discs and play some of the local disc golf courses.

I have seen many remarkable things since I have been in business. I had the opportunity to work with a two-year-old that had been diagnosed with failure to thrive. She had been very sick and had no appetite. After the first session, she ate a whole hamburger on the way home which was the most she had eaten in some time. Today, she plays soccer, goes to school and challenges her parents like any normal seven year old.

The body was designed with a tremendous will to heal. This way of working encourages the body to find its own path to recovery by interacting very gently with all the soft tissue systems of the body. Normally, the folks who benefit from my work notice a change for the better within the first four sessions. Otherwise, I encourage them to explore additional forms of therapy.

The services I offer include Biovalent Systems Manual Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Myofascial Release, Neuromuscular Therapy, Somatoemotional Release, and Tai Ji (Tai Chi) instruction.   For further information and to make appointments to try my work, please call 423-643-1965.