One-on-one. Hands-on. Ottawa and Lanark County.
Get rid of the aches and pains. Get back to the life you want.
One hour, one-on-one, hands-on. For people who have tried everything and still hurt.
$160 per session. No commitment beyond the hour you book.
We understand how it feels to
Live around the pain instead of living your life.
- Wake up already stiff, and plan the day around what your body will allow.
- Hear "it's just age" or "you'll have to live with it" from someone who never looked past the spot that hurts.
- Go from one appointment to the next, feel better for a few days, and watch it all come back.
- Quietly give up the things you love. The walk. The garden. Getting down on the floor with the kids.
- Start to wonder if this is just who you are now.
It is not. Pain that keeps coming back has a cause. A cause can be found.
Wouldn't it be great if
Imagine waking up and simply getting out of bed.
- You knew exactly why you hurt, and exactly what to do about it.
- Every visit built on the last one instead of starting over.
- You needed fewer appointments as time went on, not more.
- You trusted your body again. Lifting, bending, sleeping, playing, without bracing for it.
- You got back to the life you had before the pain took over, and then some.
That is exactly what one-on-one work is for.
That's why one hour, one-on-one
We find it. We free it up. You take it home.
Your whole body, not just the spot that hurts. Very often the knee is a foot problem, the shoulder is a hip problem, and the headache lives in the neck.
Step one
Find the cause
We look at how you stand, move and hold yourself, on the table and off it, until the real reason for the pain shows itself. Guesswork is what you have already had.
Step two
Free it up, hands on
Gentle, hands-on work that gives your nervous system room to let go of what it has been holding for years. Most people feel the difference before they leave the room.
Step three
Take it home
You leave with a few minutes of work you can do on your own, so the change keeps building between visits and you need fewer of them.
You've heard promises before
This is different because
More than ten years with people who had tried everything
In a clinic, one person at a time, with the cases nobody else could figure out. That is where this work was refined.
The whole hour is with me
One person, start to finish. Nobody hands you off to a machine, a room or an assistant.
Built to need fewer visits, not more
You are not a subscription. Every session is meant to move you closer to not needing me.
You understand your own body when we are done
You learn what is actually happening and why, so you are never dependent on anyone for it again.
What clients say
Real people. Real pain. Gone.
★★★★★
"Every morning I had to sit on the edge of the bed for fifteen, twenty minutes waiting for my feet and legs to wake up before I could walk anywhere. I'd pretty much accepted it as getting older. A few weeks of the exercises and that was the end of it. Mornings are normal again and it's stayed that way."
★★★★★
"I was considering a knee replacement when I was referred to Micaela by a friend. She told me that there was a lot we could work on before I even considered surgery. We did the work, and things got better at every visit. I never did get the surgery, and my knee is doing great."
★★★★★
"For years I had this bizarre pain on one side of my stomach. I spoke to every kind of doctor I could find, scans, specialists, the works... nobody could tell me anything. Within a month with Micaela my stomach pain is gone. It turned out the work I needed was on my foot and leg, of all places. Fascinating."
★★★★★
"I struggled with migraines for my entire adult life. I stopped expecting anything to work a long time ago, and I only went because a friend insisted. After a couple of sessions, I realized I hadn't had any migraines since I started coming in, and now they're completely gone. Thank you Micaela"
★★★★★
"Don't like to think that I'm getting old (at 48) but my hip has been killing me lately. Can't sleep and can't move well in the mornings. No amount of yoga, stretching or exercise has been helping. My initial session with Micaela was amazing! I was symptom/pain free for days afterwards. No way I want to feel old at 48! Thank you so much Micaela!"
★★★★★
"I've never liked being told what to do - doctors, trainers, any of it. What won me over was learning what's actually happening in my own body, so I can navigate it myself. It's really shocking how little I understood before this."
One session, one hour, one-on-one
$160 per session
Market value for these services typically sits at $210 per session; sessions are currently $160 to support our community. If price is an obstacle, please reach out.
Book one hour at a time. No plans to sign, nothing to commit to beyond the hour you book.
A real person reads it and answers.
Your guide
I have been where you are.
A serious car accident left me with a broken back, a brain injury, and years of appointments that helped a little and fixed nothing. I know what it is to feel stuck in a body that used to work.
So I made it my career to find out what actually works. For more than ten years I have done this work in a clinic, one person at a time, with people who had already tried everything. Most pain that keeps coming back is fixable. Nobody had looked at the whole picture.
When we work together, I look at you as one whole system, and we build the hour around what your body actually needs.
Micaela Hickman-Pearce, Realign Therapy
How it works
Three steps. No forms before you are ready.
- Email me. A few lines about what is going on, or just that you would like to book.
- A real person reads it and answers. We settle on a time together, around your week and mine.
- Your first session. One full hour, one-on-one, $160. You leave knowing what to do next.
What you can count on
- The whole hour with me, start to finish.
- We work within what your body can handle. You can slow down or stop at any point.
- Every session is built to move you toward needing fewer of them.
- You leave with something to do at home, and you know why it matters.
What's holding you back?
The questions people ask before they book.
I have tried everything. Why would this work?
Will it hurt? My body is sensitive.
Is now the right time?
How many sessions will I need?
Is it covered by insurance?
What do I wear? Where are you?
Is this for you?
Be honest with yourself.
This is not for you if
- You want to be told it is just age and go home.
- You want someone else to do all the work, every week, forever.
- You have a fresh injury that is still in its first healing phase.
This is for you if
- You have tried everything and you still hurt.
- You want to understand what is happening in your own body.
- You are willing to spend a few minutes a day on yourself.
- You are ready to get back to the life you want.
One email. That is all it takes to start.
Imagine a year from now. Same body. Pain no longer running the show.
You do not have to figure this out alone, and you do not have to keep living around it.
realigntherapyontario@gmail.com · Ottawa and Lanark County, Ontario