Treat the cause, not just the symptoms
Muscle Restoration Therapy is the hands-on method Mark Rise developed in Fort Collins over more than 25 years. Pain is a signal, not the source. Where it hurts is rarely where the problem is. We find the muscles that have stopped working correctly with functional muscle testing, restore them by hand, and give you simple work to hold the correction. No injections, no medication, no surgery.
Think of a door with three hinges. Two have come loose, so the one still attached wears out. Treating where it hurts is oiling that hinge; the missing hinges are the muscles not working. The body didn’t break. It adapted.
The method, in three steps:
It is not a massage, though it can feel like a targeted one. Every session is built on what your body shows, not a template.
Most of our clients have already tried something: rest, stretching, painkillers, good care elsewhere, and the pain keeps coming back. Chiropractic, massage, rehab exercise and medicine help many people. MRT looks at something they usually don’t: which muscles have stopped working, found with testing rather than guessed from where it hurts.
We build plans for back, neck, shoulder, knee and foot pain, sciatica, neuropathy, headaches, muscle strains, sprains and tendon pain. Each condition has its own page under our pain management in Fort Collins hub, and the full list is on our conditions page. Supporting therapies such as SoftWave therapy, Class IV laser therapy, spinal decompression and PEMF therapy help tissue heal after the cause is corrected. The hands and the assessment come first; devices are not the medicine.
If your pain comes from structural damage that needs a different kind of care, we tell you that too.
The best starting point is an evaluation. We review your symptoms, history, movement and goals, test which muscles are not working correctly, and tell you straight whether we can help. If your pain needs a different kind of care, we say so.
A consult with Mark Rise: history, functional muscle testing, treatment in the same visit and a starting plan, with the plan and the price explained before you commit. Most clients are in and out in about an hour, and the MRT Guarantee applies to that visit.
No, though it can feel like a targeted one. Massage works on the tissue; Muscle Restoration Therapy works on which muscles are being used. We find the ones that have stopped working, restore them, and give you homework to hold the correction.
It depends on how long the pain has been building and what is causing it. Most clients notice a difference at the first visit, which is the basis of the guarantee, and a client-specific plan unfolds over several visits. We explain what progress should look like after the first evaluation, and we never promise a number.
Restoring a muscle in the clinic is the first step; using it between visits is what keeps it working. The homework is short and specific to the muscles we found, like an oil change rather than a rebuild.
3,000+ CLIENTS HELPED
98% OF CLIENTS FOUND RELIEF
100+ 5-STAR GOOGLE REVIEWS
25+ YEARS SERVING FORT COLLINS
Mark Rise developed the method here in Fort Collins, and more than 3,000 clients have come through the clinic since: runners and hikers from the Horsetooth trails, cyclists, CSU students and desk workers, nurses and trades workers on their feet all shift. Pain that keeps coming back is common here, and it does not have to be something you accept.
Muscle Restoration Therapy is at 4532 McMurry Ave, Suite 204, Fort Collins, CO 80525. We’re open Monday to Thursday 9 to 6 and Friday 8 to 3. Call 970-449-9757 or request a first appointment online. Most of our clients are in Fort Collins, and some come to us from Loveland and Windsor. Read what clients say in our reviews.
You weren't weak. You didn't fail treatment.
Start with a real evaluation, and find out what's actually causing your pain.
Serving Fort Collins and Northern Colorado at 4532 McMurry Ave, Suite 204.
Feel your best with Muscle Restoration Therapy.
Book a session today and experience the difference. Not sure if we treat your specific issue? Browse our conditions page or reach out below.
