About

Trained in a wide variety of therapies including Neuromuscular Therapy, Myofascial Release, Deep Tissue Bodywork, Somatic Movement Education, Craniosacral Therapy and Active Isolated Stretching, he has spent many years developing an integrated methodology of pain relief.

He has served as an assistant instructor for the St. John Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars and as associate faculty at the Touchstone Healing Arts School of Massage in Burlington, Vermont. In addition, Stephen has taught advanced technique classes for massage therapists and other health practitioners interested in increasing their clinical skill in treating chronic pain.

In 2004 he created Lower Back Pain Answers to fill in the gap in alternative information about the root causes of back pain and other chronic pain. For the last several years he has been invited to speak about his work to the first-year medical students at the University of Vermont Medical School as part of their Complementary and Alternative curriculum.

With the shutdown of his private practice due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he turned his full attention toward the development of online course work and the establishment of Relieving That Pain Online Courses.

A longtime practitioner of meditation, Stephen teaches a six-week course through The OSHER Institute at Dartmouth College called Mindfulness Meditation: Establishing or Deepening a Daily Practice (spring and fall terms). He is a graduate of the Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Certification Program with Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach.

Stephen is a skier, former triathlete, marathon runner, and yoga practitioner. He lives in rural Vermont with his sweet wife, Robin, their looney cat, Chai, and their newly adopted rescue pup, Wanda.