Pain isn't something you learn to live with.
It's intelligence you were never taught to read.
I'm building a movement around that one belief.
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PAPAZYAN
Even after 30 years, I still get that rush when someone walks into my office in pain and leaves smiling.
The feeling of knowing I've made a difference is priceless!
Pain Resolution Practitioner - Nutritionist
- Lifestyle Educator - Best Selling Author
I've spent three decades building the clinical side of this belief: as a Pain Resolution Practitioner, Nutritionist, and Lifestyle Educator with a Bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and a background as a former professional athlete. All of it taught me the same thing from different angles, that the body is always communicating, and most people were never taught the language.
That's why I became a certified medical massage therapist and practitioner in advanced translational nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics, and why I founded Last Stop 4 Pain. Everyone's genetic makeup is unique, which means the way pain shows up and the way it resolves is unique too. A one size fits all approach was never going to work, so I built one that doesn't pretend it will.
I had the incredible honor of being Janet Jackson's massage therapist during her iconic "Velvet Rope" World Tour in 1998 to 1999. It was a life changing experience that deepened my expertise and fueled my commitment to delivering exceptional care.
I've continued touring with her on and off in the years since, most recently on the "Together Again" tour.
Reveal what is actually driving the pain.
Inspire a new way of relating to your own body.
Support the process with real tools.
Empower you to keep going without me in the room.
Sometimes I combine science
with
WOO-WOO
With three decades of specialized training in advanced pain relief techniques, I built my work around one belief: pain is information, not a life sentence. That belief is what R.I.S.E. actually is, revealing what's driving the pain, not just treating where it hurts, so people get their lives back instead of just managing around the pain.
I've worked with clients from all walks of life, professional athletes, dancers, names you'd probably recognize if I were the type to say them, helping them recover from injuries, surgery, and the physical toll of daily stress. My clients come from all over the world, and that range has only sharpened how I work, since pain doesn't show up the same way twice.
In 1998 to 1999, I was chosen to be Janet Jackson's massage therapist for the "Velvet Rope" World Tour, and I've continued touring with her on and off in the years since. That hands on experience is what led me to found Last Stop 4 Pain, and it's grown into proof that this movement, pain as intelligence people were never taught to read, holds up in daily life, not just on a stage or in a treatment room.
Things that shaped how I work
I played on Armenia's national volleyball team before I ever touched a massage table
Janet Jackson has been on my massage table. So have a lot of people who never make it into a bio
30+ years in and I still find something new in the body every single week
Winner, 2012 Case of the Month: medical massage vs postural imbalance after radical mastectomy
Read the case study2007 Golden Lion recipient, for volunteerism as a Chamber of Commerce member
I've stood on San Lazzaro degli Armeni, the Armenian island in Venice. Five continents in, that one hit different
A patient story
Meredith was referred to my office for treatment due to her inability to fully open her mouth for two years. After countless attempts for treatment without any success, she reached out to me as a last attempt, feeling hopeless and doubted she will ever have a fully functional mouth.
About halfway through our session, she started crying, because for the first time in a long time she was able to fully open her mouth. She is now a loyal patient and I’m happy to say that I never had to address her jaw again after that first session.
Veronica was referred to my clinic six weeks after her mastectomy surgery. She’d lost her balance, couldn’t walk a straight line or drive. Initially, she was sent to physical therapy but wasn’t able to do the suggested exercises because she felt dizzy. Her neighbor drove her to my clinic, after her first 45-minute session she regained 50% of her balance, and 2 days later she regained the rest of it. This case was published in the January 2013 issue of Science of Massage Magazine after being voted as “case of the month” by her peers.
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I don't work with everyone.
I work with people who are done accepting limitations and ready to reclaim their body, their freedom, and their future. If that's you, let's talk.