Laraba Friedman (Balanced Healing)

Laraba has provided excellent treatment in a warm and cosy environment, helping me recover from surgery and exercise-related aches and pains. She has a wonderful way of helping you relax so you get the most from each treatment!

I booked some sessions with Laraba because of a clicking jaw when eating and jaw tension, which was uncomfortable and sometimes even painful. I wasn’t sure what to expect at my first session, but Laraba put me instantly at ease with her calm and professional manner. After first discussing my medical history and current situation, Laraba then proceeded to give me a trigger point massage on my upper back and neck, before moving on to fascial therapy inside of my mouth. After each session, I definitely noticed a difference — reduced pain in my jaw and less snoring at night, and overall a feeling of destress and being re-balanced. Laraba doesn’t focus just on the problem; she looks at everything and treats the person as a whole. So it’s not just her specialist knowledge and expertise in massage and fascial therapy that helps, but also the overall health coaching aspect as well.Her practice is in an old villa in a private and peaceful residential area right next to Lake Geneva. There is ample, free parking and a garage just around the corner selling great coffee and snacks (in case anyone coming with you needs to wait). In fact, I travel all the way from Bern, together with my wife (hence the mention of the great café nearby), to treat my jaw problem. That’s how valuable I find Laraba’s sessions.

Laraba listens to what you might be feeling and then approaches the treatment in a caring and professional manner.

Seeing Laraba has given me reduced muscle pain, increased flexibility and emotional re-balance.Her approach has included a combination of trigger point massage, myofascial release (working on the fascia), and, when I was ready, thoughtful conversation and assistance toward better pain management and complementary treatments.This holistic approach to my well-being has been invaluable for relieving issues with both migraine and repetitive stress injury from work. Laraba’s peaceful rooms by the lake with easy access by car or bike make visits to Balanced Healing a treasured pause in my week.

I've been going to Laraba for several years to treat a variety of aches and to prevent other problems. Her use of myofacial release has eased many back pains and hip pains. Her treatment is always gentle but very, very effective. Her massage therapy has tackled a number of deep issues with my glutes, hamstrings and IT bands. Because of her mastery how different muscles are connected, she knows just where to press to solve the issue. On top of that, her kind, empathic and easy spirit provide me as a client a safe space to get advice on nutrition and stress. She's simply the best.

I see Laraba regularly for fascia therapy. She has used Myofascial release around my scar very efficiently, helped me with imbalance and blocage in my body. She is a very intuitive and talented therapist.She works in a pretty setting with convenient parking right in front.