THAIS BICALHO SILVA, PT, GCFP

🌿 Why Do Some Conditions Keep Coming Back?

Why do certain symptoms keep returning—even after physical therapy, surgery, or years of trying different treatments?

Sometimes the difficulty remains in the same place. Other times, it migrates to a new area.

That’s because in many cases, treating the joint, muscle, or structure alone is not enough.

To create lasting change, we must also shift the underlying patterns—how we use our body, how we perceive ourselves, and the unconscious ways we've learned to hold, brace, or limit ourselves in response to stress, trauma, or emotion.

This is where muscle armor comes in: the chronic tension we carry as protection—often invisible, but deeply influential. It shapes posture, breath, and self-image.

💫 My Integrated Approach

In treating your condition, I work with you to go beyond muscles and joints, and into the deeper landscape of:

• Your body image

• Your sense of self

• Your habitual posture and movement patterns

• The areas where your body has learned to guard or collapse

Through over thirty years of studying, teaching, exploring, and rehabilitating movement, I’ve developed a unique and proprietary approach to gently unwind this armor and invite fluid, functional, whole-body change.

🧠🫀 My Tools

As a licensed Physical Therapist, I offer the clinical foundation to treat your condition safely and effectively.

But traditional PT often stops at isolated body parts. That’s why I integrate the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education, which allows us to retrain the entire mind-body system, restoring coordination, adaptability, and clarity.

My specialization in pelvic health adds another essential layer. In this intimate and emotionally charged area, fear and anxiety can manifest as gripping, numbness, or pain. Addressing the pelvic floor helps release core layers of muscle armor that affect the whole self.

I also draw from my lifelong experience in dance, yoga, and Pilates to bring artistry, joy, and balance into the healing process.

🌸 The Outcome

These diverse perspectives come together in an integrated, somatic, and deeply personal process to help you reclaim:

• Fluidity

• Balance

• Spontaneity

• Grace

And most importantly, a sense of belonging in your body—without the need to armor against life.

🌿How It Works at Mayolí Movement

🕊️ One Philosophy, Many Pathways

Mayolí Movement is more than a clinic. It’s a healing method that helps you reconnect with your body, unwind unconscious tension, and move through life with more ease, strength, and presence.

Whether you arrive with a medical diagnosis, chronic stress, pelvic pain, or a deep desire for transformation, all of our services flow from the same core principle:

To truly heal, we must go beyond fixing the part—and meet the whole person.

🌸 Step 1: Begin With You

We always start by listening.
You’ll begin with a free consultation or a comprehensive intake, where we learn about your symptoms, history, goals, and what your body has been holding.

Together, we’ll map a path forward that’s grounded, individualized, and compassionate.

🧭 Step 2: Choose Your Path

🩺 Insurance-Based Physical Therapy

For those seeking care covered by insurance, we offer a full PT program rooted in whole-body awareness.
We accept: BCBS, UHC, Humana, Cigna, WEBTPA, and Medicare.

Your treatment may include:

• Manual therapy

• Therapeutic exercise

• Pelvic floor rehabilitation

• Movement re-education

💡Please note: Feldenkrais, Pilates, Cold Laser are not covered by insurance.

🌿 Private Integrative Sessions (Out of Pocket)

For deeper, customized work beyond a diagnosis.
These sessions are ideal if you’re navigating:

• Chronic tension or unexplained pain

• Stress or emotional holding patterns

• Trauma recovery

• Pelvic floor issues that feel “bigger than physical”

Modalities may include:

• Feldenkrais Method (individual or group)

• Muscle Armor Release

• Embodied Pelvic Therapy

• Functional Pilates or Yoga integration