Meet Katie.

Massage therapist and online educator.

Welcome! I'm Katie Pudhorodsky, a structural massage therapist of 21 years. My speciality is relaxing deep tissue, prenatal massage, and Neuromuscular Therapy. The niche that I am most passionate about is structural work for the head, neck and jaw.  Clients work with me to address the muscular component of their headaches or TMJ pain. This has also branched into facelift massage / buccal massage integrating Celluma LED.

My new clients are mainly through doctor or client referrals.

Integrated into my sessions is Frequency Specific Microcurrent - a treatment sending low level current into tissues to increase cellular energy and decrease inflammation. 

In order to help more people experiencing headaches, neck or jaw pain I developed two online, learn-at-your-own-pace video courses. Try a free teaching video by signing up below.

Rates will be increasing $5 for each service on January 1, 2025. No show fee will be increasing to $75.

Late January I’ll be going in for surgery with an approximate 2 week off work for recovery time. Plan your treatments around this break.

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    Dr. Janet Travell, who passed in 1997, was an American physician and medical researcher. Inspired by her doctor father she decided to study medicine at an early age. She became a renowned cardiologist, eventually changing her career to study muscle p
    Dr. Janet Travell, who passed in 1997, was an American physician and medical researcher. Inspired by her doctor father she decided to study medicine at an early age. She became a renowned cardiologist, eventually changing her career to study muscle pain. Her groundbreaking documentation of muscular trigger points forms the foundation of my hands-on massage practice and online video courses. Originally intended for physicians, her work is now widely utilized by manual therapists and neuromuscular dentists alike. . Fun fact: Dr. Travell was the first female physician in the White House. . Link in the comments for my 2021 blog tribute to her. #shero #femalephysician #travell #janettravell #neuromusculardentistry #helpheadpain #neuromusculartherapy #triggerpointmassage #triggerpoint #triggerpointtherapy #massagetherapist #smartwomen
    Many clients describe TMJ massage—especially the work in those hard-to-reach ‘nooks and crannies’—as ‘weird.’ Think areas like the medial or lateral pterygoid, soft palate, or under the tongue. But when I ask them to explain, they often say it’s ‘weird good,’ not ‘weird bad.’ . It’s not painful, just different—something new for their nervous system to experience. This kind of work helps reset and relax those deep, tight tissues, so the jaw can move and feel better. . The key? Normalizing that relaxed state so the tissues can stay soft and adapt more quickly—whether during home self-massage or our next session together. . If you’re ready to learn how to safely work on these areas yourself, check out my video courses. I’ll teach you step by step how to release tension, ease jaw pain, and feel better at home. Link in bio to get started! . #austin #keepaustinweird #gastoncounty #tmjmassage #tmjpain #tmjpainrelief #helpheadpain #weird #intraoralmassage
    Yeah, Walt, you were right—it is kind of fun to do the impossible! That’s what I love about my hands-on massage practice specializing in TMJD, neck pain, and headaches. Seeing someone walk in, hesitant but hopeful, and then experience re
    Yeah, Walt, you were right—it is kind of fun to do the impossible! That’s what I love about my hands-on massage practice specializing in TMJD, neck pain, and headaches. Seeing someone walk in, hesitant but hopeful, and then experience relief—both physical and emotional—is nothing short of magical. Like when they feel so relaxed they fall asleep while I’m working on their masseter muscle, or when their TMJ pop or click softens or disappears altogether. Or when I squeeze their upper trap muscle and the feel it refer their regular headache pain over their eye ( #triggerpoint). Thanks, Walt, for reminding me of the magic in this work! 💫 . #waltdisney @disney #tmjmassage #helpheadpain #tmjd #magic #dotheimpossible #tmjpain #austinmassage #austinjawpain #austinheadacherelief
    A college aged man came to me once with only symptom #3: Sounds in the jaw joint like clicking or popping. He first talked with his dentist and they said there was nothing they could do about it. They could try making him a night guard. His mom sch
    A college aged man came to me once with only symptom #3: Sounds in the jaw joint like clicking or popping. He first talked with his dentist and they said there was nothing they could do about it. They could try making him a night guard. His mom scheduled two 60-minute visits with me during a college break. We treated all the TMJ muscles, giving special attention to medial and lateral pterygoid. All his sounds went away. 🎉 Great, but I wanted that to stay when he went back to college overseas in Japan. In our sessions I identified two perpetuating factors that had to be adjusted that he wasn't aware would irritate the joints. What were they? One is described in my free video - link in bio. And the other is in the perpetuating factors section in my online courses. . I work with many people in their 40's to 70's that would have loved to get this advice at age 19! His TMJ soft tissues just might be saved. . #intraoralmassage #tmjmassagetherapy #tmjtreatment #tmjdisorder #tmjrelief #tmjpain #tmj #tmjmassagetherapist #helpheadpain #tmjmassage #perpetuatingfactors
    Dr. Janet Travell, who passed in 1997, was an American physician and medical researcher. Inspired by her doctor father she decided to study medicine at an early age. She became a renowned cardiologist, eventually changing her career to study muscle p
    Many clients describe TMJ massage—especially the work in those hard-to-reach ‘nooks and crannies’—as ‘weird.’ Think areas like the medial or lateral pterygoid, soft palate, or under the tongue. But when I ask them
    Yeah, Walt, you were right—it is kind of fun to do the impossible! That’s what I love about my hands-on massage practice specializing in TMJD, neck pain, and headaches. Seeing someone walk in, hesitant but hopeful, and then experience re A college aged man came to me once with only symptom #3: Sounds in the jaw joint like clicking or popping. He first talked with his dentist and they said there was nothing they could do about it. They could try making him a night guard. His mom sch