Ray Burns is a Physical Therapist, Certified Athletic Trainer, trained in the Feldenkrais Method®,  the Anat
Baniel Method(sm),  & the Anat Baniel Method for Children(SM), practicing in the Saginaw Valley of Michigan.

I help people overcome pain, regain youthful movement, and walk easier.  Ray's method is movement
effectiveness.  I create the possibility to live life better on life’s terms by surprisingly learning to move
easier.  

Everyone has the possibility to experience serenity and ease with movement similar to how a child or
animal moves.  

Have you had enough pain?  Is your way of living and moving working?  Is taking pain medication working?  

Give yourself permission and enroll in my method.  There is nothing to loose. Pain and misery can be
refundable and you can always return to old outdated ways to move.  The rewards or payoffs of enrolling are
random, vary from client to client, but can surprise you and be extraordinary.  The risks of enrolling can be
close to zero if you commit to work with painless movement, along with avoiding our culture's belief of  "no
pain no gain"

My experience is to enroll, go through a 6 session trial, and trust the process of learning.  What you are
learning with my method movement effectiveness.  Learning calm, undisturbed, easy movement similar to
the way done by infants and children creates the possibility for surprisingly continuous productive activity
with all of your life.  

I start by simply focus one’s attention on kinesthetic perceptions.  Then I refresh your map of thinking of how
to use muscular strength with effective movement.  Strength and the use of muscular force with movement
can be dynamic.  I've experienced for years clients struggling in pain to get out of a chair.  Getting out of a
chair only requires only minimal thigh strength, along with momentum of the torso/limbs, and full length of
the neck and spine which makes the task a whole lot easier.

Also doing less is more.  Remember hard work is for donkeys, and we know what donkeys are.  "Everything
should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." -Albert Einstein

My experience with adults and seniors is walking, getting out of bed, chairs, and off the floor can be done a
lot easier and suffering years of deterioration in function in many ways can be avoided.   

My experience with pain sufferers is you can stop clinging to unknowingly inefficient ways to move.  The
brain likes a good rut.  

"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." -Albert Einstein

My experience with athletes is you can easily perform at a surprisingly high level with a refreshing change in
utilizing strength and power.  

My experience with little people having a hard time learning to move early on is they need the learning
switch turned on so they can take action.  

Current research in neuro-plasticity, by scientists Norman Doidge and Michael Merzenich may support
Feldenkrais' key theories of the possibilities of somatic re-education.

I usually spend 45 minutes to 60 minutes with each client.  I am no part of a profit driven corporate physical
therapy franchise pushing procedures or visits.  I work individually one-on-one with each client giving
specific instructions.  I see clients every visit.  I hope to see you or hear from you.
“I recommend the Feldenkrais Method® to patients whose movement has been restricted by injury, cerebral palsy,
stroke, fibromyalgia, or chronic pain. I find it to be much more useful that standard physical therapy. I also believe
that the Feldenkrais Method® can help all of us feel more comfortable in our bodies”. -Andrew Weil,
M.D., Author of “Spontaneous Healing”.
"  The Anat Baniel Method has a heavy scientific base, but the execution is artistic…like a
surgeon. Surgery has a heavy scientific base…but the execution of surgery is artistic”. -Anat
Baniel

The Anat Baniel Method(sm), The Anat Baniel Method for Children(sm), Transformative movement lesson,
Functional Synthesis, Move into Life® are service marks belonging to Anat Baniel.  

Feldenkrais®, Feldenkrais Method®, and Feldenkrais® Practitioner, Functional Integration®, Awareness
through Movement® are registered service marks of the FELDENKRAIS GUILD® of North America.

Consult your physician if you are seeking medical advice.  The website is intended to pass along
information to whom is interested.
"I am an orthopedic surgeon sub-specializing in sports medicine.  I have sent many patients
for consultation who have failed treatment in other facilities.  Ray's adjuvant use of manual
therapy has proved timely and beneficial for these more difficult cases resulting in significant
improvement in function.  He is available, reliable, and always open to dialogue.  I would not
hesitate to recommend his facility to patients and colleagues alike. He has much to offer."   
-Terrance B. McAllister, MD
Easy access:

Saginaw
3190 Christy Way #5

Midland
2901 Ross Court

989.573.0891

Client focus:  all ages;  
infant, toddlers,
adolescents, adults,
seniors

Years in practice:

Physical Therapist 20
years

Certified Athletic Trainer
25 years

Feldenkrais®  7 years

Anat Baniel Method(sm) 7
years

Anat Baniel Method for
Children(SM) 7 years
"I have severe psoriatic arthritis for as long as I can remember.  When I first came to Ray I would limp into
therapy and waltz out without a limp.  A result of this therapy a lot of my joints are working. It is so simple yet
has made a profound difference in my life"  -Suellen Bartel, a former client, now colleage and good friend  
She is now trained in the Feldenkrais Method®,  the Anat Baniel Method(sm),  & the Anat Baniel Method
for Children(SM).  She is practicing in Bay City, Michigan.