Lisa Ferguson, CMT

I’m vacationing in Palm Springs after recovering from patella reconstruction and needed some fascia work to return to hiking and walking. Lisa saw me within two days of my call and totally transformed me in one visit. When I did my walk the next day I was faster, looser and more aligned. She has magic hands.

I recently met Lisa because I was experiencing chronic band headaches which were a result of poor posture and muscle strain. I came across her reviews on Unilocal and was so impressed that I called her. She promptly returned my call and directed me to her website (
) to learn more about her background and techniques. At our first meeting, I found Lisa to be extremely down-​to-​earth, knowledgeable, and an excellent therapist! I felt like I was talking with an old friend the entire time she was helping me. Her myotherapy using myofascial trigger points gets results! Her fees are more than reasonable for the amount of time, information, and deep muscle treatment she provides. I am very happy to have found Lisa and even more happy that she’s located right here in Palm Desert! Lisa truly is a gifted massage therapist and is well versed in the science behind her art!

Lisa is the most knowledgeable CMT I’ve ever been to. This is true deep tissue and not for the faint. If you are committed to having a healthy body, Lisa is a must!

This is not a spa style massage. The trigger point work that Lisa does is for people suffering from pain that want relief that lasts. At times I wanted to cry «uncle» but I was able to breathe through. She released 80−90% of the tension in my neck, shoulders and back. The next day I was sore from the massage but did not have any stiffness.
From the moment she starts working on you can tell she has a lot of experience and understanding of chronic pain.

Started going to Lisa after I saw her Unilocal reviews. My neck had a terrible ache and I could barely turn my head. By the time I left, I felt like a new person. Since then Lisa has helped me work through a couple different sports injuries. She has an incredible knowledge of the way the human body works and helps you understand WHY your neck hurts or your knee is sore.
Be aware, this isn’t soft-​touch Swedish-​style massage. She’s working out your kinks and it’s serious deep-​tissue. I don’t go for a relaxing hour, I go to get my muscles pulled and prodded so they work better.
You can go to her office on Soquel (downstairs, at the opposite side of the building from Ristorante Italiano) and she also does house calls — mostly on the weekends.
She has a super cute little dog who is a little love, but people who are severely allergic might not do well at an office visit.
I just have to rant for a minute about the health care industry. When I had two previous injuries, I would go to the doctor and see an MD or NP and get told «take some ibuprofen and stay off it for 6 weeks.» It’s not good advice, it didn’t help and it costs my insurance company a fortune for me to go — raising everyone else’s costs at the same time. I go to Lisa, I pay $ 85 for an hour of bodywork for two weeks in a row, do the stretches she tells me to do and I’m fixed in no time. It makes no sense to me that my insurance company tells me to go to the doctor, which costs them a fortune, when Lisa can fix my aches and pains, often in one visit, and actually tell me WHY I got injured in the first place and HOW to prevent further injuries. It’s a completely inefficient process that actually encourages patients to increase health care costs. Makes no sense!

I cheated on Tammy.
Felt bad for about 10 seconds. Lisa came out to our beach rental and massaged about 10 of us in 3 days. She is incredible. Magic hands.
I can’t even say enough about her. She came prepared… linens, nice table, nice oil and very strong hands.
She charges a flat fee. Which is amazing to me… no extra charge for a deep tissue. She tugs and pulls as she sees fit, as long as you can handle it.
So glad that I researched CMTs in the area… she is WORTH EVERY CENT!

Lisa is a gem! Once you go to Lisa — you’ll never go back to another massage therapist. I am not one that has always gone to a massage therapist but when I met Lisa — I found that massage is soo good for your body that it should be a part of your regiment of good health. I’ve gone to Lisa for about 10 years.
She really listens when you tell her where your aches and pains are and then she finds the muscle that’s causing the problem and alleviates it. She takes her time and really focuses where she needs to. There is nothing fluffy about her sessions — you feel completely relieved and a little dizzy after a Little Lisa has worked her magic. She is strong as an ox, too. Her hands altho gentle are really strong! She’s a keeper!

Lisa gave me my first massage ever in 1995 when I moved to SF.
What a treat to my body. When Lisa moved her practice and home a few years ago had no idea how much I would miss her healing hands. I tried many other CMT’s …while some were good nobody… I mean nobody! even came close to the treatment I received from Lisa.
Yeah!!! She’s back! …And not far from my office in the Financial District. I’m back on schedule with an added form of health insurance, LISA. It’s good to be in Great hands again!

Lisa has been a CMT since 1991. I have been going to her for over 10 years and she is by far the best massage therapist I have ever been to. She uses a number of different massage techniques and is especially talented with deep tissue massage and trigger point therapy.
She has an office in San Francisco and also offers mobile massage where she’ll come to your house.
Give her a call or check out her website to schedule an appointment.