Our Team
Therapist Knowledge & Client SatisfactionOur Philosophy
Freedom from Pain through Knowledge and Compassion
The heart of Precision Healing resides in therapist knowledge and client satisfaction. Our goal is to enter each session with a willingness to learn and listen compassionately.
Our standard for exceptional massage therapy is rooted in therapists who are focused, humble, and passionate.
The treatment team at Precision Healing has been selected because they exhibit qualities of excellence that set them apart from many of their peers. While each therapist has a unique skill set, they share a passion for understanding complexity and a desire to continually become more precise.
Our Mission
Precision Healing’s mission is to lead Portland in professional, medically based massage therapy while delivering effective and efficient relief.
Commitment
The staff at Precision Healing is committed to helping you feel your best. Solving puzzles is our passion, and we truly look forward to helping you find the answers to yours.
We Listen
Communication is at the heart of our work. We first listen with our ears, then with our hands. As alternative healthcare providers, we occupy a unique position within the medical community, with ample time to listen, understand what you are experiencing, and tailor treatment to your needs.
Massage Therapists
Mimi (Melodie) Chouard
Lead Massage Therapist #20736
Practicing Since 2013
Specialties: Prenatal & Postpartum Massage • Maternity Massage • Breast/Chest Bodywork • Infant Massage • Myofascial Therapy • Deep Tissue Massage • Queer & Trans-Inclusive Care
About Mimi
Mimi Chouard is an experienced massage therapist with a particular passion for supporting clients through pregnancy, postpartum recovery, breastfeeding, surgery, and other reproductive and life transitions.
A graduate of the Lane Community College Massage Therapy Program, Mimi has been practicing massage therapy since 2013 and has completed more than 300 hours of advanced training in maternity massage, integrative pelvic bodywork, and breast/chest bodywork. She has also been a Certified Educator of Infant Massage since 2019.
Her experience includes working in massage clinics, chiropractic offices, and award-winning spas, as well as teaching infant massage to parents and caregivers and volunteering as a doula.
Mimi’s Approach to Massage
Mimi believes effective massage begins with listening.
She values clear communication, informed consent, and collaboration throughout each session. While she brings extensive training and professional experience to her work, Mimi believes that each client is the expert on their own body.
Her goal is to create an environment where clients feel heard, respected, comfortable, and actively involved in their care.
Rather than using the same approach with every client, Mimi draws from a range of techniques, including myofascial work, Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, and lomi-lomi, choosing and adapting techniques according to each person’s needs and preferences.
Outside the Clinic
When she’s not working with clients, Mimi enjoys being outside—especially hiking, camping, swimming, and spending time in the sun.
Frances Griffey
Massage Therapist #26679
Practicing Since 2019
Specialties: Deep Tissue Massage • Relaxation Massage • Cupping • Neck & Shoulder Tension • Upper & Lower Back Pain • Swedish Massage
About Frances
Frances Griffey is a licensed massage therapist who combines the restorative qualities of relaxation massage with focused therapeutic work for pain and muscular tension.
A graduate of the Lauterstein-Conway Massage School, Frances has been practicing massage therapy since 2019. Her approach blends Swedish massage, deep tissue techniques, and cupping to create sessions that can be both deeply relaxing and therapeutically focused.
Frances particularly enjoys working with the neck, shoulders, upper back, and low back, helping clients experiencing muscular tension, discomfort, and stress.
Depending on the client’s needs, she may use both stationary and moving cupping techniques alongside hands-on massage. Rather than following the same routine with every client, Frances adjusts the techniques, pressure, and areas of focus according to what she finds and the client’s feedback throughout the session.
Frances has a strong interest in holistic health and is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Classical Chinese Medicine with a specialization in Chinese herbal medicine.
What to Expect
Clients working with Frances can expect a massage that balances relaxation with focused therapeutic attention.
Her sessions typically begin slowly and progressively become more specific as the tissues warm and areas of tension are identified. Clients who enjoy Swedish massage but also want focused work on tight or uncomfortable areas may find Frances’ style particularly well suited to them.
Outside the Clinic
Outside of massage therapy and her Chinese medicine studies, Frances has a wide range of interests. She enjoys paddle boarding, swimming, hiking, gardening, ceramics, cooking and baking, mushroom foraging, yoga, meditation, travel, and herbalism. She also enjoys reading, art, games, and the occasional Renaissance fair.
Taria Pirozzi
Massage Therapist #13654
Practicing Since 2007
Specialties: Neuromuscular Therapy • Injury Recovery • Deep Tissue Massage • Sports Massage • Cupping Therapy • Gua Sha • Chronic Pain • Car Accident Recovery
About Taria
Taria Pirozzi is a highly experienced massage therapist with almost 20 years of hands-on experience and a particular passion for medical and therapeutic massage.
Throughout her career, Taria has worked with clients experiencing pain, injuries, restricted movement, and chronic muscular tension. Several years spent working in medical settings gave her extensive experience treating clients recovering from car accidents and other injuries, as well as people dealing with ongoing pain.
Taria’s Approach to Massage
Taria’s extensive clinical experience has also led her to work with many clients experiencing long-standing or recurring pain.
Chronic pain can be complex, and Taria’s approach is not based on assuming that every client has the same underlying problem. Instead, treatment is adapted to the individual and focused on helping address muscular tension, comfort, and movement limitations within the scope of massage therapy.
She approaches each session according to the individual client’s symptoms, areas of tension, and treatment goals. Her extensive experience allows her to draw from multiple techniques rather than applying the same treatment approach to every person.
Her combination of experience and focused therapeutic work makes Taria particularly well suited to clients seeking massage for persistent muscular pain, injury recovery, or movement limitations.
What to Expect
Clients working with Taria can expect an experienced therapist who is comfortable providing focused, substantial therapeutic massage. Her style blends energetic deep tissue and neuromuscular work with longer, flowing massage strokes. Depending on the client’s needs, she may also incorporate cupping or gua sha.
Drew Franklin
Massage Therapist #25905
Practicing Since 2000
Specialties: Deep Tissue Massage • Cupping Therapy • Gua Sha • Therapeutic Massage • Relaxation Massage • Injury Recovery • Pain & Muscular Tension
About Drew
Drew Franklin is a licensed massage therapist whose work combines focused therapeutic massage with techniques designed to reduce muscular tension and promote relaxation.
Much of Drew’s massage career has been spent working in medical and treatment-focused environments, including chiropractic offices and therapeutic massage clinics. This experience has shaped an approach that is particularly well suited to clients seeking massage for pain, muscular tension, injury recovery, or ongoing physical stress.
Drew combines deep tissue massage, cupping, gua sha, and relaxation techniques according to the individual needs of each client.
Drew’s Approach to Massage
Rather than treating therapeutic massage and relaxation as completely separate approaches, Drew can incorporate both within the same session. Areas requiring more attention can receive focused deep tissue work while the overall massage still provides an opportunity for the body to relax.
Drew particularly enjoys incorporating cupping therapy and gua sha into massage sessions.
What to Expect
Clients working with Drew can expect an individualized massage that can range from relaxing to highly focused depending on their goals.
Her combination of deep tissue massage, therapeutic experience, cupping, and gua sha makes her particularly well suited to clients who enjoy substantial therapeutic work but still value the restorative and relaxing aspects of massage.
Lisa Payne
Massage Therapist #23450
Practicing Since 2017
Specialties: Myofascial Release • Structural Bodywork • Deep Tissue Massage • Injury Recovery • Cupping • Abdominal & Psoas Work
About Lisa
Lisa Payne is an experienced licensed massage therapist with a strong focus on myofascial work, structural bodywork, deep tissue massage, and injury recovery.
A graduate of the Lane Community College Massage Therapy Program, Lisa has been practicing since 2017 and has continued to expand her skills through additional training in myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, abdominal and psoas work, cupping, gua sha, and Reiki.
A particular focus of Lisa’s work is myofascial release and structural bodywork.
Rather than focusing exclusively on the area where discomfort is felt, this type of work can involve examining tension and restriction throughout the surrounding tissues and considering how different areas of the body may be contributing to a client’s movement or discomfort.
Injury Recovery
Injury recovery is one of Lisa’s primary areas of interest and expertise.
Her approach incorporates her experience with deep tissue and myofascial techniques while recognizing that each injury and each person’s response to it are different.
Outside the Clinic
Outside of massage therapy, Lisa enjoys yoga, birdwatching, webcomics, and cozy video games.
Rachael Adams
Massage Therapist #27872
Practicing Since 2024
Specialties: Deep Tissue Massage • Relaxation Massage • Neuromuscular Therapy • Car Accident & Injury Recovery • Therapeutic Massage
About Rachael
Rachael Adams is a licensed massage therapist whose approach combines focused therapeutic work with a calming, flowing massage style.
Rachael completed training at East West College of the Healing Arts in Portland, including specialized training in neuromuscular therapy.
Rachael’s Approach to Massage
Rachael believes therapeutic massage can be both effective and deeply relaxing. Rachael incorporates deep tissue massage for clients who want more focused attention to areas of muscular tension and discomfort.
Her sessions blend focused techniques with slower, soothing massage work, allowing her to address areas of muscular tension without losing the calming qualities of the overall experience.
Car Accident & Injury Recovery
Car accident recovery is one of Rachael’s treatment specialties.
Clients recovering from a motor vehicle accident may experience neck and shoulder tension, back pain, headaches, muscular guarding, soreness, or limitations in movement.
Brandon Saggio
Owner / Massage Therapist #14686
Practicing since 1999
Specialties: Neuromuscular Therapy • Trigger Point Therapy • Pain Management • Injury Recovery • Deep Tissue Massage • Sports Massage • TMJ Massage
About Brandon
Brandon Saggio is the owner of Precision Healing and an experienced Portland massage therapist specializing in neuromuscular therapy, pain management, and injury recovery.
Brandon began practicing massage therapy in 1999 and founded Precision Healing in Portland in 2009. Throughout his career, he has focused primarily on helping clients experiencing persistent pain, muscular tension, injuries, and movement limitations.
Many of Brandon’s clients come to Precision Healing after receiving referrals from physicians, physical therapists, and other healthcare professionals. He particularly enjoys working with clients whose symptoms are complex, recurring, or difficult to understand.
Brandon’s Approach to Massage
Brandon approaches each client’s symptoms as an individual puzzle rather than assuming that the same technique will work for everyone.
His sessions begin with careful listening and an effort to understand the client’s symptoms, activities, injury history, and treatment goals. He then uses observation, movement assessment, and precise palpation to identify muscular tension and determine which areas may be contributing to the client’s discomfort or movement limitations.
Treatment may incorporate neuromuscular therapy, trigger point work, deep tissue massage, sports massage, and other focused techniques. Brandon continually evaluates how the body responds and adjusts the treatment rather than following a predetermined routine.
His goal is not simply to apply pressure where something hurts. He seeks to understand why an area may be painful or restricted and to provide treatment that is focused, efficient, and appropriate for the individual.
Teaching and Advanced Training
Brandon worked as a full-time massage instructor from 2008 through 2016. His teaching experience strengthened his understanding of anatomy, movement, palpation, and clinical reasoning while also shaping his ability to explain complex pain and movement patterns clearly.
For more than 22 years, Brandon has studied Precision Neuromuscular Therapy with Douglas Nelson. This long-term study has strongly influenced his thoughtful, problem-solving approach to massage therapy.
Brandon continues to pursue advanced education and shares what he learns through mentoring, continuing education, and hands-on training with the massage therapists at Precision Healing.
What to Expect
Clients working with Brandon can expect a focused and collaborative session. Treatment begins with a conversation about what the client is experiencing and what they hope to accomplish.
The massage may be highly specific and may involve working in areas that contribute to the symptoms rather than focusing exclusively on where discomfort is felt. Pressure and techniques are adjusted according to the client’s needs, preferences, and response throughout the session.
Brandon’s style is particularly well suited to clients seeking focused therapeutic massage for persistent pain, injury recovery, muscular tension, or movement limitations.