Accelerated Rehabilitative Care (ARC)

In 2021, I had my left knee replaced as I was suffering from arthritis. Surgery, recovery and therapy went well with reasonable mobility regained and I was without pain. But at the end of 2022, I had a series of fainting spells and on one occasion I fell landing on my left knee. My left knee then began to have swelling and unexplained pain regularly which was very debilitating. When this happened, I could not walk for several hours at any given time. Only when the swelling went down a bit (on its own), I would be able to walk again, at least until the next flare. I consulted the orthopedic surgeon who performed my operation who felt it may be a Baker’s Cyst and wanted to operate but I did not want another surgery. I lost total trust and confidence in my knee stability, and I had become quite depressed with the whole situation. That’s when a friend recommended, I go see a therapist named Taneca. Initially, she used treatments like electrical stimulation and cold therapy. Then she performed a specialized massage therapy treatment with special bandages and that’s when the fluid in my knee really began to move and stay down. I also wore a compression stocking 24hrs a day. I am happy to say that the pain and swelling are gone, and my mobility restored. I can climb stairs again, go up and down hills, kneel down and get back up, and best of all I have regained full trust in my knee’s ability and stability! Although recovered I continue to receive regular lymphatic massages for maintenance, as it helps to consistently remove any excess fluids from my body naturally -Taneca and her magic hands gave me my life back!

As a result of Taneca’s very first appointment she saw something that two doctors had missed and suggested medical attention right away. This started a progression of doctors, and finding the right one who was familiar with the condition. Without Taneca’s daily contact, following up on the daily progression would have been a lot more stressful had she not been right there monitoring my well being. Her care and attention to ALL her clients is extraordinary – she is so dedicated to her field, and her clients and I don’t know what my outcome would have been without her. Eternal gratitude.

Taneca Ward is specializing now in Soft Tissue Therapy! I personally experienced her therapy services for my knee injury, the best ever! Please support 🙂.

It’s a hard thing to hear after you have just endured chemotherapy, a 5 hr surgery, and facing radiation-you have Lymphedema.  A scary finding online said there’s no cure. You feel the swelling and pain but how do you manage with getting back to normal. The answer to my question was therapy and trust me I have done therapy before for another issue and it required lots of exercise and pain. So I delayed contacting anyone to manage my now seemingly lifelong issue. The pain one day was so bad that I had to call for help, and then it happened. I met the wonderful Taneca. My experience was one of amazement. She not only educated me about my condition but she took extra care to help me dispel my past experience with therapy. My treatment, was, believe it or not, a relaxing time for me. Her hands are gifted! The most uncomfortable part was the wrapping afterwards and that’s because I do a lot of typing for a living but I saw results early in my treatment process. I would highly recommend Taneca to anyone who is dealing with Lymphedema. Educated, qualified, amazing bedside manner, caring but firm; that’s Taneca, a true Lymphedema therapist!

I am an extremely busy businessman who sits in my office for protracted periods of time and am somewhat overweight. Too often, I do not request a treatment session with Taneca until I have spent weeks working. By then my back, shoulders and neck are in pain and I am tense from the stress of my work. But every time, I leave with my muscles relaxed and my stress gone. The treatment starts with the welcoming reception (without recriminations of how much time has passed between treatments) and the relaxing atmosphere of the treatment room. It continues with her methodical attention to each affected muscle group until they have been relaxed. Many times I feel sorry for her that she has to work so hard. But each time, the deep body massages she gives positively affects my body and refreshes my mind. I unhesitatingly recommend Taneca for her expertise and professionalism.

Three years ago I injured my right arm in the gym.  It was very painful to bend my arm to put on my bra or put clothing over my head. I did not have full range. I could not stretched my arm to bend my arm over my forehead. At night the pain would jolt me out of my sleep and would only ease by my husband massaging my arm. I consulted and visited Taneca in hopes of getting massage treatments to help alleviate the pain and discomfort. She performed massages with stretches on my arm in addition to applying electrical therapy to the muscle tissue of my right arm. With those treatments my arm progressively healed and I regained the full range and use of my arm with no further discomfort and pain to date. Grateful!

So amazing! Taneca has always provided top notch professional service. My experience with her for my therapy sessions were the best. I always left feeling pain free. Since then, it was recommended that I receive regular monthly massage therapy. Therefore, I’ve scheduled monthly 30-minute therapeutic massages with her. With no regrets, I highly recommend Taneca as a Massage Therapist. Great service! 🙂

I have known Taneca now for quite some time. I started seeing her as a client somewhere around 2012. I suffer from severe sciatic and arthritic pains and have had many different types of massage treatments from many different therapists but Taneca by far has given me the most therapeutic, professional and beneficial massages at every session. Her warm, calm personality tops it off and she is exceptionally outstanding when it comes to providing and offering a service. That is why with great confidence whenever I do make a recommendation to anyone for a massage, I highly recommend Taneca. I still see her today, she is simply the best!!

I first came to see Taneca a few years ago after having right knee surgery. I was very skeptical about being able to do anything close to my prior activity level much less walk or run again but Taneca had different thoughts. She listened, she seemed to understand my struggles as best as she could and she tried to help me understand what she was doing and why. She was knowledgeable, she took time to explain, and she showed concern always encouraging or offering reassurance. Don’t get me wrong it was difficult and she was stern; she pushes you but you realize that she does it only because she wants you to get better and see results. I found her to be realistic and down to earth. I found her methods to be “creative” because some of those exercises and treatments I wondered if I could do if I wasn’t injured but she makes you feel comfortable, sometimes joining in and doing the exercises with you just for extra motivation and a little push. She gets you to where you need to be and sets you up on the right path to continue your progression. Needless to say I achieved my goal which is why when I unfortunately re-injured the same knee, having to receive another round of surgery finding myself needing rehab once again with even more skepticism, I had no question as to who I was going to for help. I recovered from that second round too and now I see Taneca for some infrequent pain management/re-assurance on the knee if I tweak it, just to keep me going. I am appreciative of her services and I am grateful for her being accessible even after my therapy was completed. I highly recommend Mrs. Ward.

You know I am here in Miami Florida right now doing a follow up but as I sat here and thought to myself, I never knew if you knew how much I appreciated you and I still do. When everybody gave up on me you didn’t! They said I would never walk again, and I trusted you and you handled me with kid gloves and now (walking) I have all this life ahead of me. You will always be a part of my memory banks. Taneca (Mrs. Ward) you don’t know how much you mean to me, and I just wanted to send this because you may have a customer who may need to see the testimony of somebody that really, truly trusted you with their lives. I can remember trying to get up for the very first time and you were right there handling me so gently. This coming from a person who had not walked in over a year and who was promised never to walk again, and you still took a chance with me. I just want to say thank you so much and may others get to see the light that God has inside of you. Continue to be well, continue to do well, nothing but luv for ya!

🕊in loving memory July 2021🕊