Contact Comfort, a scientific term coined to embody the concept of ‘healing touch’, is a company dedicated to bringing innovative therapy to the masses. Founded by Darryl W. Burch in 1982, the initial goal of the company was the treatment of pain in order to improve the human condition, and has since expanded to include the teaching of a new generation of unique and effective therapists.

Applied Postural Mechanics, or APM, previously known as ‘Postural Mechanics, Soft-Tissue Massage’, represents a comprehensive and powerful set of assessment and treatment tools that bring the human body to a blueprint-precise archetype of posture and balance. This is truly what makes this work so different; the APM therapist is capable of applying pin-point specific soft-tissue releases to any compressed muscle, including the intrinsic muscles that initiate movement in the spine. Many forms of neuromuscular pain are not only caused by compressed tissues, but also by impinged nerves (hence the prefix ‘neuro’ in neuromuscular) and also by muscles that are placed under unnatural stress by the frame and are straining to hold; the result is often stimuli ranging from simple strain pain to the intense pain of fibromyalgia. APM techniques have evolved over 40 years into a new form of Muscle Energy Technique and we can now offer complete treatment plans for the most challenging clients that walk in your door. There are a number of causative factors for pain that ‘fall through the system’ and are not completely understood, and our treatment plans are specially designed for clients with this unfortunate but treatable profile.

Our vision is to see a vast reduction of pain due to structural dysfunctions of the body through the installation of available and affordable treatment and to create a posturally-perfect society.