Today we’d like to introduce you to Austin Fitzpatrick.
Hi Austin, we’re thrilled to have a chance to learn your story today. So, before we get into specifics, maybe you can briefly walk us through how you got to where you are today?
I actually wanted to go into massage right out of high school — but like every good millennial, I was told I needed go to college and focus on something “realistic” and “important” like computers. So I did the logical thing and ignored what I was drawn to… and went to college for something I had no interest in.
Ironically, it was a yoga elective — the one class I didn’t take seriously — that ended up changing everything. It pulled me into the body in a deeper way. I’d always been fascinated by anatomy and the brain, but yoga gave me a felt experience of how it all connects. That opened the door to movement, bodywork, and eventually to building a whole career around helping people untangle the patterns that keep them stuck — physically and neurologically.
Now I run my own massage practice, teach CEUs, and spend a questionable amount of time thinking about fascia. The path wasn’t linear, but looking back, all the detours actually sharpened my perspective. I’m just glad I finally listened to the thing I knew all along
Would you say it’s been a smooth road, and if not what are some of the biggest challenges you’ve faced along the way?
In a lot of ways, it has felt smooth — not because it was easy, but because it always felt aligned. Like I was on the right path, even when I didn’t know exactly where it was leading. Every step felt like a natural evolution… even the hard ones.
That said, there were definitely bumps. Learning how to market myself was a whole skill set I didn’t expect to need — and one I had zero interest in at first. And moving to a bigger city where I didn’t know a single person, all based on this gut feeling that I could build something meaningful here… that took some trust. In myself. In the process. In the fact that if I kept showing up with integrity, the right people would find me.
And they have. So no, it hasn’t always been “easy”… but it’s always felt right.
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about your work and what you’re currently focused on?
At the core of what I do is helping people reconnect to their bodies — not just structurally, but neurologically. I’m a massage therapist, but I work far beyond the traditional idea of massage. I specialize in nervous-system-based bodywork — helping clients untangle chronic pain, movement dysfunction, or compensation patterns by getting to the root of how their body is processing input.
I use a method I created called NeuroSignal Integration, which blends manual therapy, movement, and nervous system retraining. It’s less about “fixing” muscles and more about restoring communication — making sure the brain and body are actually on the same page again.
I think I’m known for a couple things: getting results where people have felt stuck for a long time, and being able to explain complex body stuff in a way that makes people feel empowered instead of confused. I’m proud of that — of helping people feel like their body isn’t broken, just misunderstood.
What sets me apart is probably that I’m not loyal to one modality. I use whatever tools work, but I always come back to this signal-first approach. I’m not chasing symptoms — I’m listening for where the system got noisy… and helping quiet it down so the body can do what it’s built to do.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I was a pretty quiet kid — not shy exactly, just observant. I got along with everyone but always had this tendency to hang back and watch. I was a people-watcher before I even had words for what that meant. I liked figuring people out… what made them tick, what drove their decisions, how their body language told a different story than their words.
I loved sports and being active, but I was always drawn to complexity. I liked things that had layers — puzzles, strategy games, psychology, the human body. If it could be understood on more than one level, I was in.
Looking back, I think I was always wired to do the kind of work I do now. I just didn’t have the language for it yet. But that pull toward understanding people — not just socially, but physically, neurologically, energetically — that’s been there as long as I can remember.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://Liftedmassagetherapy.com
- Instagram: @liftedmassagetherapy and @ayyfitz
