Veteran Massage Therapy Services – VA Community Care Provider – Cartersville GA
Forevernow is an authorized VA Community Care Provider for Massage Therapy Services in Cartersville GA. With a VA referral, medical massage may be covered for pain conditions such as back and neck pain, myofascial pain, joint pain, headaches, TMD (jaw disorder), fibromyalgia, plantar fasciitis, post-operative pain and cancer pain, as well as scar tissue and lymphedema. Every session is trauma-informed and built with care for the nervous system.”
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Massage Therapy – VA Community Care Provider – Cartersville GA
ForeverNow Massage and Coaching is owned by a U.S. Army Desert Storm veteran and was built with a mission to improve access to meaningful bodywork support for veterans. Many veterans carry pain, stress, sleep disruption, trauma responses, and nervous system overload long after service ends.
Our long-term goal is to help develop practical, research-informed massage protocols that improve quality of life for veterans and support better outcomes alongside traditional care.
VA Community Care List of Approved Massage Therapies
VA covers “medical massage therapy” when the referring clinician expects it to help and sets treatment goals. This list comes from the VA’s own coverage rules for community care providers (Clinical Determination CDI 00036, June 2025).
Pain conditions (the diagnosis has to be on the referral)
Back pain and neck pain:
Releasing guarding muscles and fascial restrictions improves range of motion and lowers pain scores. Back pain has the strongest evidence in VA’s research review.
Myofascial pain:
VA defines this as trigger points that refer pain in predictable patterns. Trigger point work and myofascial release fit it directly.
Joint pain:
Treating the muscles around a joint eases compression and protective tightness, which helps movement.
Headaches:
Releasing tension in the neck, upper back and suboccipital muscles reduces how often headaches come and how bad they get.
TMD (jaw disorder):
Work on the jaw muscles (masseter, temporalis, pterygoids) plus the neck relieves jaw pain and improves how wide the jaw opens.
Fibromyalgia:
Gentle, paced work calms an oversensitive nervous system. VA’s research review cites it.
Plantar fasciitis:
Calf, Achilles and arch work takes tension off the fascia on the bottom of the foot.
Post-operative pain:
Work around the surgical area reduces guarding and swelling and supports getting movement back.
Cancer pain:
Comfort and pain relief alongside oncology care, with a clearance from the treating doctor.
Pregnancy-related pain:
Non-pain conditions
Scar tissue:
Scar massage and myofascial work loosen collagen adhesions and restore glide between tissue layers. VA cites burn scar research showing less pain, thinner scars and less itching.
Lymphedema:
Manual lymphatic drainage, billed as 97140, moves protein-rich fluid toward working lymph nodes. VA recognizes Complex Decongestive Therapy (drainage, compression, exercise and skin care) as effective, especially in early stages.
Access VA Community Care Massage Therapy Services
Veteran Massage Therapy Services – VA Community Care Provider – Cartersville GA
To get authorization from you VA Provider, follow these steps
- Download the ForeverNow-VA-Community-Care-Referral-Guide
- Give it to your VA primary care provider or PACT team, in person or by VA secure message, and ask for a Community Care consult for medical massage therapy with Mindy Millington, LMT (NPI 1013747799).
- Wait for VA to approve the referral and contact you (this can take up to 14 days).
- Call us at 470-227-1669 to book your first visit.
- Bring your VA authorization letter to your first appointment.
VA community care staff: please fax referrals to 305-890-2721.
This information is educational and does not replace medical care. If you are recovering from surgery, cancer treatment, pregnancy complications, injury, or a diagnosed medical condition, we may request physician guidance before beginning care.