Books by Sue Hitzmann
Ideas worth taking with you.
Two books. Decades of work behind them.

Sue's books bring years of hands-on experience, research, teaching, and curiosity about the human body into ideas readers can understand and actually use.

From connective tissue and self-care to stability, performance, and moving with greater confidence, each book captures a different chapter of Sue's work.

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The MELT Method by Sue Hitzmann
MELT Performance by Sue Hitzmann
Understand more. Move better. Participate in how you feel.
The ideas behind Sue's work, made portable.
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The MELT Method by Sue Hitzmann
New York Times Bestseller
The book that brought Sue's work into homes around the world.
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The MELT Method
The book that brought Sue's work into people's hands.

In The MELT Method, Sue introduced readers to a different way of thinking about connective tissue, everyday stress, and the body's ability to restore balance and function.

Rather than asking people to push harder, the book focuses on helping them understand what their bodies may be communicating and introduces practical self-care techniques designed to support easier movement and greater comfort.

Less about fighting the body. More about learning how to work with it.
Connective tissue•Self-care•Mobility•Recovery
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MELT Performance
Take the next step from feeling better to moving better.

MELT Performance builds on Sue's first book by looking more closely at stability, coordination, repetitive movement, and the nervous system's role in how the body responds to physical demand.

At the center is Sue's concept of Neurostrength™, a way of thinking about neurological joint stability before asking the body to repeatedly load, train, and perform.

Stability first
Support the joints before adding repetitive demand.
Move efficiently
Improve control, coordination, and how the body responds.
Performance isn't only about producing more force. It's about having the stability and control to use it well.
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MELT Performance by Sue Hitzmann
The bestselling follow-up
For athletes, active adults, and anyone who wants their body to keep up with what they love doing.
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Why Sue writes
Research can change what we know. Writing helps change what we do.

Sue has spent much of her career surrounded by complex ideas: anatomy, connective tissue, movement, neurological stability, research, and the constantly evolving science of the human body.

But understanding the science has never been enough for her. The real question is whether it can be translated into something people can recognize in themselves and actually use.

The books are another way Sue turns curiosity into something people can take home with them.
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Where to start
Choose the book that meets you where you are.

Start with the foundations of Sue's work or go deeper into stability and performance.

The MELT Method by Sue Hitzmann
New York Times Bestseller
The MELT Method

Start here if you want to better understand connective tissue, self-care, mobility, and how everyday stress affects the body.

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MELT Performance by Sue Hitzmann
For the next step
MELT Performance

Go deeper into stability, coordination, performance, and how the nervous system helps support efficient movement.

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Different chapters. The same curiosity about how the body works.

Sue Hitzmann
 

Fascia educator, New York Times bestselling author, speaker, and lifelong student of the human body.

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