Education and Background Overview
My massage and bodywork training began with an extensive 1250 hour, four semester program at the Boulder College of Massage Therapy in Colorado. A required 4th-semester internship was fulfilled working with the dancers of the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company in Denver. I have since taken a wide variety of post-graduate courses and trainings, including Deep Tissue, Neuromuscular Therapy, Sportsmassage, and many others.
The Sportsmassage trainings enabled me to obtain national certification in that discipline, which qualified me as a Sportsmassage Therapist to work directly with athletes at the Olympics, Goodwill Games, Boston Marathon, and local sports competitions. I also worked as a sportsmassage therapist with top-level athletes on the U.S.A. Judo national team as they trained and prepared for the Olympics and World Championships.
As a volunteer I've offered my massage and bodywork services to patients at California Pacific Medical Center and other health care organizations.
I have been in private practice for a number of years, and work with clients of all types, who come from a variety of backgrounds, and who have a broad range of interests, concerns, issues, and goals. For a complete description of my education and post-graduate studies in the bodywork field, see below.
My work space: I have a separate room set up specifically for massage and bodywork purposes. My Colorado Healing Arts table is high quality, extra-wide, has ample padding, and is topped with a fleece pad for extra comfort and warmth. A face cradle gently supports your head when prone, and I use 100% cotton flannel sheets and face cradle covers. The room is kept comfortably warm and I will gladly adjust the temperature to your liking (just ask!).
For an expanded discussion of the male pelvic floor and pelvic floor bodywork — beyond what I present on these pages — see my malepelvicfloor.com website.
Education
Boulder College of Massage Therapy in Boulder, Colorado: 4 semesters / 1250 hours. The
curriculum:
- Massage and Bodywork Track: Swedish Massage, Shiatsu Massage, and Neo-Reichian Massage
- Science Track: Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, and Nutrition
- Psychology Track: Personal Integration Seminar, Basic Counseling Skills, and Body-Centered Therapy
- Electives: Sportsmassage, Aston-Patterning, and Hydrotherapy
- 4th semester internship with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company in Denver, CO.
Post Graduate Studies
- Sportsmassage: Sharon Mason-Jordan, Boulder College of Massage Therapy
- Sportsmassage - Restoration and Retraining: Myk Hungerford, Sports Massage Training
Institute
- Neuromuscular Therapy 1 - Cervical Injuries, Pelvic Stabilization and Spinal Biomechanics:
Paul St. John, St. John Neuromuscular Therapy Seminars
- Neuromuscular Therapy 2 - Pain Mechanisms of the Low Back: Paul St.John, St. John NMT Seminars
- Neuromuscular Therapy 3 - Shoulder, Extremity and Joint Decompression: Paul St. John, St. John NMT Seminars
- Neuromuscular Therapy 4 - TMJ Dysfunction, Hands, Feet and Eyes: Paul St. John, St. John NMT Seminars
- The Core of Sportsmassage: John Harris, MT
- Neural Reset Therapy: The Lower Body: Ralph Stevens, NRT Trainings
- Russian Clinical and Sports Massage: Zhenya Kurashova, Kurashova Institute for Studies in
Physical Medicine
- Soft Tissue Release: Stuart Taws, British Institute of Sports Therapy
- Scientific Abdominal Training: Paul Chek, Paul Chek Seminars
- Scientific Back Training: Paul Chek, Paul Chek Seminars
- Flexibility - Active and Assistive Isolated Stretching: Aaron Mattes, Kinesiotherapist,
LMT
- Integrative Manual Therapy for Low Back and Lower Quadrant: Stephen Moran, PT. Dialogues in
Contemporary Rehabilitation / Upledger Institute
- Multidisciplinary Approaches to Myofascial Pain: Leon Chaitow, N.D., D.O.; John Hannon, D.C.;
Thomas Myers; Benny Vaugn, L.M.T., A.T.C.; Judith DeLany, L.M.T. - International Alliance of Healthcare
Educators
- Sportsmassage Congress - Sports Anatomy, Special Techniques for Lower Body Sports Injuries, Gait
Analysis, Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation, Counterstrain for Sports Injuries, and Corrective Exercises for the Athlete: Sports Massage Training Institute
- CranioSacral Therapy 1: Judith Bradley, P.T., Upledger Institute
- Manual Link 1: Paul Chaffour, D.O., Upledger Institute
- Visceral Manipulation 1A: Kenneth Lossing, D.O., Upledger Institute
- Visceral Manipulation 1B: Gail Wetzler, RPT, CVMI, Upledger Institute
- Body Mobilization Technique: Robert King, RMT
- Trager Bodywork: Gail Stewart, Trager Institute
- LooyenWork - Painless Deep Tissue: Ted Looyen
- Trigger Point: Ulli Limpitlaw, and all NMT trainings
- Advanced Techniques of Massage Therapy - The Neck: Robert King, RMT
- Lab Anatomy for Bodyworkers: Doug Thorpe, Life Chiropractic College
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