Massage Experience
January 1999-present (sole proprietor)
Wellness massage practice focuses on stress management, client education, and health maintenance. Primary wellness techniques are Swedish, deep tissue, and craniosacral. Medical massage practice focuses on injury treatment, pain management, and other medically indicated massage. Primary medical techniques are deep tissue massage, myofascial release, neuromuscular "trigger point" technique, and other clinical and orthopedic massage modalities. Teach couples massage classes.
Teaching Assistant
Brian Utting School of Massage
2001-2005 (sub-contractor)
Conducted technical evaluations of students. Assisted with business curriculum.
Massage Center of Bellevue
June 2003-January 2004 (employee)
Both spa-style relaxation and wellness massage and clinical injury-treatment massage.
Education
University of Oregon
B.A., summa cum laude, 1984
Magazine journalism major. English minor. Phi Beta Kappa.
Brian Utting School of Massage
1997-98
Rigorous 1,000-hour, AMTA/COMTA-accredited, professional massage licensing program. In addition to in-class practice hours, logged over 300 hours of audited outside practice. Electives included two injury-treatment workshops.
Continuing Education
(Total hours through 11/15/06: 584)
- Teaching Assistant for Orthopedic Massage for the Upper Body (24 CEUs), James Waslaski, November 2006
- Orthopedic Massage Intensive (40 CEUs), James Waslaski, October 2006
- Teaching Assistant for Orthopedic Massage for the Lower Body (20 CEUs), James Waslaski, September 2006
- Integrative Medicine (18 hours), Andrew Weil, M.D., July 2006
- Myofascial Approaches for Low Back Pain (18 CEUs), Robert King, June 2006
- Managing Complex Personal Injury Cases (1.5 CEUs), Cydney Campbell-Webster, May 2006
- Effectively Managing Your Personal Injury Cases (Advanced Course) (3 CEUs), Richard Adler, April 2006
- Guidelines for Therapeutic Sports Massage (3 CEUs), Pat Archer, April 2006
- Future Health Care Trends (2 CEUs), Randy Snyder, April 2006
- Orthopedic Massage for the Lower Body (24 CEUs), James Waslaski, November 2005
- Orthopedic Massage Intensive (36 CEUs), James Waslaski, October 2005
- Orthopedic Massage for the Upper Body (20 CEUs), James Waslaski, September 2005
- Working with a Personal Injury Attorney (1.5 CEUs), Brian J. Peschel, September 2005
- Deep Muscle Therapy (24 CEUs), Catherin Maxwell, Lauren Christman & Pat O'Rourke, July 2005
- Establishing Credibility through Credentialing & Certification - Panel Discussion (3 CEUs), May 2005
- Onsen Technique Volume II: Functional Assessment and Correction of the Lower Extremities (20 CEUs), Julie Bacon, April 2005
- Onsen Technique Volume I: Structural Assessment and Correction of the Lower Extremities (20 CEUs), Julie Bacon, November 2004
- The Ethics of Touch (3 CEUs), Ben Benjamin, October 2004
- Dissection of the Forearm, Wrist, and Hand (4 CEUs), David Kent, October 2004
- Headaches: Types, Triggers, and Treatment (4 CEUs), David Kent, October 2004
- Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (18 CEUs), Erik Dalton, August 2004
- Monthly tutorials on advanced clinical massage with Pat O'Rourke, Brian Utting School of Massage, January 1999-2004 (total of more than 100 hours)
- Massage Research Symposia on pregnancy massage and massage and cancer (2 CEUs each), February-March 2004
- Lymphatic Techniques for Injury Rehabilitation (18 CEUs), Dale Perry, January 2004
- Massage and Trauma (3 CEUs), Pat O'Rourke, January 2004
- Fascial Work in the Cranial Rhythm (8 CEUs), Pat O'Rourke, November 2003
- Managing the Personal Injury Case (5 CEUs), Richard Adler, October 2003
- Anatomy Trains (21 CEUs), Thomas Myers, October 2003
- Hands Heal: The Proof is in the SOAP Charts - Advanced Class (5 CEUs), Diana Thompson, June 2003
- Medical Insurance Billing (3 CEUs), David Luther, Apr. 2003
- Professional Development (3 CEUs), AMTA-Washington, Apr. 2003
- Ethics & Professionalism (2 CEUs), Applied Health Seminars, Dec. 2002
- Introduction to Shiatsu (8 hrs), Yasuo Mori, Feb. 2002
- Craniosacral I (24 CEUs), Hugh Milne, Dec. 2001
- Craniosacral II (24 CEUs), Bruno DuCoux, Mar. 2001
- Private cadaver lab review tutorial (3.5 hrs) with Rod Diehm, Brian Utting School of Massage, May 2000
- Visceral Manipulation: Abdomen (8 CEUs), Bruno DuCoux, Mar. 2000
- Craniosacral I (24 CEUs), Bruno DuCoux, Mar. 2000
- TouchPro chair massage seminar (17 CEUs), David Palmer, Jan. 1999
Massage Credentials
- Certified in Orthopedic Massage by The Center for Pain Management
- Nationally certified, National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCBTMB)
- Professional member, American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA)
- Founder, Medical Massage Alliance (Seattle-based peer supervision and professional development group)
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