John French graduated in 1997 from the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle WA. Shortly after graduating from massage school, he became licensed in Washington State and nationally certified in massage and body work. In 1999 he received his Florida massage license (MA29742 MM12859) and moved his practice to Gainesville. In addition to his private practice in Florida, he taught massage theory and technique at the Florida Acupuncture and Massage Institute for several years. He create...
John French graduated in 1997 from the Brian Utting School of Massage in Seattle WA. Shortly after graduating from massage school, he became licensed in Washington State and nationally certified in massage and body work. In 1999 he received his Florida massage license (MA29742 MM12859) and moved his practice to Gainesville. In addition to his private practice in Florida, he taught massage theory and technique at the Florida Acupuncture and Massage Institute for several years. He created and worked in a program to help veterans with chronic pain, by bringing massage into their homes, and later into the Pain Clinic at the Malcolm Randall VA Medical Center of Gainesville. John is strongly involved in his local massage chapter of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association and was Chapter Executive Board Secretary from 2007 - 2010. In 2009, he was awarded "LMT of the year" from his local chapter of the FSMTA .
FL # MA29742
Massage Therapy
Worked in the VA Hospital's pain clinic in Gainesville, Florida for 8.5 years providing Veterans pain relief through massage therapy.
Completed training and certified as a practitioner of Ortho-Bionomy.
Certified manual lymphatic therapist through the Academy of Lymphatic Studies.
Specialized bamboo sticks are heated and applied to the skin with long fluid motion to create the ultimate in relaxation or deeper more specific work with the added benefit of heat.