Fitness

Anatomy & Physiology Instructor

I taught Anatomy and Physiology for those who want to be massage therapists 2007-2012. I wrote the curriculum for the Personal Training Program at Stautzenberger College and taught many of those classes as they were being built.

Fitness Specialist

I managed the fitness center at the Toledo Machining Plant in Perrysburg Ohio from 2003 to 2007 where I specialized in prescribing fitness and nutrition plans for middle-aged factory/line workers.

Bodywork

Massage Therapist

I have specialized in chronic pain since 2009 working with people who have been injured on the job. I was part of an interdisciplinary treatment team at StressCare Behavioral Health in which we helped injured workers cope with, and understand their pain. Realizing that there is more to pain than just the physical trauma.

Certified Wholistic Manual Medicine Practicioner

Wholistic Manual Medicine is a therapy method coined by an Osteopathic Doctor in Monroe Michigan, Dr. Keith Barbour. He has found that assisting/guiding the tissues to the release point produces more permanent benefits for us (as clients) compared to forcing the release on the body. If the tissues are forced into submission they often go back to the position they are most familiar with, therefore, we end up with recurring problems. However, when the body "decides" or is ready to release then we are forever relieved of that issue! I was certified in his core curriculum October of 2013, completed the advanced level training courses in 2015 and assisted him in his work regularly from 2014-2020.

Certified Cupping Therapist

October 2020 I completed the certification program through the International Cupping Therapy Association (ICTA) allowing me to employ the use of suction cups to lift and pull tissues to release tension, stress and disfunction.