Education and Experience

  • 1983-1985 began learning massage informally from a professional therapist friend while earning a bachelor’s degree from Marshall University, Huntington, WV
  • 1985-1986 Massage Therapist at the Huntington, West Virginia YMCA
  • 1987-1992 owned and operated the Being Well Center in Huntington, West Virginia
  • 1987  40 hour intensive in Shiatsu from Wataru Ohashi
  • 1988 Certification in Neuromuscular Therapy from Paul St. John
  • 1987-1989 Founding President of the West Virginia Chapter of the American Massage Therapy Association
  • 1988-1991 Marshall University graduate program in Athletic Training & Sports Medicine
  • 1988-1991 athletic trainer for Marshall University Football and Track and Field teams
  • 1989 appointed to be a member of the American Massage Therapy Association committee to develop the national certification exam (what became the NCETMB test)
  • 1991  Master of Science, Sports Medicine (Athletic Training)
  • 1992  National Athletic Trainer’s Association Athletic Trainer Certification (ATC)
  • 1993  Massage Therapist and Athletic Trainer at Rocky Mountain Human Performance Center, Boulder, CO
  • 1994  National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Body Work Certification
  • 1994-1997 Massage Therapist and Athletic Trainer at the Center for Integrative Therapies, Boulder, CO
  • 1994 apprenticed under an equine massage therapist
  • 1995 Equine Myofascial Release week-long intensive course
  • 1994-2006 Over 400 equine massages performed
  • 1997-2000 Massage Therapist for USA Triathlon National Team, Olympic Training Center and USAT National Headquarters, Colorado Springs
  • 1999 Founded ColoradoTriathlete.com
  • 1996-2019 attended the week-long Ironman Sports Medicine Conference held in conjunction with the World Championship in Kona, Hawaii**
  • 1997-today: private practice in Boulder, CO with primarily triathletes and cyclists
Dr. Bob Laird

** At the Ironman Sports Medicine Conference with the one and only “Dr. Bob”. Dr. Bob Laird, now in the Ironman Hall of Fame, was the founder of the conference and founding medical director for the Ironman World Championship. He was also one of my favorite teachers ever.

I attended the week-long conference 25 years in a row, learning from some of the most cutting-edge reserarchers in sports medicine, exercise physiology, and nutrition from all over the world.