Combat Sports Massage

  Welcome! Specializing in massage for athletes. Pre-event massage, Post-event massage, training massage, energy work, rehabilitative massage, restorative massage.

  Massage Therapy and Body work are an important part of my training process. I have had at least 20 years in learning about the body and how it works through workshops, seminars, local and touring masters of Taijiquan and Qigong. I attended Qi Elements school of Tai Chi and Massage in Herndon Virginia for my Massage Therapy education. I graduated my 505 hour course in Massage Therapy July 2005 and passed the National Certification Exam for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCETMB) in December 2005. Massage school includes Pathology, Anatomy, Clinical Massages, Tai Chi, Qigong, Massage Theory and Practice, Ethics, and Techniques. I was a student member of the AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association). I have Reiki Level I and II certification through Nancy Bloomfield. I had an active Massage Therapist license in Virginia #0019006078 under the Virginia Board of Nursing from June 2006 until July 2010. I did not renew my license since I dont work in the field full time, however I keep my National Certification up to date.

In 2009 I focused on 45 hours of CEU's (Continuing education). I returned to my roots in Polarity Therapy and Chinese healing. I also chose CEU's in Sports Massage, Chinese Acupressure, and the required ethics courses.

My areas of expertise come from practicing on friends for over 20 years the techniques learned from Tai Chi Chuan and Qigong practice with various exposure to teachers and schools of TCM (Traditional Chinese Medicine), Polarity Therapy, Reiki masters, Swedish, a Chinese method called 'Tai Chi Massage', Movement Education, Energy Work, Acupressure Therapy, Thai Massage, Hatha Yoga, and Foot Reflexology. It sounds like a lot but they are all integrated into my massage session.

If you train in various sports and would like treatment, please email me and we can discuss a program combining Taijiquan, Qigong, massage and bodywork just for you!

I currently do bodywork at various martial art schools in the DC metro area working on coaches and fighters in MMA, which is the mixed martial arts.

Some of my influential teachers and friends have been-

Wilson Pitts- Taijiquan, Qigong, and Polarity Massage- Richmond Va.
Dr. Amy Tseng- TCM- Richmond Va. now in Hawaii
Dr. Shiung-Fei Kang- TCM- Richmond Va. now in New York
Xu Jenheng- Goulin Qigong Massage- Richmond Va.
Henry Kagey- Rolfing- San Diego Ca.
Dr. Thomas Tauer- DNFT Chiropractic - Richmond Va.
Dr. Scott Kozlowski- Family Chiropractic- Fairfax Va.
Dr. Ken Fish- Wellspring Clinic, Hsingyi- Gaithersburg MD.
Madam Leanne Gehan- Tui-Na- Virginia Beach Va.
Nancy Bloomfield- Qi Elements School of Massage- Fairfax Va.
Eric Garletts- Massage Therapist- Richmond Va.
Dr. Zhiqiang (Charlie) Lu- TCM- Fairfax Va.
Dr. Sulan Su- TCM- Rockville MD
Fuller School of Massage- Virginia Beach Va.
Berkeley Springs State Park- Massage / Mineral Baths- Berkeley springs WV
Dr. David Walls-Kaufman- Capitol Hill Chiropractic and capitolhilltaichi.com