As a former computer-jockey, Joan has personal experience in the agonies resulting from sitting hunched over a keyboard for long hours, and battling the stress of meeting project deadlines.
Education
See more.Joan studied Massage Therapy at Parkland College in Champaign, a 750-hour course of training, which provided a solid grounding in Swedish Massage, and a number of other topics including Deep Tissue work and Chair Massage. After graduation, she sat for exams to become nationally certified by the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. Joan is licensed by the State of Illinois.
Continuing Education
- Practical Lymphatic Drainage (Feb 2007) from Ishman Bodycare Center and Institute
- Orthopedic Massage 1 (March 2007) from OMERI (Orthopedic Massage Education and Research Institute (Whitney Lowe)
Evaluation and treatment of disorders of the back, neck, and pelvis - Weekend Massage Intensive (April 2007) from Esalen Institute at Big Sur, CA (Brita Ostrom and David Streeter)
- Precision Neuromuscular Therapy for the Mystery of Pain (May 2007) from NMT Midwest,Inc.
- Clinical Sports Massage: Rotator Cuff and Shoulder Dysfunction (May 2007) from Cortiva Institute, Chicago School of Massage Therapy
- Lymphatic Drainage Practicum (October 2007) from Ishman Bodycare Center and Institute
- Myofascial Release I (March 2008) from National Myofascial Release Seminars (John F. Barnes, P.T.)
Myofascial Release and Cranial/Sacral Techniques - Integrated Neuromuscular Re-Education: Muscle Energy Therapy and Positional Release (March 2008) from Cross Country Education (Teresa Schmidt)
- Posterior and Advanced Fijian Massage (June 2008) from Lolita Knight
- Indian Head Massage (June 2008) from Lolita Knight
- Chinese Facial Massage (June 2008) from Lolita Knight
- Greenstone Massage and Other Massage Tools (June 2008) from Lolita Knight
- Ethics and Standard V (November 2008)
- Ortho-Bionomy Basic (Phase 4): The Extremities (March 2009) from Darlene Smith
- Mayan Massage (June 2009) from Tamara Felix
- World Massage Conference (November 2009, June 2010, November 2010)
- Better Belly Health: Self Care (September 2010) from Chris Hughes
- Myoskeletal Alignment Techniques (October 2010) from Erik Dalton
Neck, Lumbar and Leg Pain... tuning the spinal engine! - Russian Advanced Sports Massage (March 2011) from Oleg Bouimer
- Evidence-Based Traditional Taiji (August 2011) from Yang Yang - my status is IIT
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