I was determined to learn as much as I could about Sports Massage. I decided the best way to do that was attended continuing education over the years with some amazing educators; Myk Hungerford, Bob King, Harold Packman, Erik Dalton, Whitney Lowe, James Waslaski, Django Sanders, Bruno Chikly, MD and Phil Nokes, DO. I have quite a few of those pieces of paper stacked up now but, I still going to classes. I still don’t call myself a Sports Massage Therapist.

My practice flourished and while I had many athletes that enjoyed my work, I had as many other clients that did not identify themselves as athletes so, I still didn’t think of myself as a Sports Massage Therapist. I was flattered to have referrals from Orthopedic Physicians, Family Practice Physicians and Physical Therapists. The biggest kudo however was when an Athletic Trainer called me and asked me to come to the university to interview for the opportunity to become their official provider of Sports Massage. At first I was shocked and humble.  Who me? Really? Surely there are Sports Massage Therapists that are more qualified than I am. They assured me they were interviewing a number of Massage Therapists and asked me to please come visit with them. How could I refuse?

In 1995 I got the contract with Oklahoma State University to provide Massage Therapy services for their Athletic Department. See even they didn’t define it Sports Massage. I had the pleasure and privilege of driving from Tulsa, Oklahoma to Stillwater, Oklahoma on a weekly basis during Football, Basketball, Track & Field, Cross Country, Soccer and Golf seasons. I usually took 1 – 3 other Massage Therapists with me. I understood immediately that these college athletes had only small windows of time. Between classes, practices, working out, checking in, meetings, homework, travel and just trying to live –  their time was tight. So time was scheduled according to the team’s availability. Thirty two Football players on Thursday evening between 6 pm and 8:30 pm. You bet I brought a team of massage therapists with me!

It was the strength of the team of Massage Therapists, not me, not Sports Massage Therapists that allowed that to grow. In 1997 my business got the contract with The University of Tulsa. This was much closer and easier to schedule. Now we had more than one team to take care of. Sometimes they played against each other. It didn’t matter.  At The University of Tulsa we got to work with Basketball, Volleyball, Soccer, Track & Field, Cross Country, Tennis and Crew. It never mattered what color their uniform was, if they were on our table we were on the same team.

This same philosophy came in handy when we started working with some local High Schools and out of state University teams that were traveling in Oklahoma to play against OU, OSU and TU. I have lost count how many Universities my husband and I have had an opportunity to work with. I have lost count how many of the athletes we have worked with that made it to the pros. Some of those athletes still keep in touch, some come back and still look us up, we are flattered.

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