About Bob

In practice since 1976, Bob trained at the Potomac Massage Therapy Institute, is nationally certified, and is licensed in North  Carolina.  He lives just over the Chapel Hill line in Durham with his wife Pat. His son Mike is an attorney in California. 

With studies in  Neuro-Muscular Therapy, Craniosacral Therapy, Trager, Reiki, Tae Kwan Do, T'ai  Chi, Yoga and meditation, Bob employs multiple modalities to produce positive  results.  Bob's Resume


 

How Bob Got Started

I realized that massage therapy was the path for me while employed at IBM. Although practicing yoga and meditation for only a few years, fellow employees constantly asked me questions about health and life-style issues, sensing that I was learning something of value.

During this period, I attended a 6-day yoga intensive, culminating in a 45-minute massage workshop on the last day. This was my watershed moment!

While working with my assigned partner, I knew I had found the perfect vehicle to introduce the concepts of health and self-awareness to others.

Potomac Massage Therapy Institute was just starting in 1975. Attending their second class, I completed their course and started my practice in 1976.

Ten years practicing massage for a Virginia
chiropractor' patients helped me integrate a knowledge of body structure and massage techniques to lessen the effect of spinal injuries and other traumatic injuries on my clients.

Sixteen years with a Maryland psychotherapist reinforced my belief in and commitment to the mind-body connection for healing.

Numerous workshops in Neuro Muscular Therapy, Level one Craniosacral Therapy, Trager, and Reiki enable me to use multiple approaches to massage therapy within any session.

My past study of Tae Kwan Do - obtaining first degree brown belt - as well as my ongoing studies of Yoga, meditation and T'ai Chi, give me the ability to incorporate other levels of expertise into my practice.

I consider the practice of massage therapy to be a service and feel privileged to be able to do so.

Education & Training

University of Vermont
BA, Political Science 

Potomac Massage Training Institute 
Certificate, 500-hour course.
Studies in:
  • Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT)
  • Myofascial Release
  • Craniosacral Therapy
  • Deep Tissue and Swedish
    Massage
  • Reiki
 
Yoga & Meditation
When I work with a client, I do just that . . .
 work with them and not on them to help them learn the limits of their discomfort by learning how to relax when feeling pain, and then expand beyond those limits through release, awareness and mind control. 

I use a variety of stress-releasing
methods . . . from talk tapes of self-improvement strategies to yoga to deep breathing exercises for relaxation. I also use music, which ranges from Zen Meditation Music to that of Monteverdi, Mozart and Messiaen. 

The client participates by providing me feedback, which helps me shape and direct the sessions . . . this releases pressure, stress and anxiety so that they can see their situations in a more balanced light. Sometimes I introduce different kinds of counseling to clients in order to better integrate the physical, mental and emotional elements of their lives.  
Letter to the editor re: women and pregnancy:

Bumps and pumps

As a massage therapist who has been in practice 37 years (10 of those with a chiropractor), I disagree with some of the information in the April 11 article “Try less when baby bump adds more.”

The article advocates “shoe bootie with a stacked heel” and shows pictures of pregnant women wearing high heels. This sends a wrong message to pregnant women. When they start showing the baby bump, they should be in low heels. Read more . . .