In 1998, The Soma Institute pioneered the practice of clinical massage therapy in the United States.
Since that time, we've continued to refine our Clinical Massage Therapy curriculum through the ongoing work of our dedicated faculty members.
Below are just a few of our faculty's recent industry achievements:
Mike Hovi:
- Author, 2002 Integrative Cancer Therapies Journal article:
Integrative Tumor Board: Advanced Breast Cancer
- Instructor, Complementary and Alternative Medicine Program, University of Illinois-Chicago Medical School
- Massage Therapist, 2002 & 2004 Olympic games
Michael Jones:- Clinical Sports Therapist, Chicago Rush arena football team and University of Illinois-Chicago Flames men's basketball team
- Head of Student Therapy Team, LaSalle Bank's Chicago Marathon
- Creator new modality: Performance Enhancement Massage
Evan Osar:- Author, Kinesiology text book, FORM AND FUNCTION, THE ANATOMY OF MOTION
Mary Murphy:- Instructor, Zero Balancing Health Association
- Advisor, Advocate Medical Group's Center for Complementary Medicine at Lutheran General Hospital
If you're looking for the best possible education in clinical massage therapy, you owe it to yourself to look at the school that remains at the forefront of clinical massage therapy.