Escape Massage
Therapy is owned and run by Megan
Fredericksen. Megan is a 2001 graduate
of Buena Vista University where she earned her
bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Athletic Training. After passing the National Athletic Trainer’s
Association exam and becoming a Certified Athletic Trainer, Megan worked for
Mary Greeley Rehab and Wellness in Ames, Iowa and provided athletic
training services to local high schools.
In
December of 2002, Megan and her husband moved to Hannibal, Missouri. Megan worked for Hannibal Regional Hospital in their outpatient
physical therapy and sports medicine clinic. She expanded her base of knowledge
by mentoring under several physical therapists and was able to personally
provide the patients with the same high level of care. Besides working in the clinic, Megan also
provided athletic training services to two of the local high schools and filled
in at the local college. She attended a
course in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina called Sportsmetrics to
learn how to train female athletes to correctly run cut and jump in a way that
would strengthen crucial muscles and reflexes and protect the athlete against
anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries.
In
December of 2006 Megan and her family returned to Iowa, at which time she
returned to school for massage therapy, completing her coursework at Body Wisdom Massage School in Urbandale.
Body
Wisdom brings in the “best of the best” in instructors to provide the students
with the most integral and cutting edge techniques available in the massage
profession.
The
school’s philosophy is based on the guiding principle of “wholeness” and the
“inner healer.” They believe that every
physical imbalance is the result of lack of wholeness on one or more levels;
body, mind, emotions or the spirit and that every individual has a connection
to their inner healer that can guide the healing process. Massage and bodywork are powerful vehicles
for healing, awareness and engaging the whole person through a synthesis of
structure, function, energy and emotion. All the classes at Body Wisdom emphasize this “whole-body
learning.”
Escape Massage
Therapy upholds
the same values and philosophy and strives to help every person who comes
through the door find what they need, whether it be relief from pain or relief
from stress.
Escape
Massage Therapy
For
body, mind, and spirit
