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Mark Bigelow, LMT - Bio

Author, inventor, entertaining public speaker, and veteran massage therapist since 1986, specializing in muscular pain and sports injuries. Affectionately called “MacGyver” by his students, it is not unusual to see him use a mop, a rope, a beach ball, springs, Play-Doh, elastic bands, sponges and many other home-made ’teaching toys’ to explain and demonstrate basic concepts that apply directly to your therapy.

In 1992 he invented the first seated abdominal exerciser called Air-O-Flex developed by Fitness Quest of Ohio, an idea originating after pumping a flat tire on a golf cart. Jackie Zeaman of "General Hospital" fame was the celebrity spokesperson in the TV commercials.

He has been awarded patent number 7413441 for creating the “Sarcomere - Three Dimensional Teaching Model” which is now manufactured and marketed by Denoyer-Geppert Science Company of Chicago, and sold to colleges and universities around the world to illustrate proper muscular contraction and its dysfunction to medical students.

Mark has lectured on repetitive movement syndromes at many colleges and massage schools after many years related experience as therapist and consultant to Levi-Strauss & Co. in North Carolina. He has developed a self-help video on the subject of carpal tunnel syndrome previously sold through Amazon.com and other outlets. Along with 4 years teaching at the Palm Beach Academy of Health and Beauty and two years as a continuing education instructor at the Palm Beach Community College, he has been a speaker at the

* 2005 AMTA National Convention in Albuquerque, NM
* 2006, 2007, 2010 Florida State Massage Therapy Assoc Conventions
* 2007 AMTA New England Regional Conference in Boston, MA
* 2008 AMTA Ohio State Convention, Columbus, OH
* 2008 Florida Chiropractic Association National Convention, Orlando FL
* 2009 Human Anatomy and Physiology Society Convention, Baltimore, MD

He has also received the following awards,

* 2006 "State Outstanding Service" Florida State Massage Therapy Association

* 2007  Chapter "LMT of the Year"   FSMTA Flagler/Volusia

* 2007 State "LMT of the Year"
              Florida State Massage Therapy Association

Previously the owner of the Bigelow Center of Neuromuscular Therapy in Royal Palm Beach, Florida, he has moved to Ormond Beach where he is now past President of the Flagler/Volusia Chapter of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association and serves as a member of the Daytona College Advisory Commitee.

Mark Bigelow is a Florida State continuing education provider. (50-231)

CONTACT MARK FOR SPEAKING and SEMINARS

Mark Bigelow, LMT / MA6332
763 Riverside Drive
Ormond Beach, FL. 32176
(386)233-9108
BigelowSeminars@aol.com