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Mark's 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 was recently 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 used extensively in his classes to illustrate proper muscular contraction and its dysfunction.

Mark has lectured on repetitive movement syndromes at many colleges and massage schools after seven 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 an adjunct 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 recently moved to Ormond Beach where he serves as President of the Flagler/Volusia Chapter of the Florida State Massage Therapy Association.

Mark Bigelow is approved by the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork as a continuing education provider. He is also a Florida State continuing education provider.

CONTACT MARK FOR SPEAKING and SEMINARS

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