Betsy Lenke

Rehabilitation Massage Therapist . Beyond Ergonomics and Massage Educator

ergomassage@hotmail.com . http://bfaafb.weebly.com
Encouraging you to become more integrated in your body and more fluid in your forms of expression.
Swedish Institute of Massage Graduate. NYS Massage Therapy License Registration renewed to September 2020.
B.S. in Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Junior Thesis: Tardive Dyskinesia, Senior Thesis: Vaccinations.
Adult / Pediatric / Infant 1st Aid / CPR / AED renewed to October 2020. Liability Insurance renewed to April 2020.
2014 - 2017 Medical Massage Therapist at Dr. Ali Guy Physiatrist Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practice.
2019 Season Massage Therapist New York City CityTri Half Marathons. Member Chilton Hospital Advisory Panel.
My Practice includes Hand and Arm, Medical, Rehabilitation Massage, Perinatal, Athletes perievent passive and
active, Swedish, Deep Tissue, Range of Motion / Range of Flexibility, 4-Hand Massage, Conditioning sedentary
folks, Foot Massage / Reflexology, Polarity. Venues include medical per diem and PRN, hospital, dance, outdoors,
sports, photo shoot, theater, wedding, health fair, conferences, fundraisers, floor, volunteer events. I offer Workshops
on Bodywork for Artists, Partner and Self-massage, Do-In, Beyond Ergonomics, Breathing, Listening to Your Body.
Postgraduate Massage Therapy Training includes:
Dr. Randolph Stone’s Polarity Therapy Course with Dr. Stone's clinical partner Dr. Pierre Pannetier.
Bonnie Prudden's Pain Erasure Myotherapy Course, Arizona. ~ Dolores Krieger's Therapeutic Touch.
Passive and Active Impact Therapy with Dr. John B. Tracy, Pinhoe, Exeter, England.
Thalasso / Guided Relaxation / Herbal wraps / Fango mud / Salt glows Gurney's Inn Spa, Montauk.
Breathe Certification Teacher Training Program Course with Belisa Vranich.
Hospital-Based Massage Therapy for Seriously Ill Patients Course Mount Sinai Icahn School of Medicine.
Essentials of Performing Arts Medicine, Course by Performing Arts Medicine Association PAMA and American
College of Sports Medicine, at Weill Cornell Medical Center.
Barbells of the Nervous System Michael Gilbert. ~ Injuries of the Runner with Juliann Donnelly.
The Lower Back: Treating the Source, Not the Symptoms with Juliann Donnelly.
Advanced Deep Tissue Muscular Therapy Technique Workshop with Dr. Ben Benjamin.
Periodization of Sports Massage Course and Certification with Vincent Metzo.
Prevention & Treatment of Athletic Injuries Course with Louis DeNito AD, University of Massachusetts.
Hospital-Based Orthopedic Massage with Dr. Anthony Gencarelli. ~ AmMa assessment with Sidney Zerinsky.
Treating Rotational Problems, and Foot and Ankle, with Dr. George Russell. ~ Do-In with Michael Melia.
Introduction to StretchZone with Jorden Gold. ~ Medical Massage Ribcage with Janine Strenta.
Bindegewebs (Connective Tissue Massage) all 4 sections with Theresa Roehre RN. ~ Acroyoga Massage.
Research methodologies & work with preemies with Dr. Tiffany Field's Touch Research Institute, Miami.
European Aromatherapy Course with Eve Taylor. ~ Natural Hygiene Colonics with Dr. Sidney Baum.
Featured Massage Therapist in Articles Redbook magazine, Details magazine, New York Post Page Six.
Previous Staff Massage Therapist Positions Include Harlem Skin Clinic. Equinox Club. Sam Sun International.
Betty Dean's. Glen Cove YMCA. Park Avenue Trauma. North Shore Health Club. Grossinger's Resort. Dorit Baxter.
Lexington Avenue YWCA. La Carezza 5th Avenue. La Pli Cambridge. Gurney's Inn Montauk Spa - Head of
Massage Department. Past Private Practices included 15th Street private office. Vertical Clubs Worldwide Plaza and
32nd Street offices. Cofounded free clinic Massage Center for Immune Enhancement at Sidney Hillman Health.
Teaching and other community involvements include Current Volunteer in battered women and children shelters,
grant writing, volunteer projects, facilities upkeep, licensed Day Care Director. Former Substitute private and public
schools, all subjects, Somerville and Cambridge MA. Tutor adult literacy, biology. Produced, engineered, hosted
hundreds of healthcare radio shows. Author literature-review based research articles. Health panel speaker. Helped
found and staff 24-hour college and community-based crisis centers. Food not Bombs, Bikes not Bombs volunteer.
Managed women's bookstore. ACT UP NY meetings manager. United Electrical shop steward. Member Local 3036.
Community Certifications include Domestic Violence staffing. Day Care Director. Community Emergency Response
Team Homeland Security CERT. Integrated Pest Management. Fire Inspector course. Lead-safe/OSHA Dust
Sampling Technician/Renovator. FCC Radio license. Infectious Control. Women and Cardiovascular Disease.