Nancy Crooks, Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, has been helping people get out of pain and get their lives back for over 25 years. Her search for the most effective means of helping people with chronic back and hip pain, headaches, chronic pelvic pain, fibromyalgia and many other stubborn, hard to treat problems has lead her to Mechanical Link (ML), an osteopathic approach developed in France. Nancy is one of fewer than twenty therapists and doctors in the US who use ML exclusively. This drug-free, manual therapy is a very gentle but powerful approach that addresses many problems simultaneously through the connective tissue system.
Select List of Training and Affiliations
- Member of American Massage Therapy Association
- Member of LMO (Lien Mechanique Osteopathique)
- Licensed by North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy
- Certified by National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
- Continuing education from:
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Continuing Education:
Histological and Anatomical Characteristics of the Human Fascial System; Cadaver Dissection and Ultrasound Imaging in Living Tissue - The Lower Limb; Antonio Stecco, New York, NY 7 hours
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Boston, MA. 42 hours
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
Mechanical Link 7, (Eric Prat), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
Clinical observation in France of Pierre Achery, Grenoble; Paul Chauffour, Miribel; Sylvia Poularas, Lyon.
Mechanical Link Seminar (LMO; Paul Chauffour, Eric Prat, Jacques Michaud, et.al.), Marrakesh, Morocco. 24 hours
Mechanical Link 6 (Paul Chauffour), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Mechanical Link 4 (Paul Chauffour), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Mechanical Link 5 (Eric Prat), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Lymph Drainage Therapy 1, Upledger Institute, Charlotte, NC. 24 hours
Co-treating at Mountain Valley Therapy, La Grande, Oregon w/David Ebel, P.T.
Mechanical Link 2 and 3 (Upledger Institute), Dahlonega, GA. 48 hours total
Shadowing and co-treating with David Ebel, P.T. at Mountain Valley Therapy, La Grande, OR
Somato-Emotional Release I, (Upledger Institute) Detroit, MI, 24 hours
Mechanical Link 1, (Upledger Institute), San Francisco, CA. 24 hours
Total Motion Release for the Spine, T. Dalonzo-Baker, P.T. Raleigh, NC. 20 hours
Teaching Skills for the Workshop Leader, NC-AMTA. Asheville, NC. 19 hours
Posture, Acture and Gaiting, Neuromuscular Therapy (American Version) 12 hours.
Strain/counterstrain I, (review) Jones Institute. 20 hours
Strain/counterstrain III; Advanced w/Cranials, Jones Institute. 20 hours
Fascial Conduction, 12 hrs., First Degree Usui Reiki System.
Evaluation and Treatment of the Thoracic Cage, Ursa Foundation, Edmonds, WA. 18 hours
Muscle Energy Technique and 'Beyond' for Pelvis, Sacrum, Cervical, Thoracic and Lumbar Spine, Northeast Seminars. 19.5 hours
Integrative Manual Therapy for Autonomic Nervous System and Related Disorders ( Advanced Strain and Counterstrain ), Northeast Seminars. 19.5 hours
Postural Reflex Integration; National Institute of Craniosacral Studies. 32 hours
Strain/counterstrain for the Extremities, Jones Institute, Chapel Hill NC. 20 hours
Craniostructural Foundations II & III, National Institute of Craniosacral Studies, 32 hours
Craniostructural Integration I & II, National Institute of Craniosacral Studies. 32 hours
Strain/counterstrain for the Spine, Jones Institute, Chapel Hill, NC. 20 hours
Cranial Sacral Therapy II, Upledger Institute, Charlotte NC. 24 hours
Cranial Sacral Therapy I (repeat), Upledger Institute, Charlotte NC. 24 hours
Muscle Energy Technique, by Leon Chaitow, D.O., Miami, Florida. 16 hours
Neuromuscular Therapy, St. John Method III. Shoulder, Extremities, Greensboro, NC. 16 hours
Cranial Sacral Therapy I (Upledger Institute), Raleigh, NC. 24 hours
Body Mobilization Technique, by Bob King, Durham, NC. 12 hours
Trager Psychophysical Integration I, Charlotte, NC. 48 hours
Touch For Health, Durham NC. 40 hours
Training:
Bodyworks Clinic - Massage Program, Chapel Hill, NC. 72 hrs
Community Wholistic Health Center, Chapel Hill, NC. 150 hrs
Structural Integration, Chapel Hill, NC. 100 hrs
Anatomy & Physiology, UNC - Chapel Hill (course & lab)
Sports Medicine, Elon College, Elon, NC.
Interests:
Old-time fiddling, gardening, art, outdoor pursuits, travel, and reading.