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About
Nancy Crooks, Licensed Massage and Bodywork Therapist, has been helping people get out of pain and get their lives back since 1984. Her search for the most effective means of helping people with chronic back and hip pain, headaches, chronic pelvic pain, fibromyalgia and many other vexatious, hard to treat problems has lead her to Mechanical Link (ML), an approach developed in France by Paul Chauffour, DO and Eric Prat, DO. 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 body's connective tissue system.
Select List of Training and Affiliations
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Member of American Massage Therapy Association
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Member of LMO (Lien Mechanique Osteopathique)
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Licensed by North Carolina Board of Massage and Bodywork Therapy
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Certified by National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork
- Paul Chauffour, D.O. and Eric Prat, D.O, et. al.
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Gil Hedley, PhD / Somanautics Workshops, Inc.
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The Jones Institute
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National Institute of Cranialsacral Studies
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The Upledger Institute
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Ursa Foundation
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Northeast Seminars/Dialogues in Contemporary Rehabilitation
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Resume - Continuing Education
2023
Fascial Anatomy Dissection Lab, with Prof. Dr. Carla Stecco and Prof. Dr. Antonio Stecco; Institute for Anatomical Research, Colorado Springs. 50 hours
2022
Fascial Anatomy Dissection Summer School, with Prof. Dr. Carla Stecco; Institute for Anatomical Research, Colorado Springs. 50 hours
2019-2020
Courses in BodyIntuitive, including Immune System and Epigenetics
2018
Mechanical Link Masterclass; Eric Prat, Dominique Moreau, et. al.; Nanterre, France. 18 hours
Upper Level Human Dissection Class; Julian Baker, Institute for Anatomical Research, Colorado Springs, CO
24 hours
2016
Received 3 days instruction in Erdman Therapy, which uses warming and cooling applications to improve circulation and therefore overall health. (Lydia Kessler, RN, retired manager of Erdman clinic in Havertown PA)
2015
Mechanical Link Seminar (3rd International, LMO; Paul Chauffour, Eric Prat, Jacques Michaud, Dominique Moreau, et. al.) Lisbon, Portugal. 24 hours
Biotensegrity Interest Group (BIG VII) in Washington, DC with Steve Levin, father of Biotensegrity, Biotensegrity Summit, and Fascia Research Congress 2015, Washington DC
2014
3 Week Whole Body Dissection for The Atlas of Integral Anatomy (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) San Francisco, CA. 115 hours
2013
Mechanical Link Review class, (Eric Prat, Dominique Moreau) Canadian College of Osteopathy, Montreal, Canada. 30 hours
2012
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
Mechanical Link Seminar (2nd International, LMO; Paul Chauffour, Eric Prat, Jacques Michaud, et. al.) Sicily, Italy. 24 hours
2011
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
2010
Mechanical Link 7, (Eric Prat), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
2009
Intensive Human Dissection Workshop (Gil Hedley, Somanautics Workshops) Newark, NJ. 42 hours
Clinical observation in France of PierreAchery, Grenoble; Paul Chauffour, Miribel; Sylvia Poularas, Lyon.
2008
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
2007
Mechanical Link 4 (Paul Chauffour), Washington, DC. 32 hours
Mechanical Link 5 (Eric Prat), Washington, DC. 32 hours
2006
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
2005
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
2004
Teaching Skills for the Workshop Leader, NC-AMTA. Asheville, NC. 19 hours
Total Motion Release for the Spine, T. Dalonzo-Baker, P.T. Raleigh, NC. 20 hours
Posture, Acture and Gaiting, Neuromuscular Therapy (American Version) 12 hours.
2003
Strain/counterstrain I, (review) Jones Institute. 20 hours
2002
Strain/counterstrain III; Advanced w/Cranials, Jones Institute. 20 hours
2001
Fascial Conduction, 12 hrs., First Degree Usui Reiki System.
2000
Evaluation and Treatment of the Thoracic Cage, Ursa Foundation, Edmonds, WA. 18 hours
1998
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
1996
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
1995
Strain/counterstrain for the Spine, Jones Institute, Chapel Hill, NC. 20 hours
1994
Cranial Sacral Therapy II, Upledger Institute, Charlotte NC. 24 hours
1993
Cranial Sacral Therapy I (repeat), Upledger Institute, Charlotte NC. 24 hours
1992
Muscle Energy Technique, by Leon Chaitow, D.O., Miami, Florida. 16 hours
Neuromuscular Therapy, St. John Method III. Shoulder, Extremities, Greensboro, NC. 16 hours
1990
Cranial Sacral Therapy I (Upledger Institute), Raleigh, NC. 24 hours
1988
Body Mobilization Technique, by Bob King, Durham, NC. 12 hours
Trager Psychophysical Integration I, Charlotte, NC. 48 hours
1987
Touch For Health, Durham NC. 40 hours
Other:
2015
Presentation ‘Fascial Sleuth: Solving the Mystery of Chronic Pain’ at North Carolina Integrative Medical Society Southeast Regional Conference, High Point, NC
Taught four-day course in Advanced Palpation Skills to Ukrainian Osteopathic Association in Kiev, Ukraine
Training:
1984-1986
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.