Profile
Karen is an experienced fully qualified Massage Therapist who has continued to up-skill by attending post graduate courses, gaining additional qualifications and attending conferences. Karen based her practice for eleven years at Sports Med, a leading Christchurch Sports Medicine Clinic. She furthered her knowledge by working alongside professional Physicians, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Podiatrists and has developed an extensive referral network over the years.
Karen is a New Zealand High Performance Sport Provider who has worked with elite athletes from a variety of sports and has organised massage for sporting events such at the Coast to Coast and the Le Race Cycle event.
Karen now works from her home based clinic in West Melton Christchurch.
Qualifications
- 2008 – Advanced Neuromuscular Therapy (NMT) American Version
- 2006 – Present – Remedial Massage Therapist with Massage New Zealand
- 2003 – Present – High Performance Sport NZ Provider
- 2003 – Advanced Certificate in Sports Massage
- Diploma in Massage Therapy (CCNMNZ)
- 2002 – Certificate in Fitness Management (Otago)
- 1999 – Higher Diploma of Teaching
- 1991 – Diploma for Recreation and Sport
Athletes/Teams
- All Blacks
- Crusaders/ Canterbury NPC team
- Visiting Super 14 rugby teams
- British Rugby team
- British Rugby League
- Commonwealth Games Women’s Hockey
- Commonwealth Games cyclists
- British, Australian and New Zealand Women’s Cricket teams
- Olympic triathlete
- Canterbury Tactix
- Silver Fern players
- New Zealand Cricket players
- Ironman athletes
- New Zealand Women’s Rugby Players