Frank Lopez is a certified massage therapist and advanced practitioner with over 25 years of experience. He has extensive training in various massage modalities such as deep tissue, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, and sports massage. He teaches chair massage and provides corporate wellness services. His goals are to train spa staff, teach internationally, contribute to massage research, and dedicate hands-on work to volunteer efforts helping those in need.

1. OVERVIEW/HIGHLIGHTS
• Bodywork Entrepreneur: finding new markets; connecting with aligned holistic healthcare disciplines; and
developing products and services to advance the practice and study of massage
• Industry leader in Corporate Wellness Massage: work done for organizations such as Bechtel, Clorox, Geiko
among many others; teacher of chair massage in corporate settings
• Member, Teaching Faculty at the San Francisco School of Massage
• Instructor, Chair Massage for the Masses: introduction to “touch” for lay-folk
• Supervise and participate in Sports Massage for world class athletes, including work for the Oracle America’s
Cup Racing Crew, cyclist and runners
• Creator of massage workshops: The Physics of Massage; On-Site Massage
• Professional study: In excess of 700 hours of study with over 500 hours service as a Teacher’s Assistant for
courses such as Deep Tissue; Myofascial Release; Trigger Point; Lymphatic massage
• Presenter to Google in-house massage team on the subject of working with people with disabilities
CERTIFICATION
• Certified Massage Therapist, California Massage Therapy and Bodywork Council
• Advanced Massage Practitioner, San Francisco Department of Health
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
• Educate large groups and individuals on: the benefits of massage, and the role and ability an individual has to
maintain a healthy muscle-skeletal system
• Strive for innovation in the teaching of massage with a focus on: removing dogmatic practices from the industry;
creating new techniques for more effective massage sessions; and the development of excellent body mechanics
to keep massage therapists healthy and extend career duration
• Work with the body to create space to address physical disruptions and holding patterns at the root of muscle
tension or other soft-tissue abnormalities or compensatory patterns, while maintaining proper reverence for the
need to bring client to a cooperative energy state in preparation of addressing structural compromise
FrankLopezTM.com 415.290.4632 flopez@sfschoolofmassage.com skype: time4touch

2. COURSE TRAINING DETAIL
• Deep Tissue and Myofascial Release: studied chiefly under Art Riggs, international authority on Deep Tissue,
author, magazine contributor and creator of one of the most respected Deep Tissue training DVDs.
• Continued studies with Riggs’ disciples Martin Morales, owner of the California Institute for Bodywork
Education
• Trigger Point, Stretching and Mobilization: studied under San Francisco-based and internationally recognized
healer, Dr. Eric Rubin
• Muscle Energy Technique, Sports Medicine: studied with Randy Lind, Bay Area pioneer on the application of
MET work, founder and owner of the Oakland Manual Therapy Institute
• Ortho-Bionomy: completed 40-hour CEU course with Jim Berns, Society of Ortho-Bionomy International,
focusing on how to integrate Ortho-Bionomy techniques into a “standard” massage, as well as how to specifically
approach muscle-holding patterns created through trauma
• Lymphatic Massage Introduction: worked with Lucy Rush, Bay Area authority and longtime practitioner and
teacher of Lymphatic massage. The subtlety of touch employed in lymph massage proved a wonderful means for
refinement of touch for detecting irregularities in deeper structural work
• Swedish: learned basic and more advanced tools of this fundamental relaxation massage technique, as well as
proper body mechanics to maintain a practitioner's health and maximize therapeutic value to client
• Esalen Institute: learned the immense value of conveying a feeling of total envelopment of client and critical
nature of being intimately present with client
• Integrative 250-hour program in Portugal: studied in intense program in the Algarve area of Portugal and
benefited greatly by the sheer volume of bodies upon which I was able to practice. In addition to benefiting from
the program’s goals of understanding the heavy emotional component that can be present in any session and
learning to incorporate a wide variety of tools into any given massage, I felt my 3 months in Portugal aided
greatly in the refinement of my touch
GOALS
• Train massage staff at high-end, cutting edge spas
• Teach massage and produce workshops internationally
• Contribute to academic research of the effectiveness of various massage modalities
• Identify high-return bodywork avenues to allow me to dedicate the preponderance of hands-on massage work to
volunteer efforts: such as working with the elderly and the infirm and others in-need and low-income recipients
EXTRAS
Marketing, Promotions and Business Development, 25 Years of Experience
Practical experience in corporate, municipal and volunteer settings bring business and entrepreneurial skills to be applied
to business side of massage industry

3. Volunteer organizer within the massage, corporate and nonprofit fields
San Jose State University, B.S., 1985, Journalism; Minor in Philosophy