Betsy Lenke

Massage Therapist Massage Artist 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.
B.S. in Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Jr. Thesis: Tardive Dyskinesia, Sr. Thesis: Vaccinations.
Graduate, Swedish Institute of Massage and Allied Sciences, West 71st Street, NYC.
Member of New York State Society of Medical Massage Therapists NYSSMMT. Experienced, reliable.
N Y State Massage Therapy License renewed through August 2017. Liability Insurance through April 2016.
American Red Cross Adult First Aid/CPR/AED through April 2016. Pacifist, nonsmoker.
Currently on staff at the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation practice of Dr. Ali Guy, Gramercy Park, NY.
My Practice includes Hand and Arm Massage, Foot Massage / Reflexology, Swedish, Athletes pre / post / event
- passive and active, Deep Tissue / Muscle Stripping, Range of Motion / Range of Flexibility, Polarity,
Perinatal, Conditioning sedentary folks, Medical, Rehabilitation Massage, 4-handed massage. On-site outdoors,
offices, health fairs, conferences, retreats, clinical, cultural, dance, sports events, photo shoots, film, television,
theaters, weddings, educational gatherings, fund raisers, volunteer events. Beyond Ergonomics consultations.
Postgraduate Massage Therapy Training includes:
Periodization of Sports Massage course and certification with Vincent Metzo.
Prevention & Treatment of Athletic Injuries course with Louis DeNito, University of Massachusetts.
Hospital-Based Orthopedic Massage with Dr. Anthony Gencarelli.
Treating Rotational Problems, and Foot and Ankle with Dr. George Russell.
Introduction to StretchZone with Jorden Gold.
Medical Massage Ribcage with Janine Strenta.
Bindegewebs (Connective Tissue Massage) all 4 sections with Theresa Roehre RN.
Research methodologies & work with preemies Dr. Tiffany Field's Touch Research Institute, Miami.
European Aromatherapy course with Eve Taylor. AmMa assessment with Sidney Zerinsky.
Dr. Randolph Stones Polarity Therapy course with Pierre Pannetier.
Do-In with Michael Melia.
Acroyoga Massage workshop. Natural Hygiene Colonics with Dr. Sidney Baum.
Bonnie Prudden's Pain Erasure Myotherapy course, Arizona.
Dolores Krieger's Therapeutic Touch.
Passive and Active Impact Therapy with Dr. John B. Tracy, Exeter England.
Thalasso / Guided Relaxation / Herbal wraps / Fango mud / Salt glows Gurney's Inn Spa, Montauk.
Featured Massage Therapist in Redbook magazine, Details magazine, New York Post Page Six.
Previous Staff Massage Therapist Positions Include Harlem Skin Clinic. Equinox Club. Eventi & Ink Hotels.
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 Spa - Head of Massage Department.
Private Practices included 15th Street private offices. Vertical Clubs Worldwide Plaza and 32nd Street offices.
Cofounded free clinic for immune-compromised individuals at Sidney Hillman Health Center.
Teaching and other community involvements include Currently volunteer in shelters serving battered women
and children: GED prep, child care, grant writing, facilities upkeep, donations, volunteer projects. Offer
workshops on Bodywork for Artists, Self-massage, Family Massage, Ergonomics, Breathing, Listening to Your
Body. Substitute teacher 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 community crisis centers. Food not Bombs
and Bikes not Bombs volunteer. Managed Alternatives Corner bookstore. Was ACT UP NY meetings manager.
Certified in Domestic Violence staffing; Community Emergency Response Team Homeland Security CERT;
Integrated Pest Management IPM; Fire Inspector; Lead-safe/OSHA Dust Sampling Technician/Renovator
through July 2016; FCC Radio license. Infectious Control parts I & II. Women and Cardiovascular Disease.