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About Dee

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Dee Walsh, CMT, CRRN, is a healthcare professional with national certifications both in rehabilitation nursing (since 1986) and therapeutic massage (since 2001). Since beginning in the nursing field in 1982, Dee has contributed to the rehabilitation of both adults and children with SCI (spinal cord injury), CVA (cerebral vascular accident, or stroke), joint replacements, burns, rheumatoid and degenerative arthritis, amputations, muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, Guillian Barre' syndrome, and a wide variety of other neurological and musculoskeletal disorders.  Her nursing roles have included  staff/bedside nursing, administration, and continuing education coordination.

After deciding to expand on her knowledge of rehabilitation nursing, Dee enrolled in the nationally-recognized Virginia School of Massage, and graduated in March of 2001. In addition to various continuing education courses taken locally, Dee has also studied the basics of  Tuina - a form of Chinese manual therapy - at the China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Beijing, China.   Dee practices therapeutic massage in the local (Charlottesville, VA) area, and  incorporates Swedish (relaxation) massage, deep tissue massage, joint mobilization, and myofascial release techniques as appropriate to meet the unique needs of individual clients. She focuses on the care of persons with physical disabilities, but welcomes all people who seek the beneficial restorative and preventative powers of therapeutic bodywork. Dee's broad-ranging background in physical rehabilitation, her recent extensive training in massage, and her strong belief in the power of healing through the application of therapeutic bodywork contribute to the delivery of goal-directed and focused therapeutic massage sessions for each of her clients.

Dee is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN) and the Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN), and serves on the board of the local Piedmont Unit of the AMTA as Treasurer.   She is  nationally certified in both rehabilitation nursing (CRRN) and in massage therapy and bodywork (NCMTB), and is a certified massage therapist (CMT) in the Commonwealth of Virginia.  In addition, she is certified in Adult and Infant CPR and First Aid/AED use via the American Heart Association.

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