A station for relaxation
Anita Jenison
Issue date: 12/8/06 Section: News
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After graduating high school, Cliff Olson was living on the outskirts of Chicago and could have done anything he wanted. Instead of pursuing the typical college career, he realized he had a bigger purpose in his life - he wanted to serve his country.
Olson went to military sniper school during the week at Camp Pendleton in California. The training was intense, with the soldiers going five days with little food and sleep, carrying large loads on their backs. On the weekend, due to incurring shoulder and lower back pain from his pack, Olson would see a therapeutic massage therapist. He realized just how important the therapy was, and after leaving the military in 2005 he knew he wanted to train to administer it himself.
Thinking he'd go back to Chicago to study, a friend deferred Olson to Joplin by leading him to Theresa Orler's School of Massage Therapy Technology. Olson researched massage schools and realized this one offered double the training of any of the schools in Chicago. Olson also studied nutrition online through a program called the American Fitness Training of Atheletics along with the massage therapy, and in June became a licensed massage therapist (LMT) and a certified nutritional adviser.
"Understanding nutrition and combined massage can fix a lot of problems," said Olson.
These problems include a variety of diseases, even chronic ones like fibryomyalgia, back pain, etc. Olson refers to therapeutic massage as part of the "wellness" industry, used to prevent problems before they start, whereas hospitals are part of the "sickness" industry - people go there after they are already sick. Olson is able to advise people on supplements for total body repair and illness prevention. Then he helps them understand how the body aligns itself and how to put their body back into the position where it can heal itself.
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