07/13/2024
Clearly I don’t do a great job of updating my business account 🫣 so here is a bit of an update!
When I’m not in my office working, I am typically performing my job on the road with I have been working with Maxxis for 3 seasons now, which has been a great opportunity to meet and work with both fantastic athletes and staff.
This past week I was with Maxxis in British Columbia for the BC Bike Race which is a 7 day mountain bike stage race.
In cycling, there is a term used for Massage Therapists which is: Soigneur, a French word for “healer.” When working with a team, a lot of the things you do is behind the scenes, but I don’t think that takes away from the importance of the work.
It creates a very unique position where regardless of if the athlete had a good or bad race, at some point of the day it’s just you and them on the massage table for 60 minutes. Sometimes it’s talking about the race, sometimes it’s about whatever random questions I come up with to ask them. It’s a time for them to (hopefully) decompress from race mode and for me it’s about trying to not have someone in their head for that period of time. Helping them to heal the mind and body, so they can be ready for the next race.
I enjoy working with professional athletes, not because of their job, but because of their mindset. They are looking to get the best out of themselves day in and day out. This means that they are doing all of the little things for their body not just for a singular race, but the entire season. What can this look like? Proper sleep, training, routine bodywork (either by a therapist or themselves,) strength work, rehab, and nutrition.
Whether you consider yourself an athlete or not, we can all have the same high performance mindset when it comes to our own health and wellness by paying attention to the small details.
