LORI-ANN
NC LMBT #5425

Lori-Ann is the energetic and dynamic innovator of Ultimate Sports Massage Therapy – bringing a new approach to massage and muscular therapy rehabilitation along with athletic sports performance.  

Through her perseverance Lori-Ann has been successfully selected to work at the Athens, Beijing, Vancouver and RIO Olympic Games as a key member of the sports medicine medical team providing her brand of sports massage to the athletes.

Lori-Ann has also worked closely with the US National Bobsled – Skeleton Team for the past 10 years at team trials in Lake Placid NY or on tour with them in Europe for World Cup and World Championship competitions.
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Lori-Ann continues to raise the bar on new techniques, modalities and continuing education for herself and sports massage team to better serve the many clients, athletes and Marines who visit the USMT office.
Lori-Ann is an approved provider by the NCBTMB and a certified IASTM (Instrument Assisted Soft Tissue Mobilization)  instructor.  She is an extremely skilled and knowledgeable therapist with an incredible passion for what she does.  Lori-Ann cares deeply about helping her clientele. 

When Lori-Ann is not in the office and providing her favorite brand of “bone crushing” sports massage, she could be riding her bike or running and possibly writing a quick note, but then again she could be thinking about her “Super Heroes”!

HUTCH
OFFICE MANAGER

Michael is from a small town in Illinois. In 1996 he joined the Marine Corps at 18 and went to boot camp in San Diego. Michael was an infantry Marine and during his time in he was deployed 6 times, two of them being combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He has also done humanitarian assistance during the earthquake in Haiti. Before he retired he was the Operations Chief at Golf Co 2ndBN 23rdMAR out of Pico Rivera CA. In July of 2016 he retired after doing 20 years in the Marine Corps.

​Michael has a Bachelor's Degree in Business Management from Campbell University and  graduated in December of 2019.

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Valen Charlize

Massage Therapist

Valen has been a practicing massage therapist since 2007.  She has lived and worked in Rhode Island, Arizona, New York, France and Russia with Gua Sha, Acupressure, Prenatal, Sports and Thai massage being her passions.  She also specializes in Reflexology, IASTM, Myofacial Release, Trigger Point Therapy and Cupping therapies.

Valen has joined our team mid-july of this year when she moved down from Rhode Island!
In her free time, Valen enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, and learning as much as she can about the body and how to care for it holistically, and most importantly, in the scope of massage therapy. Valen is consciously devoted to living a life that respects all people and creatures, hoping to duplicate her compassion through those with whom she interacts.
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Valen currently expanded her education of the practices of yoga in a 200 hour Integrative Vinyasa yoga teacher training program with Coral Brown in RI.  She currently attends an online education program for Traditional Chinese Medicine and Herbalism.  Her interests for continuing education in massage therapy for this year lie in Cranio-sacral Therapy Certification as well.  
 

Massage Therapist

Darcie

Has been a massage therapist since 2002 and with USMT since October of 2019.  Her background in massage consists of therapeutic and day spa therapies and she has enjoyed both modalities in her career as a Massage Therapist.  "If my client is happy and feeling better, I know I have done my job, and it's a priceless feeling." 
 
Darcie specializes in these modalities: Deep tissue massage, Aromatherapy, Reflexology, Bamboo, Hot stone massage, Raindrop Essential Oil Technique, Swe Thai, IASTM, Taping, Myofascial Release, Cupping, Cranio-sacral Therapy.  

Darcie loves spending time with family, painting, traveling and binge watching series, with and without her family. ​

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