About Greg Hughes

Background

I was born in New Zealand where growing up sports and the outdoors strongly colored my life. I graduated Otago University in 1992 with a double degree. While in Dunedin I worked as a personal trainer, recreation officer, cleaner, delivering pizzas, and later moving to Rotorua as a Physical Education Teacher at Rotorua Boys High School. I then decided to see the world. Two and a half years and 35 countries later I found myself married and living in Spokane, WA, USA!

One of many adventures on this journey involved visiting Thailand and studying Thai Massage and discovering my passion for Massage Therapy. I became a Licensed Massage Practitioner in 2001 and continue to grow my practice here in Spokane, WA.

Education

• Massage Therapy Certification, Inland Massage Institute, 2001.
• National Massage Therapy Certification, 2001, (NCBTMB # 305837-0).
• Washington State License, 2001, (Lic # MA00015749),
• American Massage Therapy Association Member since 2001, (AMTA, ID# 141032)
• Physical Education Teacher, Rotorua Boys High School, 1996-1998.
• Diploma of Teaching, Christchurch Teachers College, 1995.
• Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Otago University, 1992.
• Bachelor of Physical Education, Kinesiology, Otago University, 1991.

Experience

I have worked over 5 seasons with the Gonzaga University Men and Women’s basketball. This experience has been enriching on many levels including a continued collaboration with high caliber training staff and elite athlete’s to fine tune recovery and performance through optimizing function.

Through my own injuries and myo-skeletal pain I have learned a great deal, receiving regular massage treatment of varying types I continue to gain skills and insight on how we can maintain balance and function in an unsympathetic gravity field.

Through continuing education with some of the best teachers and practitioners in the US today I greatly enjoy expanding my knowledge and finding knew ways to assist my clients.

I utilize a range of techniques to help your body find structural balance and move from dysfunction to function.

I have developed my approach to massage by studying with three of the best teachers in massage therapy today. Please explore their work to gain insight into what I do.

• Eric Dalton
• Tom Myers
• James Waslaski

My Continuing Education

Please click on the links below to discover the Teachers and Modalities I have studied.

• Myoskeletal Alignment Technique: with Eric Dalton in Denver, CO, 2009.
• Advanced Orthopedic Massage: with James Waslaski in Portland, OR, 2008
• Thai Structural Integration with Yaron Gal Carmel and Tom Myers in Walpole, ME, 2005.
• Trager: with Jack Blackburn in Seattle, USA, 2004. (Trager)
• Anatomy Trains: with Tom Myers in Seattle, WA, 2002.
• Thai Massage: with Chongkol Setthakorn in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 1999.