Precision Neuromuscular Therapy
The Staff of PNMT
Douglas Nelson
The founder and principle instructor of Precision
NMT seminars, Doug has taught hundreds of
seminars and to various populations from
physician's conferences to educational
seminars for lay people. Practicing massage
therapy since 1977, he has studied with a host
of great educators and worked in several
clinical environments. He is the president of
BodyWork Associates, a sixteen therapist
massage therapy clinic in Champaign, IL which
has been in operation since 1982.
Doug still maintains a very active practice; he
doesn't just teach, he has a busy personal
practice (seeing over 1,100 client visits
annually); the clinic is the laboratory for the
development of PNMT. Doug has treated
thousands of clients over the years, from the
NBA to the NFL, factory workers,and high level
musicians who suffer musculoskeletal pain.
Doug is passionate about the efficacy of the
work and has conducted many clinical research
studies to investigate PNMT. He is a member
of the International Myopain Association and the
International Association for the Study of Pain
and is currently working on a book on pain
mechanisms. He is also a regular columnist for
Massage and Bodywork magazine.
Doug is also the author of
Table Lessons: Insights in the
Practice of Massage Therapy
His new book entitled The Mystery
of Pain will be out soon.
Doug is also a contributing author to
the new book Massage Therapy:
Integrating Research and Practice,
published by Human Kinetics