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Massage Therapy in the NFL, Part II

1/31/2017

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Pro athletes require massage therapy that is going to help them recover and keep them healthy during the season. For football players, this can be challenging to find a therapist that is qualified and licensed (see part I). There are of course plenty of female therapists that know how lucrative it can be to work on NFL pros and will go to any lengths to attract business to themselves. One in particular was brought to my attention through some of the players that she worked on. I didn’t have her name at first just a description and what she charged for a session. My client told me he was at his friend’s place who a player with the Miami Dolphins and was getting a massage from someone with a fat ass and that she was paid $300 for the session. First of all, an hour and half session should be around $150 not $300 so that raises a red flag immediately. Later, I was working on a player that used this woman and I finally got a name or initials: she goes by KJ. He described her as being crazy. I took her initials and googled them and came up with her name KJ Anderson LMT. The first photos of her are naked in body paint of Miami Dolphin colors posing in front of a Miami Dolphins poster. I then went to her website where she had links to her social media and I can say I was even more shocked to see nude photos of her and also posing in a thong! She has 4000 followers on her Instagram @kspikz where she has endless butt selfies on there. She really, really likes her butt and by the looks of she thinks this is her greatest asset. She also has pictures posted with young black guys in provocative positions and in her lingerie. Not only that she is a 40-year-old cougar working on several young NFL Miami Dolphin players.​
I know in the massage profession most of us work hard to keep it professional so it is terrible that someone like KJ Anderson comes along and feels the need to post nude photos of herself to attract business to herself. She also works on rappers and is also on a model website called Model Mayhem and goes by the name “Kalika”. If you don’t know the Miami nightclub scene I will tell you that “models” are hired to go to parties and clubs that are hosted by celebrities.
Rappers are not the same as professional athletes as pro athletes depend on their bodies for their work so it is important to stay healthy. An overweight rapper is not going to get an intense medical or therapeutic massage. As you can see by the photos I have posted she also does massage in tight bike shorts and tank tops. This is something that is not taught in massage school. We are taught to wear loose and not provocative clothing (usually scrubs). KJ Anderson defies everything that is taught in massage school and undermines the massage profession. Several players that she works on follow her on her Instagram account I guess to see what butt photo she is going to post next.
​It’s really unfortunate that therapists like KJ Anderson show up on the massage scene and work on these NFL pros knowing what she looks like naked and in a thong. This is not the message we want to put out there as far as massage therapy goes to young pro athletes.
KJ Anderson posted on her Facebook that the Miami Dolphins have hired her to go on the road in 2016, and they probably have her hired for the upcoming year. She also hasn’t been on the massage scene that long only a couple of years. I have heard from players that she doesn’t do as intense work as myself. While there are many different types of therapies it is important for these players to get a deep intense massage. Sure, it might be painful but they need it, anything less like a generic sports massage is not going to help them.
It saddens me that the massage profession has been taken back into the gutter by KJ Anderson and even saddens me more that the Miami Dolphins or any football team would hire someone like that who posts nude photos of herself to attract business. Unfortunately, the Florida Dept. of Health doesn’t have regulations to prevent the posting of nude photos of healthcare professionals, however, it could be a criminal investigation as it is considered pornography. What on earth are the Miami Dolphins thinking of by hiring her? Do they not do proper vetting? I am sure there are plenty of qualified massage therapists that do a decent massage that don’t revert to tactics of posting nude photos of themselves all over their social media to attract business. She didn’t get 4000 followers on her Instagram from her massage photos that’s for sure.
If this is what the NFL football scene has become, then it needs to be cleaned up. Health professionals are supposed to be held to a higher standard, and it really delegitimatizes the profession of massage when those like KJ Anderson show up and start working on NFL pros.​

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Massage Therapy in the NFL, Miami Dolphins, Part I

1/26/2017

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Massage therapy is an integral part of an NFL player’s recovery if done properly. There are unfortunately those that are unscrupulous in the massage industry that will take advantage of NFL players for the money. Massage therapists are required to be licensed in most states. I am writing on my experience from Florida where I was a licensed massage therapist from 2006. I am very versed on medical massage and have been certified since 1995. I began working on NFL pros in 2010 when I got 3 players and kept them healthy for the entire season and they had no pain or injures at the end of the season using trigger point therapy.
Over 6 years, I have worked on 57 players and 7 coaches. I did not work for the Miami Dolphins, most of my players were by word of mouth and a few from coaches.
Two years ago, I ran into a massage therapist that told me he worked for Frances Haddock who worked on Miami Dolphin players. He also told me that she had been working on these players for over a decade and without a massage training or a license! I was shocked to hear this because these elite players require therapy that is focused specifically for football and injuries. In Florida massage therapists are required to have a license to practice massage therapy. Frances Haddock was in the Hard Knocks documentary massaging Mike Pouncey which what looked like a very soft or relaxation type massage. I filed a complaint through quality assurance through the Florida Dept. of Health for unlicensed activity. Frances Haddock also works out of the Watergarden Condo in Ft. Lauderdale where she practiced massage on unassuming tenants. She was investigated and fined for the first offense and you can search her name and Cease & Desist order. I am confident that this cease and desist order did not stop her from working on NFL players, primarily the Miami Dolphins. A player told me that she was dating someone inside the organization and that is where she got her referrals. I sent a letter to Ryan Grove the head athletic trainer letting him know about Frances Haddock and that she worked on several of his players and he was actually mad at me! I know if I were the head athletic trainer I wouldn’t want someone with no training or license to be working on my players. He and his trainers told one of my players that I filed a complaint on Frances Haddock and he became angry at me and stopped seeing me. Why would the head athletic trainer and staff go out of their way to sabotage me? No clue but if they don’t like you they will make your life hell. They would find out what players I was working on and tell them what pressure I should be using and places to avoid or they would tell them not to come at all!
The old head athletic trainer Kevin O’Neil actually told one of players that got an injury that it was caused by too much massage and that it squeezed all the water out of the muscle! I was flabbergasted that these types of people are even allowed to be around professional athletes. His chiropractor at the time Spencer Baron actually sent me an email telling me that I would never get anymore NFL players for my career after I wrote an article on Trigger Point Therapy and posted it on twitter where it circulated and he somehow read it! Even though these two are gone the rest of the athletic training dept. had remained and even in 2016 I still was getting instructions from the athletic training dept. on how to massage. How belittling is that when these guys that have no experience in medical massage are telling my players what type of therapy they should be getting?
Yes, working on NFL players can be very rewarding and I enjoyed it even though I had constant interference from the athletic training dept. of the Miami Dolphins. Look for part II of this series where I will introduce a massage therapist that post nude photos of herself on social media to attract clients to her namely NFL Miami Dolphin players!
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September 23, 2014 (850) 245-4111 

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVES CEASE-AND-DESIST NOTICES 

TALLAHASSEE – The Florida Department of Health served 24 cease-and-desist notices during 
August to individuals practicing health care without a license, which is a felony-level criminal 
offense in many instances. Treatment by an unlicensed provider is dangerous and could result 
in further injury, disease or even death. 

• Bella Spa & Salon Inc, Fort Walton Beach, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Marty Coulbourn, Fort Walton Beach, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Ruth Cula, Aventura, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Ruth Cula, Aventura, unlicensed practice of medicine 
• Dollar Way Plus, Tampa, unlicensed practice of pharmacy 
• Dream Spa, Tallahassee, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Diana E Elliott, Orlando, unlicensed practice of electrolysis 
• Lisa Gaeta, Cape Canaveral, unlicensed practice of nursing 
• Frances Haddock, Aventura, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Kim Haverhals, Panama City, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Diane Heinz, Altamonte Springs, unlicensed practice of medicine 
• Hyo Hua, Tallahassee, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Alberto J Lobo, Doral, unlicensed practice of medicine 
• Maher Masoud, Tampa, unlicensed practice of pharmacy 
• Dawn Ann Molina, Tampa, unlicensed practice of dietetics/nutrition 
• Dawn Ann Molina, Tampa, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• New Image New Life Spa, Aventura, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Mary E O'Halloran, Tampa, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Nirav C Patel, Tampa, unlicensed practice of pharmacy 
• Jeanie Marie Skinner, Tampa, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Xiaoyan Tian, Tallahassee, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Arlene Eleanor Underwood, Indialantic, unlicensed practice of physical therapy 
• Chen Lan Wang, Doral, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 
• Jennifer Xiao (2 notices), Doral, unlicensed practice of massage therapy 

The Department’s Division of Medical Quality Assurance (MQA) Unlicensed Activity program 
under authority of Florida Statute 456.065 protects Florida residents and visitors from the 
potentially serious consequences of receiving health care services from an unlicensed person. 
The Unlicensed Activity (ULA) program investigates all unlicensed health care activity 
complaints and allegations and works in conjunction with law enforcement and the state 
attorney’s offices to prosecute individuals practicing without a license. 

The Department has several resources to combat unlicensed activity: 

• Consumers are encouraged to use the Department’s website, www.flhealthsource.gov, 
where they can conveniently view the license information of their health care practitioner. 
• Complaints may be filed anonymously by completing and mailing the complaint form on 
the Department’s website, or by calling 1-877-HALT-ULA. Complaints may also be filed 
via email at HALTULA@flhealth.gov. 

The Department works to protect, promote and improve the health of all people in Florida 
through integrated state, county and community efforts. During 2014, the Department is 
recognizing 125 years of public health in Florida with educational opportunities and events. 
Please visit www.FLHealth125.gov for more information. 

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Department of Health please visit www.floridahealth.gov. 
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Here is Frances Haddock the " unmassage therapist" who is not trained or licensed in massage therapy who works on many NFL Miami Dolphin players. She is standing with her brand new car that she can buy because working on NFL pros is very lucrative. This does take away from those licensed massage therapists that jump through the hoops to stay licensed - continuing education, insurance, paying fees not to mention actually going to massage school to learn anatomy and physiology!
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Effective Treatment of Pain Caused by Myofascial Trigger Points

10/10/2013

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Did you know that skeletal muscle is the largest organ of the body and accounts for 50% of body weight? There are 400 total muscles and any can develop myofascial trigger points that refer pain and cause limited range of motion. Modern medical training in schools and medical textbooks give little attention to muscles or trigger points as a major source of pain and dysfunction. Physicians often attend to treating bones, joints, bursae, and nerves but it is the muscle tissue that takes the wear and tear of daily activities that gets the least attention. Severity of symptoms of myofascial trigger points can be agonizing pain from active trigger points to painless limited range of motion due to latent trigger points. Chronic pain due to myofascial trigger points could have been prevented by a prompt diagnosis from a physician and treatment by a trigger point therapy specialist. Instead, treatment consisting of analgesics, steroid injection, Botox injection, and other pharmaceuticals are prescribed as band aids to mask the pain and do not address the source of the pain – the myofascial trigger point.

As a  trigger point specialist I am able to palpate for trigger points and apply manual therapy techniques to deactivate the trigger points. While it can be a painful therapy the pressure applied is within the tolerance level of the receiver and becomes less painful over a series of treatments. 


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