Continuing Education Instructors: Lena Nyholm, PT, CMT

Lena Nyholm, PT, CMT

Lena Nyholm, PT, CMT, a native of Finland, began her long history of bodywork when she took her first massage class at Axelsons Gymnastiska Institute in Sweden in 1980. She then became a physical therapist at the renowned Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. During her long career and many travels, Lena has learned a variety of techniques. She began her teaching career over seventeen years ago and has served as an advanced teacher and administrator for the massage program at Axelsons Gymnastiska Institute in Sweden, and she taught workshops all over Sweden and Finland. She has together with a Swedish educational corporation educated physical education teachers in the art of massage and stretching. Lena Nyholm conducted a scientific research study on chronic pain patients and massage with the University of Uppsala in Sweden. This research was published in 2004 in the Psychotherapy Psychosomatic Medical Journal. Lena is an authority and a published author in the field of tactile massage, including Child Massage and Geriatric Massage. Her book "Swedish Child Massage" has been translated and published in the English language. Her articles are published in various Swedish professional magazines, and in ABMP's massage newsletter "Different Strokes". Lena has been affiliated with the Institute since 1993.

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