Stacy Ford

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About Stacy Ford

Stacy is an athletic trainer, massage therapist and co-founder of Complete Wellness. She has a degree in sports medicine and national certifications in athletic training and massage therapy. Much of her career (25 years and counting) has been as an athletic trainer in various settings including high school, physical therapy, fitness center, physician office, college/university, military and federal law enforcement. She has had many career highs including high school state championships, first round women’s basketball to the NCAA tournament, Friday night football under the lights, minor league basketball and football, creating specific programs, and writing P&P for schools and venues. She considers her greatest accomplishments as working with the US Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, and the Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI training centers at Quantico, VA, where she was able to use her skills to help sustain and advance careers. As an athletic trainer, Stacy used a hands-on approach to help the body heal and strengthen. She chose to work with athletes and the active population for their work ethic and mindset to challenge the body, mind, and spirit for prevention, rehabilitation, and return-to-activity. She has since transitioned her methods to the general population using massage therapy, stretching techniques, and simple exercises. Her goals are for her clients to leave feeling and functioning better than when they walked in, and to have tools for use at home to continue gains made in the session to ease/relieve chronic conditions. Having added massage therapy (LMT), Performance Enhancement Specialist (PES) from the National Academy of Sports Medicine (NASM) and Certified Nutrition Specialist (CNS) from the American Academy of Sports Dieticians and Nutritionists (AASDN), she can treat the whole active person, not just treat injuries after they happen.