Nelson

Douglas Nelson

Doug is the president and founder of BWA and has been practicing massage therapy since 1977. Doug’s main focus is Precision Neuromuscular Therapy, which is the heart and soul of the BWA approach to pain. He is the founder of NMT MidWest, teaching Precision Neuromuscular Therapy both in the US and also abroad. He is a member of the International Myopain Association, the International Association for the Study of Pain, and the American Massage Therapy Association and is currently working on a book on pain mechanisms. He is also a regular columnist for Massage and Bodywork magazine. Doug is heavily involved in research endeavors, doing clinical research in soft-tissue problems. Although he sees many clients a week, he sees a limited number of new clients and only sees people with very specific problems. His real expertise is in assessing the needs and origins of soft tissue problems.