Joan Cole

Current

• Massage Therapist at Studio Helix

Past

• Project Manager at Strata Decision Technology
• Senior Research Programmer at AISS at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Principal Investigator at USACERL

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Education

• Parkland College
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business
• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Connections

16 connections

Industry

Alternative Medicine

Websites

• My Website
• CU Massage and Bodyworker Net
• My Company

Joan Cole’s Summary

I practice Integrative Massage, which means that I integrate techniques from a number of different modalities, or styles of bodywork, rather than performing sessions of one pure style.

Typically, people begin coming to see me to address a particular pain condition. Given my past life as a geek, I think of what I do as "muscular pain debugging", as it uses the same system analysis and troubleshooting skills I developed when I used to write computer programs. After a series of anatomically-focused sessions to address that condition, some clients transition to a regular schedule of full-body preventive wellness massages. Others see me occasionally for tune-ups, or to deal with acute flare-ups caused by travel, snow shoveling, etc.

Joan Cole’s Specialties:

swedish massage, trigger point therapy, myofascial release, lymphatic drainage, chair massage, fijian barefoot massage, indian head massage

Joan Cole’s Experience

• Massage Therapist

  Studio Helix

  (Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• Project Manager

  Strata Decision Technology

  (Privately Held; Computer Software industry)

  1999 — 1999 (less than a year)

• Senior Research Programmer

  AISS at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  (Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)

  1994 — 1999 (5 years )

• Principal Investigator

  USACERL

  (Government Administration industry)

  1991 — 1994 (3 years )

Joan Cole’s Education

• Parkland College

  Certificate , Massage Therapy , 2005 — 2006

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - College of Business

  MAS , Accountancy , 1987 — 1990

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  BA , Anthropology , 1983 — 1987

Additional Information

Joan Cole’s Websites:

• My Website
• CU Massage and Bodyworker Net
• My Company

Joan Cole’s Groups:

•    Associated Bodywork & Massage Professionals (ABMP)
•    Fighting Illini Alumni
•    Mothers & More
•    Massage Therapy
•    Linking Alternative Medicine
•    Massage Therapists and Bodyworkers
•    Massage
•    Center for Massage & Natural Health

Joan Cole’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• expertise requests
• reference requests
• getting back in touch