Mark DeJohn- massage therapist & ART extraordinaire- Bend, Oregon
November 5th, 2008 by Conrad Stoltz
One of the hardest things for the traveling athlete is finding a good massage. After some poking around in Bend, I was referred to Mark by another cyclist. That was 4 years ago and now we good friends. Mark is a big strong guy (even bigger and stronger than me!) and there is no worry that the massage wont be deep enough! Here I was introduced to Active Release Technique (ART), a technique which takes care of tight spots in a matter of minutes. We’d go with the usual massage for recovery and if we run into trouble (usually IT Band) Mark would do some ART and Bob’s your uncle.
Mark is also an avid mountain biker and trail builder. In fact, he helped build most of the existing trail system in Bend and is the Oregon IMBA representative. Although we talk a lot of cycling, we actually havent ridden together yet. (We do go for beer quite a bit!) See, Mark likes to ride hairy trails on his 5inch travel trail bike, and I try to stay in 1 piece for Worlds in October. A bit of a clash. Now that Worlds is over its snowy, but we’ll fit in a ride sometime.
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