Redskins Training Camp Invites ECPI University Massage Therapy Students Back Again!

Evan Reyes will soon graduate from ECPI University’s Newport News campus with a degree in Massage Therapy. He’d like to carve out a career working with athletes, which is why he is thrilled to be one of the students selected to work with the Washington Redskins during the team’s summer training camp in Richmond, Virginia. “It’s a different level of experience; it’s a lot more specific,” says Evan. “The stuff that we learn, you get to actually apply it. They come in and say, ‘this is tight, this is hurting,’ and you can actually break down what’s going on and what’s wrong.”

Evan is one of 17 Massage Therapy students from the Richmond/Moorefield and Newport News campuses selected to take part in the three-week training camp. “The really amazing thing about this is the chance to work with professional athletes that even a lot of licensed therapists who have been in the field for years don’t get this opportunity,” says Newport News Campus Massage Therapy Program Director Michele Rose. “So that’s really something that you can’t just graduate, get your license, and want to do. It’s a really, really rare, special opportunity.”

It’s a rare opportunity because athletes bodies are different that most people’s. “Obviously, their muscles are well-defined and tend to be large,” says Richmond/Moorefield Campus President Ashley Richards. “Our students have the opportunity to make connections between their work and the body parts they are trying to address visually and kinesthetically.”

ECPI University’s Massage Therapy students are proud to work side-by-side with the Redskins’ athletic trainers, physical therapists, and doctors to provide the highest quality of massage therapy to the entire team. Of course, many of them are Redskins fans themselves, so being around their favorite athletes is a thrill unto itself.

“It’s a lot of fun and a cool environment,” says Madison Clodius, a student at the Richmond/Moorefield campus. “One second, there won’t be any players in the training room, and then the next second, the players will be coming in, excited to get worked on, they’ve getting on the tables and they’re all joking with each other – and joking with us sometimes too!”

This marks the fifth straight year the Redskins have invited ECPI University to team up during training camp. “I think it says a lot about the quality of our program,” says Richmond/Moorefield Massage Therapy Program Director Edward Simpson, III, who sought out this opportunity for his students five years ago. “Our students are not only skilled, but also discreet. They’ve demonstrated that they are professionals and that anything they see or hear at camp remains confidential.”

Are you interested in a career in massage therapy? If you would like to earn an Associate of Applied Science in Massage Therapy, ECPI University offers this program at an accelerated course of study. For more information, connect with a friendly ECPI University admissions counselor today.

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