"If (the patient) has persistent pain .... complex, I would work on creating a window of decreased pain where we can introduce some more movements/exercises and set some lifestyle goals. One of my main goals is to navigate the patient to a place where they can self manage." Want to know more how Michael treats his patients? Listen to this episode.

Michael Reoch is a Registered Massage Therapist from Vancouver, British Columbia. He graduated in 2007 from the 3000 hour massage therapy program at WCCMT. Michael was the chair of a special interest group called PPGPain which is for RMTs who have a special interest in treating persistent pain. He has helped develop Pain education programs for RMTs in BC through the RMTBC and PainBC. Also, Michael taught advanced clinical and academic classes at WCCMT. He has been a board member of the RMTBC for five years helping to advance the massage therapy profession through science based education. Mike currently runs a private practice in British Columbia and teaches Manual Therapy classes regularly worldwide.

Mike Reoch has been a massage therapist since 2007 and currently runs a private practice in British Columbia. Mike is a past board member and the Chair of the Communications Committee for the Registered Massage Therapy Association of British Columbia. Through that association, Mike founded a professional practice group for pain management to help RMTs pursue special education in pain sciences called PPGPain. Mike now teaches DNM classes regularly worldwide.