Leadership
Diane Mastnardo is the founding director of Massage Northern Ohio (MNO-PBRN), a massage therapy practice based research network. Collaboration with The Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Case Western Reserve Practice-based Research Network Shared Resources developed an avenue for clinical massage therapists to collaborate. The goal of MNO-PBRN is to support the generation of evidence based knowledge on effective and consistent massage therapy treatments and to develop pathways for the integration of the practice of massage therapy into conventional health care.
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Diane’s clinical experience has been in hospital based rehabilitation centers, fitness centers, and day spas, and she is currently an independently practicing therapist within a medical office. Her practice focuses on a holistic approach to wellness utilizing education and self awareness through specificity of touch to maintain a healthier pain free life. Working with the athlete, everyday client or unresolved cases, her practice is about giving hope for a future with less pain and more mobility. She works transdiciplinary to achieve the best outcomes for the client.
Diane has a great love for teaching and continuous learning. She has a Bachelors of Science in Therapeutic Recreation from Ohio University and is a 1999 graduate of the National Institute of Massotherapy in Akron, Ohio. She has assisted and instructed with Timberlake Seminars from 1999 to present, instructed massage at the Cleveland Institute of Medical Massage, provided Spray & Stretch Seminars and worked with an international educator as the Education Coordinator focusing on professional best practices and integration into physical medicine education.
Professionally Diane served as President, 3rd VP (membership), legislative committee chair, volunteer recruitment chair, convention co-chair of AMTA-Ohio, member of the joint task analysis (JTA) for the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Body work (NCBTMB) and a community member with the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.
Diane attributes her great success in massage therapy to the knowledge gained through her varied educational and life experiences and looks forward to bringing together clinical massage therapists to meet MNO-PBRN’s mission: “To improve access to Massage Therapy, to conduct research on massage efficacy, and to educate the public, healthcare providers, and policy makers about massage therapy”
Diane has a great love for teaching and continuous learning. She has a Bachelors of Science in Therapeutic Recreation from Ohio University and is a 1999 graduate of the National Institute of Massotherapy in Akron, Ohio. She has assisted and instructed with Timberlake Seminars from 1999 to present, instructed massage at the Cleveland Institute of Medical Massage, provided Spray & Stretch Seminars and worked with an international educator as the Education Coordinator focusing on professional best practices and integration into physical medicine education.
Professionally Diane served as President, 3rd VP (membership), legislative committee chair, volunteer recruitment chair, convention co-chair of AMTA-Ohio, member of the joint task analysis (JTA) for the National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Body work (NCBTMB) and a community member with the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.
Diane attributes her great success in massage therapy to the knowledge gained through her varied educational and life experiences and looks forward to bringing together clinical massage therapists to meet MNO-PBRN’s mission: “To improve access to Massage Therapy, to conduct research on massage efficacy, and to educate the public, healthcare providers, and policy makers about massage therapy”