Whitney Lowe has been a massage professional for over 30 years. Professionals and schools have used Lowe’s texts,” Orthopedic Assessment in Massage Therapy” and “Orthopedic Massage: Theory and Technique” for years. He is a contributing author to several books and his articles appear regularly in professional journals and magazines. You can catch him every other week in his popular podcast, The Thinking Practitioner, co-hosted with Til Luchau. In 1994, he founded the Orthopedic Massage Education & Research Institute, (now the Academy of Clinical Massage), to provide massage therapists the advanced education for treating orthopedic soft-tissue disorders. Whitney completed his bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Georgia and has completed graduate work in psychology and sports medicine at Georgia State University. He has won numerous teaching awards and has extensive volunteer experience as well. He does independent consulting on various facets of massage education and credentialing. He is also the developer and instructor for the orthopedic massage certificate program, which is one of the profession’s most innovative online training programs in science-based rehabilitative massage.