About Athletes Empowered
Knowledge through Interoception and Exteroception
Athletes Empowered was formed to empower the bodies, minds, and spirits of all athletes through concussion education and baseline movement scans.
We aim to educate our clients of their bodies through movement and activity, while encouraging teamwork and team bonding.
We value inclusion and collaboration while respecting and celebrating our identities in the process.
We hope to help our participants find their true potential, disrupting preconceived notions of how their bodies should work and what they’re capable of. We also hope to educate our community at large, spreading information on brain health and life-long mobility.
Our Story
Working with athletes has always been a passion for Keeley and Elijah. As massage therapists, Keeley and Elijah have had the opportunity to work with athletes of all shapes and sizes. But the story of Athletes Empowered starts with a conversation.
In the winter of 2021, Elijah had a conversation with a rugby coach about the importance of knowing brain function to determine return to play after a head injury and how movement screens can reduce injury by showing players their deficiencies in movement and strength. The rugby coach not only showed great interest, but other teams showed interest as well.
During the development of the sessions, Elijah and Keeley realized that this type of work could benefit a wide range of people - not just large sports teams, but anyone who wants to improve their performance in whatever their chosen activity is. So, in the spring of 2022, they started working on how to get people, who have been disenfranchised about their brain and body health, excited and informed. And Athletes Empowered was born.
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