Kate Ripley, LMT, CNMT
- Licensed Massage Therapist
- Certified Neuromuscular Massage Therapist (IANMT)
- Certified Orthopedic Massage Therapist (OMERI)
Kate has had a career in clinical massage therapy for more than 17-years. She has a strong background in medicine, having pursued a degree in medicine as an undergrad and working in a hospital/medical practice for more than 9 years combined. However, after much deliberation, she chose to take the path less-traveled, and in 2003 she received her certification in massage and neuromuscular massage from CIMT.
Kate has worked on clients from elite to amateur to rookie athletes; those who are slaves to the laptop; long-suffering parents and everything in-between. She has been successful in helping with clients issues such as, repetitive-use injuries, TOS (thoracic outlet syndrome), ITB/piriformis syndrome and other soft-tissue and neuropathy-based pain and dysfunction. Kate believes that there is no such thing as a stupid/bad question and encourages clients to communicate their pain so they can find solutions together.
Kate began her career in Boston then moved to Austin where she founded and operated a successful practice, The Austin Bodyworker, for 7+ years. It was here that Kate achieved her goal to create a flourishing clinical massage-only practice. It was staffed by awesome, like-minded therapists who were serious about treating and educating their clients about what great massage and bodywork are and how incorporating it into their training program can help them achieve their goals.
In late 2014, she moved to Colorado to open Boulder Bodyworker. She is working to create an even stronger practice here in Boulder. Kate is a chronic athlete and triathlete, so she understands the push/pull of training and the mindset of an athlete when they are looking at their event and life goals. She chose to move to Boulder to enhance her and her daughters life with great schools, wonderful opportunities, amazing people and plenty of wide-open spaces to explore. Most weekends you will find Kate with her boyfriend and daughter, training for their next event, going for a casual ride or goofing off at the park.
Have a question for Kate? You can send her an email here.
We are not accepting new clients until July 2020.
Recent Blog Posts
Clarity on COVID-19 and other news
We are delighted to be back seeing clients. Unfortunately at this time, given the extensive cleaning and additional gaps between clients, we are not accepting new clients. At this point, we don’t expect this to change before July 2020. We’ve updated our rates and policies page to provide a list of what we are doing, […]Read More »
Running Insight Covers Be Boulder, Go Farther talks
Running Insight has a great piece highlighting the “Be Boulder, Go Farther” Speaker series both how it got started, many of the great speakers and panels they’ve already had, as well as some ideas on what is happening now and into the future. Boulder Bodyworker’s Kate Ripley was, as Brian mentions, part of the small […]Read More »
WFH Issues?
Has stay-at-home meant you’ve been working and sitting in an less than optimal position for long periods of time? Does your couch make an ideal desk for your laptop? Has the whole “social isolation” thing been causing you to sleep in weird positions? Kate recorded this video as part of the “Be Boulder, Go Farther” […]Read More »