Spring 2026 Education Convention & Annual Business Meeting

Troy Lavigne is a highly skilled professional in massage therapy, specializing in techniques like KinesioTaping, Orthopedic/Sports, Pediatric, and Lymphatic Drainage. He has a wealth of experience, having served as the Director of Education for the Colorado AMTA from 2016 to 2023. Troy is also a published author and researcher who hosts a podcast called The Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy.

He started his own massage clinic in Boulder, CO, in 2005 and has worked with various renowned teams and organizations, including the Colorado Rapids U-23 Team, Trek Factory Racing and Cannondale Factory Racing. In addition, he has provided massage care for children with special needs in India and continues to work with the pediatric population regularly.

Troy is also dedicated to educating others and has developed courses like the Sensory Approach to Manual Therapy. He has taught and shared his expertise in numerous hospitals, universities, and colleges worldwide.

Kelly Bowers is the owner of the Healing Arts Business Academy and has been teaching and writing about the business of massage since 2003. Like the best things in her life, she fell into both massage and business education by accident, but fell in love with both.

Her passion is to make business skills and knowledge accessible to non-business professionals, such as massage therapists. Humor, compassion, and plain language are her tools. She’s got a great gift for translating the language of business to the hearts and minds of people in the healing arts profession.

She retired from hands-on work in 2022 (after 22 years) and now devotes all her energy to helping massage therapists set up and run private practices.

She’s written four books on the business of massage (the 5th is in progress, with a 6th in the works) and writes for Massage Magazine. She’s an NCBTMB-approved continuing education provider and teaches in professional training programs.

You can also regularly catch her presenting at professional conferences and speaking to student groups.

She knows that when we take care of ourselves, we are much better suited to taking care of our clients. And that means making the money we need and having the practices we find fulfilling.

Attendees can select classes individually OR choose one of the following bundles at a discounted rate:

The Empathetic Touch Series (16 CE Credits) 

OR

Business Academy Series (16 CE Credits) 

Please remember to bring the following for hands-on courses:

Massage Table

Bolster

Lotions

1-2 sets of sheets

*****Registration Cancellation Policy*****

All cancellations and requests for refund of registration fees must be completed through your registration link from your confirmation email or submitted in writing to sc.eventadmin@amtamassage.org. An administrative fee of $50 is assessed for all cancellations postmarked no later than 1 week prior to the event. Cancellations postmarked after 1 week prior and no-shows are not eligible for refunds.

If the AMTA-SC Chapter is prevented from holding or postpones the Conference for any cause beyond its control, AMTA-SC Chapter will credit attendees' partial or full paid registration fees toward the cost of the next AMTA-SC conference. AMTA-SC Chapter is not responsible for any other costs you may incur in connection with the postponement or cancellation of the Conference.