Sam Oravec, LMT

My emerging specialty is supporting athletes to help them reach their goals. I provide guidance rooted in a blend of proper application of scientific knowledge, interpretation of expert consensus, and my own personal experience as a Division I athlete. Additionally, I find that including massage therapy in my support framework is necessary, as it gives athletes a higher level of self awareness through the lens easily learned recovery and preventative practices.

My services are not exclusively for athletes, and I have had positive results working with clients with common nerve dysfunctions (sciatica, carpal tunnel syndrome, etc), post surgical recovery needs, and other common forms of chronic pain. Having worked in a chiropractic clinic, I am fluent in medical terms so am able to speak from the same word bank as other health professionals in a client’s care network.

I am concurrently an assistant coach for Fauquier High School track and field, specializing in the sprints and jumps.

More About Me:

A Fauquier County native, I graduated from Fauquier High School in 2017. I was an all-state athlete with an intention to compete at the next level, and I got my chance at Cornell University. At Cornell, I was team captain and all-conference in the long jump. Although I did not advance to the world of competing as a post-collegiate athlete, I am grateful for my experience at Cornell. I was exposed to many different coaching systems and learned the value of listening and trusting in myself to make optimal athletic decisions. One of those decisions was ending my athletic career after a string of injuries that in reflection, could have been avoided by communicating more effectively with my coaches and honestly ackowledging how my body felt — knowing when to train and when to rest. I find a core motivation of mine is to provide support to current athletes so that they might be able to avoid some of the key mistakes I made in my decade long athletics career.

After graduating college, I escaped to Kaua’i for massage school, taking a nontraditional route of post-undergraduate education. In Kaua’i, I attended the Pacific Center for Awareness and Bodywork, which is a cutting edge, neurocentric, and trauma-informed program. It was there that I learned the relational skills necessary to unite the disciplines of sports performance and bodywork into a coherant and replicable practice. I now strive to serve my home community of Fauquier County, while deepening my skillset through the means of applying my experience.

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