Our mission is to lessen the impact of repetitive stress on the body.

Our mission is to lessen the impact of repetitive stress on the body.

After 20 years working with Olympic and professional athletes, Ron McKnight has created a teachable algorithm to assess and treat latent injuries that are not yet felt and injuries that are active and in need of clinical treatment. The McKnight Protocol gives the ordinary massage therapist, trainer, and coach, the ability to assess and treat with a limited skill set in advance of clinical need, thus preventing repetitive stress injuries from worsening during their quiescent period. We advocate, educate, treat, and facilitate the use of our specialized algorithm to reduce repetitive stress in teams, athletes, and others in active public life.

After 20 years working with Olympic and professional athletes, Ron McKnight has created a teachable algorithm to assess and treat latent injuries that are not yet felt and inuries that are active and in need of clinical treatment. The McKnight Protocol gives the ordinary massage therapist. trainer, and coach, the ability to assess and treat with a limited skill set in advance of clinical need, thus preventing repetitive stress injuries from worsening during the injuries quiescent period.


It is our intention to advocate, educate, treat, and facilitate the use of our specialized algorithm to reduce repetitive stress in teams, athletes, and others in active public life.

Contact Ron McKnight

Our mission is to lessen the impact of repetitive stress on the body.

After 20 years working with Olympic and professional athletes, Ron McKnight has created a teachable algorithm to assess and treat latent injuries that are not yet felt and injuries that are active and in need of clinical treatment. The McKnight Protocol gives the ordinary massage therapist, trainer, and coach, the ability to assess and treat with a limited skill set in advance of clinical need, thus preventing repetitive stress injuries from worsening during their quiescent period. We advocate, educate, treat, and facilitate the use of our specialized algorithm to reduce repetitive stress in teams, athletes, and others in active public life.

After 20 years working with Olympic and professional athletes, Ron McKnight has created a teachable algorithm to assess and treat latent injuries that are not yet felt and injuries that are active and in need of clinical treatment. The McKnight Protocol gives the ordinary massage therapist, trainer, and coach, the ability to assess and treat with a limited skill set in advance of clinical need, thus preventing repetitive stress injuries from worsening during their quiescent period. We advocate, educate, treat, and facilitate the use of our specialized algorithm to reduce repetitive stress in teams, athletes, and others in active public life.

Contact Ron McKnight

We use education, palpation, and mitigation as a way of preventing repetitive stress injury

The Center for Therapeutic Massage and Athletics (CTMA) is devoted to effective assessment and treatment methods, prevention strategies, and therapeutic products, which promote and advance the art of preclinical assessment and prevention of repetitive stress injuries.

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I’ve seen too many kids injured in sports before they’re even teenagers. I could never make my son play less baseball – he just loves the sport too much – but at least I can help him prevent an overuse injury. Thank you, Ron McKnight, for looking out for young athletes!

— Angela Forsyth —

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