In 1996, Terry became the first foreign therapist to be allowed to study Sports Tuina at the Olympic Training Center on an individual basis, along with being one of a very limited number of western therapist allowed to actually work on Olympic athletes. He also did internship studies at area hospitals and clinics in Beijing. Many of the techniques Terry learned at the Olympic Training Center in China are unknown to sports therapist and athletic trainers in the West. In the picture below, you see Terry working on one of the members China’s National Olympic Weight Lifting Team, while his teacher, Dr. Chen, looks on.
In the picture shown on the left, Terry can be seen working on patients at the Golden Sunshine Clinic in Beijing, China. The types of ailments he worked on there ranged from mild to severe neurological and orthopedic trauma.
Terry has a growing practice in Texas, where he works on a varied clientele who suffer from such conditions as: stroke, neuromuscular dysfunctions, MS, sports injuries, fibromyalgia, tinnitus, allergies, migraines, tendonitis, orthopedic injuries, arthritis, neurologic, and stress related disorders.
About Me
BIO ON TERRY NORMAN
Terry Norman has been performing Tuina for over 37 years. He has studied in many different schools both in the U.S. and China, and has over 6600 hours of study in a variety of fields within bodywork and Asian healing arts such as acupressure, Tuina (Chinese medical massage), and Sports Tuina. Terry is Nationally Certified with the NCBTMB (National Certification Board of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork), is a National CE Provider through the NCBTMB, and served for more than 11 yrs. on the Exam Committee that develops the national exam for massage and bodywork. He is a Certified Instructor with the AOBTA (American Organization for Bodywork Therapies of Asia), a Massage Instructor and C.E. Provider with the State of Texas.
He has studied Tuina at the University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Shanghai, while doing clinical practice at the Yue Yang Hospital. Later he was with the first group of foreign students to study Sports Tuina at the Olympic Training Center in Beijing.
Along with performing therapy, Terry teaches acupressure, Tuina, Sports Tuina, and Traditional Chinese Medicine locally at area colleges, and massage schools. He also teaches beginning, intermediate, and advance classes in Tuina and Chinese medicine. And, in 2001, Terry developed the first certification program in the country in Asian Bodywork to be taught within the massage therapy field as part of a School of Massage Therapy Program. The first massage school where this program was offered was at the Atlanta School of Massage. To date, Terry has written several instructional manuals on acupressure, Tuina, Sports Tuina, Point Location, and Traditional Chinese Medicine, and produced the first instructional video on Sports Tuina in the United States. He is also an international lecturer and teacher of Tuina and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
