Present Position Clinical Director, Kinesiotherapist #449, Licensed Massage Therapist #3864, Certified Rehabilitation Administrator, Member of National Rehabilitation Association #039204, Member of ACSM's Alliance of Health & Fitness Professionals. Aaron L. Mattes Therapy Medical Center of Sarasota 3920 Bee Ridge Road, Bldg A, Suite C Annex Sarasota, FL  34233 Phone: (941) 504-5056 Fax: (941) 927-6121 Continuing Education Provider For Florida Massage 54-14 NCBTMB 042731-00 NATA P462 ACE CP00186 NSCA/CSCS Florida OT 50-14 AFAA 2006003 Education Thorp Public Schools, Thorp, WI 54227 1970-B.S. Physical Education Wisconsin State University, Superior, WI 1972-M.S. University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, IL. 1973-Certified, American Kinesiotherapy Association #449 1974-Certified, Association of Medical Rehabilitation Administrators #7704 1981-Certified, American Massage Therapy Association #3864 45 Accumulated hours toward Ph.D.-University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. Professional Experience 1966-1970 - Instructor, Head Coach, McCaskell Junior High School, University of Wisconsin-Superior 1970-1972 - Supervisor-Kinesiotherapy Clinic, University of Illinois, Champaign/Urbana, Illinois. 1972-1976 - Director-Kinesiotherapy Clinic, University of Illinois. 1976-1979 - Director-Kinesiotherapy Clinic, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH. 1979-1998 - Director-Aaron Mattes Therapy, Inc. Outpatient Neurological, orthopedic, sports medicine, all ages and levels of participation, high school, college, professional advisor-consultant to Olympic athletes and sports teams. 1998-1999 - Clinical Director for Health South/Aaron Mattes Center. 2000-2003 - Clinical Director for Sports Medicine Rehabilitation International 2004 - Clinical Director for Braun-Goodlander Rehabilitation and Fitness Services, and lecturer. Florida American Massage Association Outstanding Service Award-1995 International Sports Massage Award-Sept. 1995 Presidents Award - AMTA - 2000 Advisor: Baltimore Orioles Professional Baseball Team Advisor: Cincinnati Reds Professional Baseball Team Former Advisor: Chicago Cubs Professional Baseball Team Former Advisor: U.S. Olympic Committee 2000 Presented "Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method" to National Institute of Health. 2001 Presented "Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method" to National Institute of Health. 2003 Recipient of the Performance Health Humanitarian Award. 2003 Recipient of the Florida Chiropractic Association Massage Therapist of the Year Award. Author Flexibility for Conditioning and Rehabilitation: 1980 Flexibility: Active and Assisted Stretching: 1990 Active Isolated Stretching: 1995 Active Isolated Stretching: The Mattes Method. 2000 Specific Stretching For Everyone: 2000 Co-author Exercise for Pre-Conditioning, Re-Conditioning, and Re-Habilitation. Shelton, Greninger, Mattes. 1972 Nutrition Therapy For Massage and Physical Therapy Patients Knight and Mattes: 1998 Copyright, Videos 1990 Tape 1: Active Isolated Stretching 1990 Tape 2: Assisted Isolated Stretching 1998 Active Isolated Stretching 1998 Active Isolated Stretching - Assisted 1970-1972 - Instructor, University of Illinois Undergraduate basic Instruction Program and Exercise Therapy Clinic. Taught golf, tennis, weight training and physical fitness. Worked with patients in the clinic, homebound, and nursing homes. Pitching Coach, University of Illinois. 1972-1974 - Supervisor-Exercises Therapy Clinic: Lecturer, Department of Physical Education, University of Illinois. Supervising student experiences, evaluating new patients and providing specific instruction, therapy and re-evaluations. Instructor: Prescribed Exercise, Kinesiology and Kinesiotherapy. Worked with U.S. Olympic Team. 1974-1976 - Director, Exercise Therapy Clinic, University of Illinois - Directing large outpatient clinic that provided more than 250 treatments per day for athletes, amputees, neurological handicapped orthopedically handicapped and trainable mentally retarded patients. Instructor, Physical Education Department. Taught undergraduate and graduate classes in Kinesiology and prescribed exercise and supervised more than 600 undergraduate students in Exercise Therapy Clinic. Worked with hundreds of professional college and high school athletes and coaches directing conditioning, reconditioning and rehabilitation programs. Advisor 1972-1976 to University of Illinois Intercollegiate Sports Programs. Worked with U.S. Olympic Team. 1976-1979 - Director Kinesiotherapy Clinic, Instructor Department of Physical Education, University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio. Direct clinical experiences of adapted physical education - corrective therapy students. Organized and administered Sports Training Center for hundreds of high school, college and professional athletes. Received patent on "Constant External Force Pulley System" for specialized sports training and rehabilitation. Advisor to Toledo Troopers, Woman's Professional Football League Champions. Advisor to U.S. Gymnastics Association. Worked with World Cup Wrestling Teams. Organized and implemented fitness program for Toledo, Ohio Fire Department and Owens-Illinois Corporation. 1960-2006 - Over 200,000 hours in rehabilitation, athletic training, preventative training, coaching, sports medicine, teaching and seminar presentations.