David Rybie

Bodiworks

710-860 St. Albert Trail, St. Albert, AB, T8N7V2

I started my massage journey in a more non-conventional way, karate. I started karate at the age of five years old and ended up competing internationally as a teenager. I started teaching karate as a way to continue educating people the discipline and respect involved in the practice. While teaching I noticed the strain practicing martial arts put on my students and wanted to help them address those issues, which led me to learn massage. While I was at school, through my training, I learned that I could help more people through massage than just my students. I graduated from CDI College in 2018 and started volunteer work with the Edmonton Prospects baseball team. After the season, I took a job massaging full time, helping as many people as I could. Over the past 5 years I have developed a better understanding of the body and use what I learnt to control the depth of my massage. I specialize in deep tissue , but I am able to read the muscle tension and any additional indicators to reduce or increase my pressure as needed. Additionally I also specialize in sports therapy, driven by my work with karate and volunteering. I also provide maternity, pre-natal, and post-natal massages as I believe less stress on the mother can help with a healthy child. In order to bring more benefits to my clients I have also taken courses in hot stones, cupping, and kinesio-taping and can incorporate as needed.