Massage Therapist in DC

Oh man... tried him, and hated it. I was reccomended from a teammate and I was nothing less than creeped out. Very odd cat. I mean, he did a pretty good job, but nothing out of the ordinary. I have worked with Jim before as well and I liked him alot more. Terrell has this wierd air about him, and when he told me that for him to do the best job possible I had to be naked (calf maintenence),I immediately felt uncomfortable. I don't care if he does "need to see how all the muscles are responding", I wasn't hurt, I wanted knots worked out, not a possible thumb in the 2hole.

Thanks Terrel for your insightful post.

However, I'm with "funny" on this one. He totally creeped me out. For what its worth, I know 5 other people that have seen him and I asked their opinions. One was neutral and the other 4 were overwhelmingly negative and got the same creepy vibe. We have all gone to other therapists since then and have not had any problems.

I run for Georgetown and several of my teammates and I get massages from Terrel frequently. He does a great job and knows a tremendous amount about the muscular system, getting recovered, and getting healthy. He has brought back a few of us very quickly from injury and has kept us injury free since we have been going to him.

If you are actually a serious runner who really needs a professional working on you, I highly recommend Terrel.

You don\'t have to be naked or anything during the message, not that it should matter.

Many extradinarily good runners go to Terrel. That should speak for itself.

Expeto - how much do you pay for your sessions?

DC Runner 15:42 you have made your point. We all understand you are uncomfortable being naked. The point is that Terrel does not require anyone to be naked and no other massage therapist in DC has the experience that Terrel does working with runners. The point of this thread is finding help with recovery and injury prevention. I know most if not all of the good runners in DC. Many have had Terrel work on them and many would call him a friend. A few of the American guys worked with Terrel while he was in massage school a few years ago. He has improved greatly. As for Terrel's rates, call or e-mail him. He is known to be more flexible with serious runners. Know this; Terrel is passionate about the sport and seeks to create an atomshpere in DC where elite running/training can survive. He is driven to be as good of a massage therapist as any of you are driven to improve as a runner. If you have some other suggestions of massage people you would recommend lets hear them.

Male message or dancing...we know Cooke doesn't mind being naked!

Terrel has worked on me when I was living in the Washington, DC area. I found him to be a skilled massage therapist and I also enjoyed discussing training and nutrition strategy with him. Terrel is a passionate and generous person who tries to get runners together: he has organized workshops about stretching and ART and invited experts to present those subjects.

Terrel is always trying to improve and to learn more about his craft and I am sure glad that I benefited from what he learned from rubbing his shoulders and exchanging ideas with other highly qualified MT at marquee events, be it at the Athens Olympics, at the Cherry Blossom, or any other he attended.

Anyhoo, give him a call/drop him an email and see for yourself what he can do to help you with your running whether you're recovering from injury or training for a key race.

Is Terrel weird? Absolutely: he regularly runs marathon... and enjoys it. Don't we all have our quirks?

Cheers,

Alex

I have gone to Terrell Hale several times and found him to be very talented and professional. I don't understand this "cult of nudity" thing as I have always been professionally draped when I went to him. Another good one is George V. at Clarendon Massage therapy center.

DCRunner -

I had a similar experience. I know this post is fairly dated, but I thought it was important to share.