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KIKA MELA LMT, BSE, MATCSM, MAT RX
MA19145
Sports Massage, MAT, MAT Rx,
Myofascial Therapy, Therapeutic Massage
Kika Mela is President and Co-Owner of Mela Therapeutics, Inc. and inventor of the Ki-RO Core Trainer Exercise Harness. She has been actively practicing as a Licensed Massage Therapist since 1995 and has been providing Greg Roskopf’s Muscle Activation Techniques TM (MAT) since 2007. In addition, she is one of a handful of professionals who has attained the highest level of certificate available for MAT Specialists - MAT Rx Full Body Specialist and MAT Athlete. She graduated from Florida Atlantic University in 2006 with a bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Health Promotion and is on the Advisory Board for the Miami-Dade College School of Massage Therapy. Recently, she has been published as a co-author of the Manual Therapy chapter in the Springer published textbook: Fundamentals of Recovery, Regeneration, and Adaptation to Exercise Stress: An Integrated Approach.
After being nominated for the prestigious Sovereign Award for Outstanding Apprentice Jockey of Canada in 1991, she pivoted away from horse racing to focus on her educational endeavors. Kika has in depth training and extensive experience in Paul St. John’s Neuromuscular Therapy, CORE Myofascial Release (certified), Active Isolated Stretching, Soft Tissue Release, Craniosacral Therapy, Sports Massage, RTS (Resistance Training Specialist) and Greg Roskopf’s Muscle Activation Techniques TM (MAT). She also served her internship as a performance coach in 2006 under Pete Bommarito MS, CSCS, USAW and has been a part of his medical team ever since.
Kika has provided massage therapy and MAT for hundreds of professional athletes from NFL players to MMA Fighters and numerous professional and collegiate sports teams. Along with her husband Roberto Mela, she has created the Mela Therapeutics’ Sports Massage training program for therapists wanting to learn how to work within an athlete's medical team. She is also a frequent contributor and consultant at several performance facilities as well as a speaker at local colleges and universities.
To learn more check out her interview hosted by Greg Roskopf
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