Athena Boyd is a Maryland Licensed Massage Therapist who has been practicing in athletic facilities, medical clinics, and private and corporate venues for 22 years. She has actively served on our multidisciplinary team at Spine & Sport since 2021.
Athena began in the field wellness in the mid-90s working as a personal trainer and health coach while attending classes for Sports Medicine. By 2003, Athena was practicing massage therapy for gymnasts, cyclists, and triathletes. Many of these athletes were students of the Naval Academy.
For 10 years, she worked in private practice using an integrative approach to pain management, stress relief, and athletic recovery. During this time, she also taught massage therapy students in courses of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, and general health sciences, as well as modalities rooted in Eastern Medicine for Steiner Education Group and Tru Mantra Education.
After, she returned full time to massage therapy to pursue work in Sports Medicine. She dug deeper into her own education and revisited perfected concepts of stretch and fascial manipulation and stress management, which were the focus of her initial education. She became Nationally Board Certified in bodywork and became Nationally Certified in Sports Therapy, gaining her the highest credentialing in her field.
Athena continued to work with professional, competitive, and collegiate athletes and elevated her practice by contracting with professional and collegiate teams. She has served on athletic recovery teams for the Frederick Keys, Baltimore Ravens, University of Maryland, and Georgetown University.
Currently, Athena provides seasonal continuing education courses to massage therapy professionals, and practices therapy full time. In our clinic, she offers general massage therapy, deep tissue, lymphatic drainage, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, and many integrative approaches to encourage balance, relieve pain, and reduce the effects of stress.
She enjoys working with the diverse populations at Spine & Sport Annapolis while maintaining the lead therapist role to the University of Maryland football and men’s basketball teams.