Body Workings Massage Therapy (BWMT) is a professional bodywork firm offering a wide variety of services including Massage Therapy and CPR & First Aid instruction. In addition to an active practice with individuals, the BWMT client list includes several large and mid-sized corporations who provide onsite chair massage as part of their efforts to reduce employee stress, improve motivation and increase productivity. BWMT’s national team of corporate therapists are all credentialed massage practitioners, nationally certified in therapeutic massage and bodywork. Each therapist is well versed in both chair massage and corporate culture and understands the value of time as well as the value of massage. Skilled in communication, each massage therapist can quickly identify the specific needs of the client and tailor the massage treatment accordingly. The result is a relaxing experience that helps the client release tensions and return to work with renewed energy – all within the professional setting of the client’s work area.

BWMT is the brainchild of Matthew Gavzy who founded the company in 1994. Matthew is a professional body worker and businessman with over fifteen years of experience as a massage therapist, physical therapist assistant and competitive athlete. Matthew’s corporate background, passion for competitive sports and deep care for people result in a massage practice that is client centered, goal oriented and dedicated to the well being of clients. His extensive education and knowledge of the body allows him to provide customized therapeutic programs for specific and varied client needs. Matthew’s unique experience with corporate, sports and orthopedic massage has shaped his philosophy of total customer satisfaction. Matthew has personally chosen each of the massage therapists around the country for their commitment to these same values.

Matthew’s passion for the World of Sports led him to become one of five massage therapists from NJ and one of 124 picked nationally to participate in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta as a massage therapist. Matthew has worked many national sporting events including the 1996 Olympic and Paralympic Games, World Team Tennis, ATP tour events, AVP Pro Beach Volleyball and the NY and Boston Marathons. Some of the athletes he has had the pleasure to work with are Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova, Leander Paes, Jonas Bjorkman, and Elaine Alfano (World Aerobic Champion), as well as the professional volleyball players of the AVP and elite runners in the NY and Boston Marathons. Matthew works with a number of professional dancers and choreographers and local elite athletes as well.

Matthew is a graduate of the University of Delaware with a Bachelor of Science in Economics. He attended the Helma Institute of Massage Therapy and is Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork. As a Physical Therapist Assistant student he was inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society. He is a member of the American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA), International Alliance of Healthcare Practitioners (IAHP), as well as a member of the AMTA National Sports Massage Team. He is also certified in sports massage, orthopedic massage and pregnancy, labor and post-partum massage techniques. He incorporates a number of techniques into his massages including Sports, Orthopedic, CranioSacral Therapy, Swedish, Trigger Point, and Neuromuscular Massage.