Arnold Askew, LMT, GCFP teaches continuing education courses to help massage therapists and bodywork practitioners better understand and address the issues of chronic pain through Somatic therapy. He also provides seminars and additional training for those who want to learn and implement the principles and techniques of Somatic Therapy in their practices. In addition to continuing education, Arnold continues to provide Somatic Therapy to patients at his Northport, Alabama practice, as well as online movement courses for those interested in learning more about how Somatic therapy can help them improve their posture, mobility, and alleviate chronic pain issues. 

Arnold has more than 30 years of bodywork and movement education.  He was on staff at the Doleys Pain Clinic in Birmingham, AL from 1992 to 2009, teaching movement classes and seeing patients individually. During that time, he co-founded and was senior instructor at Red Mountain Institute for the Healing Arts, where he taught Neuromuscular Therapy, anatomy and pathology.  Arnold, AL Lic. #8, is a past member of the Alabama Board of Massage Therapy and a founding member of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Board. For the past ten years, he has been studying the degenerative conditions and pain that are associated with aging.   

Arnold has extensive training in both manual and movement therapies and is Guild Certified in the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education.*  The emphasis of his work is helping people experience improvements that spark their curiosity in how to reproduce these results independently.  It is his strong belief that there is always room to be healthier and more comfortable, even in the midst of a chaotic and stressful world. When not at work, Arnold enjoys gardening with his wife Mary and their dog Lula.

*The terms Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education, Functional Integration, Awareness Through Movement