Episode 29: Brian Glotzbach
Brian Glotzbach earned a BS in Architectural Engineering and worked as a consulting engineer for one the most prestigious engineering firms in the USA prior to flipping careers. Brian works with the mindset of an engineer who has a detailed understanding of the mechanism of sports injury. To that end, he has developed a unique system for decreasing injury and improving performance in athletes. You can find Brian at https://bodymechanicsmt.com/brianglotzbach
Brian left the engineering field choosing to get his massage therapy license from the Atlanta School of Massage. By the time he completed the program, he knew that he was bound for the world of sports injuries and that his engineering background gave him an edge that no other person had. Brian acquired his Masters Degree in Sports Medicine (Athletic Training) from Georgia State University. Simultaneously Brian co-founded Body Mechanics Sports Massage Therapy in 1994, to this day a highly regarded injury clinic that was able to provide massage therapy staff for the Atlanta Falcons, Atlanta Hawks, Atlanta Braves and Atlanta United.
Brian has over 44 seasons as an on-staff therapist with multiple professional sports teams. He’s been working with professional athletes since 1994 and now a majority of his patients are professional athletes in the NFL, MLB, NBA, MLS and NHL. During football and basketball seasons, he travels weekly to work privately with NFL and NBA elite players. Career Highlights include providing treatments at the following: Super Bowls - 1999, 2005, 2006 and 2011; World Series 1999 and 2009; Atlanta Falcons massage therapy staff for 19 seasons; Atlanta Hawks training room staff therapist for 19 seasons; Atlanta Braves staff therapist in the training room for 3 seasons which included the 1999 World Series and Playoffs for 2000 and 2001; Atlanta United MLS team staff therapist from 2017 - current (includes MLS Championship in 2018). Brian was also selected as 1 of 3 massage therapy supervisors in the Sports Medicine Clinic within Olympic Village for the 1996 Olympics, 1996 Paralympics and 1996 US Track and Field Trials - (historically this was the first time massage therapy was to be included under the medical umbrella for a modern Olympic Games).
After his Olympic work experience in 1996, a massage symposium in Barcelona, Spain contacted Brian to be the only guest presenter from the United States at SITEM in 1996.Then in 1998 he was invited as a guest presenter at the National Sports Medicine Conference in Auckland, New Zealand. From 1997/98 Brian was hired by the Director of Sports Medicine at the University of Georgia to teach his 100-hour sports massage training program to the entire Sports Medicine Staff, a group of high-profile athletic trainers and physical therapists.
