About
Matthew Doolin
BA, NMT, AIS, SET
Matthew Doolin BA, NMT, AIS, SET is Manual Practitioner integrating qualifications of Dance Pedagogy, Neuromuscular Therapy, Active Isolated Stretching, and Structural Energetic Therapy. Developing his career since 2007, Matthew holds a unique understanding of the body as a professional ballet dancer for the past sixteen years.
Growing up in Jacksonville FL, Matthew flourished in its public arts magnet schools before he set sail his junior year of high school to begin a professional career with the Orlando Ballet. He danced and taught around the world in Beijing, Montreal, Juneau, New York City, San Francisco, Indianapolis, and Albuquerque.
After 11 years of traveling, Matthew began to feel a deficit internally and externally in how dancers needed deeper understanding in a vocation/lifestyle that offered very few resources to help them fully rehabilitate. Thus, he found his second passion for helping people through soft tissue therapy.
Nearly a decade later with graduate level mastery, and a body of clinical case studies, Matthew chooses to provide answers to his artistic networks and local communities. In 2023, he held workshops and private sessions in Tulum Mexico with an Interdisciplinary Holistic Center; Quifulness, and danced professionally in Tulum's first International Dance Festival "Genesis".
By returning to the River City, Matthew feels a visceral drive to share his rare skillset and compassion with the very community whom supported him. His treatment plans are deeply involved in unwinding structural imbalances so that the bodies' innate healing potential can take the wheel. Matthew serves as a copilot/guide for each of his clients whom trust in him and in themselves that there has to be another way.
Integrative Manual Therapy
Integrative Manual Therapy is the hybrid of soft tissue work and neuromuscular rehabilitation. Clients are re-educated through restorative and functional techniques, which bridge the mind-body connection toward optimal alignment, function, and long-lasting, life-changing effects.
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Education
Matthew Doolin earned his Bachelor's degree in Dance Pedagogy from Butler University. He obtained a certificate in Neuromuscular Therapy from the National Holistic Institute in the San Francisco Bay Area. Matthew completed two apprenticeships with Aaron L. Mattes of Active Isolated Stretching and with the muses of Don McCann of Structural Energetic Therapy.
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Studies
Matthew gained valuable insights from Don McCann MA, LMT, LMHC, CSETT, who is the developer of the revolutionary Structural Energetic Therapy (SET)®. Matthew expanded his therapeutic expertise by doing apprenticeships with Aaron L. Mattes MS, RKT, LMT, the creator of Active Isolated Stretching (AIS). Matthew is proud to hold two bodies of knowledge in the field of physical medicine, which he is honored to carry forward.
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Passion
Drawing from Matthew's extensive background performing with renowned dance companies such as the Tampa City Ballet, Orlando Ballet, Post:ballet, and Amy Seiwert's Imagery, Matthew has seamlessly woven his experiences into professional roles of both a teacher and therapist.