Spencer Leek, LMT
Oregon License #16735
Spencer’s life-altering introduction to myofascial release happened in massage therapy school in Nashville, Tennessee, ten years ago. “What is this work and where has it been all mylife?” he asked his MFR professor, who replied, “If you want to learn this work, you need to study with John Barnes.”
Spencer booked the next available class with John Barnes and has been practicing MFR ever since. To date, Spencer has taken or assisted with over 600 hours of seminars including shadowing John and his therapists twice at Therapy on the Rocks in Sedona.
After growing up in Nashville, TN and earning a BS in biology at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, NC, Spencer worked as a biologist in Atlanta, as an EMT in Jackson Hole, and as personal trainer in Nashville. He moved to Portland in 2009, where he has been practicing MFR ever since. Before starting Portland Myofascial Release, Spencer worked 2 years in his own space in Northwest Portland, two years with Dr. Ginevra Liptan at The Frida Center for Fibromyalgia and six years at Portland Natural Health in Southeast Portland.
Spencer is also the Portland Area MFR Study Group Coordinator. If you are a therapist who has taken a class with John Barnes in the past 5 years, come join your fellow local therapists as we continue the path to mastery through learning and treating one another. We meet about four times a year.
Spencer’s hobbies include dance, rock climbing, biking, and exploring the Pacific Northwest.