Today we’d like to introduce you to Erin Corcoran Chinburg.
Hi Erin, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Since 2006, Massage therapy has taken me through an incredible range of settings, from working with athletes and alongside doctors to providing care at St. Charles Hospital here in Bend, OR. Each experience has shown how meaningful skilled, thoughtful touch can be in supporting people through different stages of life.
Today, I bring those experiences together at my own practice, Roam Massage.
Manual Therapy is becoming a bigger part of conversations in health and patient care, especially when it comes to navigating chronic pain. Oregon now even offers an associate degree in massage therapy, something I could hardly have imagined when I began 20 years ago!
That progress reflects the dedication of the therapists who came before us. Advocates and educators laid the groundwork for massage therapy to be taken seriously in healthcare. Their work opened doors and helped bring the profession to the tables where decisions about care are made from.
Two decades in, I have so much gratitude for the pioneers who helped shape the profession, and a body (my body) that has kept up along the way! Roam Massage Therapy is the culmination of that journey and a way to carry its lessons into the work still ahead.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
In ways it has been consistent in others, very rocky. Massage therapy is physically demanding, and a therapist’s body is their most important tool. In Oregon, many employed therapists work 5 to 8 sessions a day, 5 days a week, for far less than their skill is worth. After 20 years, I learned that pace isn’t sustainable. Eventually, hitting a wall like many of us do working at that capacity.
That experience strengthened my belief in the importance of independent practice, where therapists can set a sustainable schedule and be fairly compensated. Starting Roam Massage Therapy was a leap of faith and a chance to build a career that can keep going into an older age. My clients support in that has meant the world to me!
Thanks – so what else should our readers know about Roam Massage Therapy?
Roam brings 20 years of hands-on experience to care that’s very personal, purposeful, and grounded in each client’s session.
I specialize in pain management, sports massage, prenatal, hospice, and medical massage drawing from advance techniques from extensive continuing education. No two bodies, or sessions, are the same. Roam is built around listening closely, working collaboratively, and helping people feel more at home in their bodies.
How? By always meeting them where they’re at.
If we knew you growing up, how would we have described you?
I’m not big on astrology, so it’s comical that I’m such a quintessential Libra. As a youth I was a curious, observant child with an innate eye for detail and a natural pull toward connection. Ireland will always be part of my story. Growing up across cultures and traveling with my family taught me to stay curious and see the world through different eyes. I believe giving children those experiences is one of the greatest gifts we can offer!
Contact Info:
- Website: https://www.roammassage.com
- Instagram: RoamMassage
