Rachel will be speaking on the body work needs of the canine athlete.

More than just the canine athlete, but how massage and bodywork are important from puppyhood through senior years.

She will also discuss why and how performance and quality of life can be improved with massage, and what you can do at home. She will provide a proactive approach to treatment and prevention.

Rachel Zipsie is the founder of Advanced Performance Solutions

Rachel, as a 30-year professional, has spent her career developing real-world solutions for individuals and businesses to grow and achieve results beyond their expectation. This depth of experience created the Pause, Commit, Rise optimization process, which has successfully enabled individuals and business owners alike to exceed their personal and professional goals. Rachel is Creator and Founder of Advanced Performance Solutions, LLC a software and B2C marketplace, and is the Founder and Board President for The Odin’s Heart Foundation, a non-profit organization that serves caregivers of rare genetic diseases.

While developing the Pause Commit Rise process, Rachel enjoyed and excelled in athletics, coached various team sports, provided mentoring and training to athletes and continued education in soft tissue studies associated with improving performance. She is ISSA Sports Nutrition Certified and completed personal training certifications throughout college with emphasis on taping and supportive therapies, and from 2013 through 2018, Rachel used this experience and combined it with a coaching and strategy to help prepare her for one of her ultimate physical sporting challenges, becoming a World Champion Powerlifter and amassing seven world records in the WPC Master divisions during her career.

In 2018, Bailey, a chocolate Labrador Retriever came into Rachel’s life. Together they jumped into the world of canine athletic sports. Early in their journey, Bailey competed at a dock diving event and seemed to favor one of her rear legs. A canine massage therapist onsite aided in helping Bailey that day and encouraged Rachel to learn more. Shortly after, Rachel completed her canine massage certification with Holistic Animal Studies and continued her education in KT taping, cranial sacral release, and animal neuro-myofascial release techniques, and supplies a holistic bodywork approach to care.

In March of 2023, Rachel will be launching Advanced Performance Canine, a community resource for canine athletic sports and continues supplying massage and soft tissue services at many canine sporting events and local, regional, and national championships.