Clair Davies

Clair Davies graduated from the Salt Lake campus of the Utah College of Massage Therapy in March of 1998. Clair’s interest and pursuit in relieving pain through trigger point therapy brought him to UCMT. At the age of sixty, he closed down a very successful piano rebuilding business, which he had been running for nearly four decades, packed up his belongings and moved from Lexington, Kentucky to Salt Lake City.

Clair's interest in trigger points began years earlier, stemming from his own problems with chronic pain. After seeking a way to treat himself for shoulder pain, Clair diligently began studying the trigger point research conducted by Janet Travell and David Simons, authors of Myofascial Pain and Dysfunction: The Trigger Point Manual Volume I and II. Based on his studies, Clair created his own method of self-treatment. In wanting to learn more about self-healing and promote himself as a bodyworker, Clair enrolled at UCMT.

"I couldn't have found a better school… The clinic opportunity [was] the best. I loved that clinic. I got as much from the massages as my clients did, maybe more. I felt myself becoming kinder and more empathic. My six months at the Utah College of Massage Therapy was transformational."

Since graduating from UCMT, Clair has started his own, very successful practice, written numerous articles regarding trigger point massage for the Piano Technicians Journal, the Massage Therapy Journal and Massage Magazine and travels extensively throughout the United States leading workshops and seminars concerning the self-treatment of pain through the use of trigger point massage therapy. Most recently, Clair published a book, The Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: Your Self-Treatment Guide for Pain Relief, a book designed specifically to teach massage therapists, healthcare workers and the layperson how to treat pain through trigger point work. Since it’s publication in April of 2000, the workbook has sold thousands of copies and has also received acclaim from several medical doctors including Bernie Siegel.