How to Prepare for Your Massage
Massage is about stress relief and healing; you should treat the entire experience with this in mind, beginning with your arrival.
Ruth Marie Sperier
Massage Therapy
Ruth Marie Sperier is a licensed clinical massage therapist from the Louisiana State Board of Massage Therapy since 1999 and has been practicing at Ochsner Fitness Center and Hospital since 2008. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Clinical Sociology from Loyola University New Orleans and received her Clinical Massage certification at Blue Cliff College of Therapeutic Massage. She is a certified shiatsu practitioner of oriental medicine, earned from the Massage Therapy College of Baton Rouge.
Her license number is LMT#1825
Her other certifications are in pregnancy, labor and delivery, and orthopedic and sports massage. To a book a massage at Ochsner Fitness Center, call (504) 733-1600.
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