Kathleen Benanti - President and CEO 
LMT, MTI, MMT, NMR
214 766-6876
kb@istsportstherapies.com
Kathleen Benanti is an accomplished manual therapist with extensive specialized training under some of the nation’s most noted experts in the field.  She is also a noted instructor in her own right, serving as a veteran teaching assistant with James Waslaski’s Center for Pain Management and Erik Dalton’s Freedom from Pain Institute.  Kathleen earned her B.A. in Sociology from the University of South Florida and graduated with honors from the Texas Massage Institute.  A native of the Jersey Shore, Kathleen plays a mean game of Skee Ball and is one of Bruce Springsteen’s most loyal fans.  Having relocated to Texas almost 20 years ago, she has enjoyed success in private practice for more than a dozen years.  Kathleen is a lifelong student and has tirelessly pursued the most challenging courses of professional training in order to build her arsenal of techniques, ultimately focusing on the interventions and therapies necessary to optimizing the physical performance of elite athletes.   
         
Certified Orthopedic Massage Therapist
James Waslaski / Center for Pain Management

Teaching Assistant
James Waslaski
Erik Dalton
Paul Kelly

Certified MAT Pain and Posture Specialist
Erik Dalton / Freedom from Pain Institute

Certified MAT Upper Body Specialist
Erik Dalton / Freedom from Pain Institute

Certified MAT Lower Body Specialist
Erik Dalton / Freedom from Pain Institute

Senior MAT Instructor

Certified in KinesioTaping

Extensive training in Structural Integration
​Tom Myers, Simone Lindner / Anatomy Trains - Kinesis