Introducing Boulder Pain Relief Massage — Now at CrossFit Sanitas

By Lao Kemper, LMT & CMT | Boulder Pain Relief Massage, LLC

If you train seriously, you already know that soreness is not the whole story. The tight hip that won't release after a heavy squat day, the shoulder that catches at the top of a snatch, the calf that's been "almost a problem" for three months — these aren't just discomforts to train through. They're your body communicating a pattern. And patterns, left unaddressed, become injuries.

My name is Lao Kemper, and identifying and resolving those patterns is exactly what I do.

I've been a licensed and certified massage therapist since 2011, and the core of my practice is built around something specific: the clinical assessment and treatment of limiting musculoskeletal and myofascial patterns. That means I don't just work where it hurts. I examine how your body is moving, where it's compensating, and what restrictions have quietly accumulated over years of training and life. Then I address what's actually limiting you — not just the symptom sitting on top of it.

For athletes, this distinction matters enormously. The difference between a session that feels good in the moment and one that genuinely changes how you move and perform comes down to precision — knowing what to look for, and knowing what to do about it. That's where fourteen years of clinical practice makes a real difference.

I also come to this work as someone who lives an active life and understands firsthand what it means to ask a great deal of your body over time. That experience shapes how I listen, how I assess, and how I treat. My clients often tell me that our sessions feel less like appointments and more like a partnership — something that evolves as their training does, and that keeps them not just out of pain but genuinely performing at their best.

I'm now operating out of CrossFit Sanitas, and I couldn't be more at home. You are a community of people who take their health and performance seriously — exactly the kind of athletes I've spent my career working with and for.

I would love the opportunity to work with you.