Ryan Hoyme has been a massage therapist for 25 years and has worked in the health field for over three decades. He is internationally known as MassageNerd and has won many awards in the massage profession. Also, he has been inducted into the American and the International Massage Therapy Hall of Fame. Ryan currently works at Mayo Clinic and Moments Hospice as a massage therapist. 

He decided to start MassageNerd.com when one of his students called him that. He started photographing and cataloging his massage techniques and eventually videotaping them to share on the site. Ryan has a massive following on his social media accounts and continues to be a role model in the massage profession.