About

Basil Butcher is a former National level under 19 cricketer and tennis player in his native Guyana. Basil has been educated in the health and fitness fields by the CHEK Institute; C.H.E.K. Level IV Practitioner and Holistic Lifestyle Coach Level III. National Academy of Sports Medicine; Sports Fitness Specialist and International Sport Sciences Association as a Fitness Trainer, Fitness Therapist and Specialist in Sports Conditioning. He is also a certified Neuromuscular Therapist(St. John Method), certified Advanced Metabolic Typing Advisor Level II, certified in Functional Diagnostic Nutrition and Functional Diagnostic Medicine.

Basil has consulted with the following organizations: Guyana National Cricket Team, Demerara Cricket Board, New York Cricket Region Youth Cricket Program. He is the Physio/Trainer for the Atlantic Cricket Region U-19 and Senior cricket teams. He was the Physio/Trainer of the USA National U-19 Cricket team that played in the 2006 ICC Youth World Cup in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

He has worked with West Indies cricketers such as Ramnaresh Sarwan, Reon King, Colin Stuart and Neil McGarrell. He has worked with 7-time World Masters Power Lifting Champion and world record holder Ellen Stein, LPGA Golf Pro Mary Enright, World and National Masters swimming champion Kristin Gary and drummer Cindy Blackman. He has worked with people from all walks of life and athletes from sports such as baseball, basketball, cricket, cycling, golf, power lifting, wrestling, swimming, soccer and American football.

Basil has presented seminars and lectures in Guyana and throughout the New York Metro area on topics such as Functional Back Training, Functional Shoulder Training, Holistic Program Design, Stress and Your Health and From Injury to the Playing Field.

Basil has maintained a private practice in New York City for the past 10 years.

Basil specializes in the following areas:

Personal Training/Coaching

Rehabilitation Conditioning for Back, Neck, Shoulder, Hip and Knee Conditions/Pain.

Functional(General) Fitness Conditioning

Women's Fitness Conditioning

Weight Loss Conditioning

Sports Specific Conditioning

Holistic Lifestyle Coaching

Metabolic Typing

Functional Diagnostic Nutrition

Functional Diagnostic Medicine

Group Seminar Presentations

Integrated Neuro-Somatic Therapy(formerly Neuromuscular Therapy)