BOB WEIR

OWNER, LKN MASSAGE & WEIR’S WOOD ART

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hat do an artist, a med- ight team member, a Certi ed Medical Massage Practitioner (CMMP), an Air Force veteran, a respiratory therapist, a drummer, and an entrepreneur have in common? Add hobbies/passions such as cooking, getting his pilot’s license, travel, and oh yeah, did I mention he is part of a rock-and-roll band?! Read on, friends …

“It’s just me and my wife Leslie in the house now,” Bob smiles. “We have been together for over 20 years and have ve kids and three grandchildren between us. Leslie has two boys and a girl: Jeremy, Aaron, and Elaine. I have a boy, Zach, and a girl, Sarah—all in their mid-30’s. I grew up in Winston-Salem and graduated from Forsyth Technical College with an associate degree in respiratory therapy. I worked as a registered respiratory therapist for the next 20 years in ICU/ ER managing ventilator patients. I was on the Helicopter Med-Flight Team (MedCenter Air) for Carolina’s Medical Center in Charlotte for six years of that time, and I also spent four years in the Air Force as an Air Tra c Control Radar Maintenance Specialist.”

In 2001, Bob decided he wanted to be selfemployed, so he got licensed as a massage therapist. Upon graduating, the school asked him to join their teaching sta , so he taught a senior anatomy and physiology class for the next three years. During that time, he opened a private practice at a chiropractic o ce in the University area.

“ at’s when I started working with the UNCC Athletic Department,” Bob shares. “Leslie and I then opened Lkn Massage in Davidson in 2004 (Leslie is a professional and skilled massage therapist as well) at which time I went to work with the Davidson College Athletic Department. From 2010-2015 Lkn Massage expanded into a 2,000 squarefoot clinic that employed 15 massage therapists. Since then, I’ve gone back in private practice and have worked from home for the past ve years. What sets my massage apart from others is that I am a Certi ed Medical Massage Practitioner with 250 hours of continuing education, and I only do neuromuscular therapy for pain relief or sports massage for injury recovery and sports performance.”

Bob’s creative side emerges in his woodworking skills and life as a musician. While Bob has been interested in carving wood sculptures since he was a kid, it wasn’t until 1995 when he saw someone demonstrating how a scroll saw worked that he truly became hooked on the craft and all its artistry. “I am considered an Advanced Scroll Saw Artist,” Bob explains. “I hand cut pictures and portraits in wood, make fretwork clocks, and I particularly enjoy making games and heirloom wooden toys.”

e other artistic outlet for Bob is his music. Having played drums pretty much his entire life (professionally at one point), he has always been in one band or another. He now joyfully shares the stage with his kids in their musically talented group called the Townley Road Band. “It features my son Zach on guitar and vocals and Leslie’s son Aaron on bass and vocals. My daughter Sarah will also come up and sing a couple of songs occasionally. I really enjoy playing in a band with my children … it’s priceless!” w