About The Owner, Lead Therapist/Trainer

Daric D Bass LMT, BCTMB, C-MLD, SSE, CPT, CES, CPPC, Pn1                                        

Operation Manager of Health Performance Plus. We are a Massage Mobile Spa that specializes in  Pain Management.

After graduating from Blue Cliff College in Metairie, LA in 2013 Daric worked in a variety of settings such as Hospitals, fitness centers, Chiropractor's offices, Spa, and mobile. Following graduation, Daric worked as a  Teacher Assistant (TA)  and years later rejoined  Blue Cliff College in several roles such as Instructor, Lead Instructor, and  Department Chair of Massage at a Massage College. 

Daric was honored to serve fifteen years in the military including as an Army Ranger.  While in the military he served as a Fitness Coordinator and Instructor at US Army Airborne School.  Having completed 76 jumps during his time in the Army, it was on one of his jumps that caused an injury to his back that his passion for fitness and then massage therapy was born.  Wanting to be pain-free without the need for pills he begins to study anatomy and physiology to find out how  the body works to find relief from his back pain.  He was able to rehab himself after a period of time of learning to the extent of back to being able to now participate in activities such as Running, Biking, and other Athletic activities.  

Daric believes in working with his clients to achieve the best results to promote health and wellness and improve performance and range of motion (ROM).   

His hobbies include running Ultra marathons (completion of a 100k (over 62 miles) is the longest  Ultra Marathon that he has completed to date), Marathons, and 10k races ( including being a Crescent City Classic in New Orleans, La Top 500 finisher 5 of the last 7 years),  Obstacle races ( including winning an invite to race in the 2017 World Obstacle Race), Cycling,  Duathlons, Camping and he has finished one Triathlon sprint.

Daric has trained clients to run and finish the  New York City Marathon, and Chicago Marathon and worked with members of the Steel Magnolias Triathlon Group,  members of Tulane University Rowing Team, and members of the High school

Lusher Soccer Team. 

Daric recently lent his voice to an article published in Massage Magazine, a National Massage publication.  His contribution is contained in Part Five of the series.  Check it out below.

 https://www.massagemag.com/voices-of-covid19/  

Essays from Massage Therapists on Meeting the Challenges of COVID-19 (massagemag.com)