Right Path
Massage & Fitness, LLC
The Right Path to a Healthy Life
About Rosalie
Licensed Massage Therapist​
Clinical Exercise Physiologist
Certified Personal Trainer and Health Coach​
Professional History
Rosalie received her Bachelor of Science Degree with an emphasis in Exercise Physiology from Bowling Green State University in 1985. She has worked with clients of all ages, from middle school athletes to cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation patients, from elite athletes to the severely deconditioned. She is certified by the American Council on Exercise as a Personal Trainer and Health Coach for over 30 years.
She graduated from the Cleveland Institute of Medical Massage and became a Licensed Massage Therapist in 2008.
In May of 2014, she graduated from the University of Akron with a Master's of Science Degree in Exercise Physiology/Adult Fitness. She started working with the UA track and field team in 2011, and has had the opportunity to work with many elite Division I athletes including All Americans in pole vault, hammer, discus, decathlon, and indoor weight. Amongst these athletes were many conference and national champions, and several athletes who went on to compete at the professional and Olympic level. She has also worked with Men's and Women's Basketball, Women's volleyball, and helped the Men's Soccer team make it to the NCAA final four tournament several times. During the 2025-2026 academic year, she worked with the Women's Swim Team and helped them to win their 12th MAC Championship and helped 2 athletes make it to the NCAA tournament. In the summer of 2021, she began working with the Akron Rubber Ducks, the Cleveland Indians AA affiliate team.
She has worked as a member of the USATF (United States Track and Field) Medical Staff as a Massage Therapist and in January of 2016 was honored to be able to travel with the United States Cross Country Team to Edinburg, Scotland for the Great Edinburgh XCountry International Challenge. In 2018, she was the massage therapist for the Thorpe Cup in Knoxville, TN. In 2023, she worked at both the Indoor and Outdoor National Track and Field Championships.
Athletic History
After competing in high school and college cross country and track & field, Rosalie and her husband Tom spent many years coaching a variety of youth sports; including soccer, basketball, slow and fast pitch softball, and baseball. They also coached track & field and cross country for a total of 10 years at Crestwood High School. While at Crestwood, Rosalie and Tom used their professional coaching skills to lead several athletes to the state tournament, including several individual championships and one team championship.
Rosalie and Tom continue to actively train and race in a variety of event areas including running, triathlons, cycling, and cross country skiing. Rosalie was named Masters Runner of the Year by RunOhio Newspaper in 2011, 2014 and 2015. In the fall of 2014, she competed for Team Ohio at the USATF Master's National Cross Country Meet in Carmel, Indiana and the Club Cross Country Nationals in Bethelem, PA. In September of 2019, she ran the Erie Marathon and qualified for the 2020 Boston Marathon! In 2024, the Pan-American Masters Games were held in Cleveland, Ohio and both Rosalie and Tom participated in several running and biking events. Tom and Rosalie are also sponsored by Team Lake Effect in Broadview Heights for cycling. Tom is an expert mountain biker and cyclocross racer, while Rosalie just enjoys biking and competing at the sport category level.
Family History
Rosalie and Tom have two children, Bridget and Josh. Both children participated in a number of sports as children and went on to compete in track and field and cross country in college. Interestingly, the whole family competed in the 2015 Warrior Dash at Clays Park, Ohio, where all four of them finished in the top 3 earning a trip to the World Championships of the Warrior Dash in Pulaski, Tennessee. Bridget won the overall women's event!
In keeping with their love of the outdoors and living a healthy lifestyle, Tom and Rosalie own and operate Butternut Hill Farm, a certified tree farm. They organically grow as much of their own food as possible and maintain trails for walking, biking and skiing. They plant and tend to thousands of trees, some of which are used to reforest the land, while others are grown for Cut-Your-Own Christmas trees. They are happy to say that both of the kids and theirs families have moved back to the Hiram area!
