Hi all
why is everyone on here knocking sports massage therapists.
we provide a valuable service to our clients, we provide a service that other therapist dont bother with cant be bothered with or are not as skilled at.
im currently having treatment from a physio due to a leg operation, she admits that my profession is better at dealing with muscles than there's, she says they will almost never perform massage on a client and if they do it may only be friction techniques, they just dont cover it much in their degree.
we (sports massage therapists) are a profession in our own right, we do our course take our exams and receive our diplomas, hopefully
i think the reason so many sports massage therapist tag themselves as sports therapist is we get labelled as just massage therapist, which we are defo not, we are classed as the same as a someone who works in a spa or beauty salon doing therapeutic massage, we provide much more than that, we drop the massage tag to give our profession a more professional title, and to move away from the masseur image. Although i do find that dropping the sports tag gets me more clients as i treat a lot of non-sports people.
There is alot of talk about changing our name to reflect our trade, maybe we cant see the woods for the trees, what i mean is we need to look at it differently and from an other angle. Instead of changing the name, lets promote the work we do, people need to know what we do who we can treat and what we can treat, maybe its as simple as that.
people go to physio's if they have an injury they never think to try anything else because its all they know. If their back it out they go to a chriopractor. If people knew more about sports massage they may never get injured or pull their backs. Having regular massage will help good muscle condition.
lets promote the good work that sports massage therapist do and provide, and stop knocking our profession, ok we are not a physio or sports therapist we are a sports massage therapist and proud of it.
regarding getting recognised by the governing bodies out there, we just need to promote what we go and not compare with other therapies. you dont compare a plumber with an electrician or a bricklayer but you need them all to build a house. We all have our different fields and should be promoted as such.
Stopping knocking sports massage therapist and help promote instead, fighting between us will do our industry no good in the long run. The goverment, NHS, and health services, like Bupa etc etc need to recognize us all. We just need to convince them that we help the public back to fitness and thats what is important at the end of the day. My clients wouldnt be without my services now and respect what i do for them.
We are all different so stop comparing and embrace the industry and work together to promote sports therapist, sports massage therapist.
why is everyone on here knocking sports massage therapists.
we provide a valuable service to our clients, we provide a service that other therapist dont bother with cant be bothered with or are not as skilled at.
im currently having treatment from a physio due to a leg operation, she admits that my profession is better at dealing with muscles than there's, she says they will almost never perform massage on a client and if they do it may only be friction techniques, they just dont cover it much in their degree.
we (sports massage therapists) are a profession in our own right, we do our course take our exams and receive our diplomas, hopefully
i think the reason so many sports massage therapist tag themselves as sports therapist is we get labelled as just massage therapist, which we are defo not, we are classed as the same as a someone who works in a spa or beauty salon doing therapeutic massage, we provide much more than that, we drop the massage tag to give our profession a more professional title, and to move away from the masseur image. Although i do find that dropping the sports tag gets me more clients as i treat a lot of non-sports people.
There is alot of talk about changing our name to reflect our trade, maybe we cant see the woods for the trees, what i mean is we need to look at it differently and from an other angle. Instead of changing the name, lets promote the work we do, people need to know what we do who we can treat and what we can treat, maybe its as simple as that.
people go to physio's if they have an injury they never think to try anything else because its all they know. If their back it out they go to a chriopractor. If people knew more about sports massage they may never get injured or pull their backs. Having regular massage will help good muscle condition.
lets promote the good work that sports massage therapist do and provide, and stop knocking our profession, ok we are not a physio or sports therapist we are a sports massage therapist and proud of it.
regarding getting recognised by the governing bodies out there, we just need to promote what we go and not compare with other therapies. you dont compare a plumber with an electrician or a bricklayer but you need them all to build a house. We all have our different fields and should be promoted as such.
Stopping knocking sports massage therapist and help promote instead, fighting between us will do our industry no good in the long run. The goverment, NHS, and health services, like Bupa etc etc need to recognize us all. We just need to convince them that we help the public back to fitness and thats what is important at the end of the day. My clients wouldnt be without my services now and respect what i do for them.
We are all different so stop comparing and embrace the industry and work together to promote sports therapist, sports massage therapist.