Sports Massage v Soft Tissue Therapy

by Mel Cash
Aug 31st, 2017

Career Success in Soft Tissue Therapy

• This article describes how good training and experience develops into a successful lifetime career in Soft Tissue Therapy.

by Mel Cash
Aug 22nd, 2018

Everyone Needs Soft Tissue Therapy

• Aches and pains are an inevitable part of modern life whatever our age and lifestyle.
• We all know deep down that we won’t live forever but we want to believe our body will keep going at 100% until that time comes, but it sadly doesn’t.
• Soft Tissue Therapy is not a miracle cure but it can often come pretty close to that.
• So don’t put up with those chronic aches and pains that get you down, find yourself a Soft Tissue Therapist.

by Mel Cash
Jul 3rd, 2018

How did we get here

• Our journey began in September 1989.
• In those days Sports Massage was a good fun job but we were not trained to treat injuries, however, this didn’t stop injured clients turning up for treatment.
• We developed our clinical skills so we could better meet the needs of injured clients.
• Financial pressure on the NHS meant it could no longer fund the treatment of minor and chronic injuries.
• In response to this we continued to develop our qualification.
• Soft Tissue Therapy. A new title that more accurately describes what we do now.
• The only therapy that effectively treats minor and chronic injuries using traditional hands-on methods.

by Mel Cash
May 30th, 2018

How to succeed in private practice for physiotherpists

• Physiotherapy has changed a lot over the years.
• It Is now mostly exercise based
• Patients still want hands on treatment
• To succeed in private practice you have to give the patients what they want and you need to get positive and cost effective results.

by Mel Cash
Mar 22nd, 2018

Is this Sports Massage or Violent Abuse

• This picture shows the shocking result of a ‘Sports Massage’ and although it may be an extreme example it shows what can happen.
• So if you go for any massage, beware! Or this could happen to you.
• Ask about the therapist’s qualification which should at least have a recognised educational Level.
• They should be a member of a professional association so you know who you could complain to if you are unhappy with the treatment.
• You should also ask if they have professional indemnity insurance to practice.

by Mel Cash
Feb 15th, 2018

Physiotherapy v Soft Tissue Therapy

•  Physiotherapy has changed a lot over the years.
• The old traditional hands-on techniques that Physiotherapists used to use are still as effective today as they ever were, also patients still like them and respond very well to them. Indeed, we now put on special Soft Tissue Therapy courses for recently qualified Physiotherapist who desperately want to develop these hands-on skills again
• Physiotherapy training takes three years on a full-time degree with tuition fees of nearly £30,000, plus living costs.
• Soft Tissue Therapy training only costs around £3,000 on a part-time (usually weekends) course taking no more than a year.
• Find out more about Soft Tissue Therapy go to www.theisrm.com.

by Mel Cash
Apr 19th, 2018

Soft Tissue Therapy Where is the Science

• Some people want to dismiss Soft Tissue Therapy because they say it has no scientific basis. But we all use self-massage and stretching because we know it works. This pre-dates modern science by tens of thousands of years. People go to Soft Tissue Therapists because they do these natural remedies better than they can do themselves, and because you can't massage your own back!

by Mel Cash
May 10th, 2017

Sports Massage v Soft Tissue Therapy

1. What is Sports Massage?
2. How Sports Massage Become a Mini-Industry?
3. Misled by 'Sports Massage'.
4. Is Sport Massage a good job? 

What is Soft Tissue Therapy?

A higher level of clinical therapy which aims to treat minor and chronic injuries caused by any lifestyle factor.It also considers the underlying causes of injury and to offer more long-term improvements in physical wellbeing and injury prevention.

Career Potential in Soft Tissue Therapy.

Being able to help all people with minor and chronic injuries, it offer a truly stimulating and rewarding life-time career with the greatest potential.

What Do You Think the Answers Are?

by Mel Cash
Jun 8th, 2017

The Definition of Soft Tissue Therapy

• Soft Tissue Therapy is now clearly defined and should only be used by those with the clinical skills that meet the definition.

by Mel Cash
Aug 30th, 2018

Want a Rewarding Lifetime Career Don t Waste Your Time Learning Sports Massage Therapy

What’s wrong with Sports Massage/Therapy?

• Too many therapists chasing too little work so the odds are against you making a good career out of it.

What’s right with Soft Tissue Therapy?

• You can treat minor and chronic injuries for the whole population. Biggest market with the greatest potential for a rewarding life-time career. 

by Mel Cash
May 16th, 2017

What Do The Different Qualification Levels in Massage Mean

•  Level 3 is equivalent to a school GCSE.
• Level 4 is equivalent to a school 'A' level or university entry standard.
• Level 5 is equivalent to a university under-graduate.

All awarding bodies (BTEC, ITEC, VTCT, etc) have to use the same criteria when approving qualification Levels.

by Mel Cash
Jan 10th, 2018

What gives me the greatest satisfaction in my teaching career

  As I approach my 30^th year as a teacher, and head of the LSSM and ISRM, I can reflect on a question I have often been asked.

by Mel Cash
Jul 20th, 2017

What is Scar Tissue

Mel Cash telling everybody: "Do you think you can break Scar Tissue?? Think again!

• What Is Scar Tissue?
• Scar tissue can't be broken down by your hands!"

by Mel Cash
Nov 24th, 2017

Where do people go to get their chronic backache treated

What the different disciplines offer.