After a proper massage course, you will have learned the importance of getting insurance for your massage business.
And How Or Why is Insurance Important To A massage therapist?
Being that many massage therapists are independent contractors it is important (very) for all therapists aspiring or professional to, seek and obtain Business Insurance and/or Business Liability Insurance.
This type of insurance will cover your business from unexpected damage, loss, and theft. The second type of insurance will cover you in case a client or staff decides to press charges against you and your business over a work related dispute.
The curriculum of a good school of massage therapy should be such that it will provide the student of massage with definitions of the business law and as it relates to massage therapy. It should discuss the different type of insurance available and it's suitability to the profession. Other arears to be covered will include (but not limited to), property laws, liability laws, safety laws, environmental laws, etc. All these laws will be related to the massage therapist, his business, his clients and, to all or any of his staff.
These massage classes should teach and thoroughly break down everything that insurance should cover (i.e, life, rights, and property) and, the school should endeavour to carry out a comparative study of the different massage insurance available, within the locality of the school and beyond. This will help in the long run to help the future massage professional to better decide what business insurance that is best suited for their type of business.And with so many insurance firms out there, this should not be a gargantuan task to achieve.
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Massage Courses Will Teach You About Massage Insurance For Your Business
Friday, February 6, 2009
After Massage School A Therapist Needs To Be A Member Of A Professional Massage Association
All Students of massage should look forward to joining professional and reputable massage organizations. This is the usual and sure fire way of gaining recognition in your career. You must be comitted to these bodies and adhere strictly to their rules and tenents.
Doing so will keep you within the boundaries of reputable massage practice and will certainly keep lawsuits from the state and unsatisfied clients at bay.
You should proudly displays your letter of memberships as this will, convey to all your level and attainment of education, level standards and quality.
Below you will find a large array of massage associations, therapists, councils etc. These are based in the Uk. But I am hoping to update this post later on so that I can add other countries to this list
| Name | Aromatherapy & Allied Practitioners' Association | AAPA |
| Address | 8 George Street | Tel: 020 8680 7761 |
| Croydon | Email: aromatherapyuk@aol.com | |
| CR0 1PA | http:// www.aromatherapyuk.net |
| Name | Aromatherapy Organisations Council | AOC |
| Address | The AOC Secretary | |
| PO Box 19834 | ||
| London | Tel: 020 8251 7912 | |
| SE25 6WF | Email: | |
| http:// www.aoc.uk.net |
| Name | Aromatherapy Trade Council | ATC |
| Address | PO Box 387 | |
| Ipswitch | Tel: 01473 603630 | |
| Suffolk | Email: info@a-t-c.org.uk | |
| IP2 9AN | http:// www.a-t-c.org.uk |
| Name | Association of Holistic Biodynamic Massage Therapists | AHBMT |
| Address | 42 Catharine Street | Tel: 01223 240 815 |
| Cambridge | Email: kathrin@ahbmt.co.uk | |
| CB1 3AW | http://www.ahbmt.co.uk |
| Name | Association of Holistic Practitioners International | AHPI |
| Address | 8 Llys Soar | |
| Scott Street | ||
| Tynewydd | Tel: 01443 771804 | |
| Rhondda | Email: | |
| CF42 5NA | http:// |
| Name | Association of Light Touch Therapists | ALTT |
| Address | 6 Combermere Road | |
| St. Leonards on Sea | Tel: 01424 430001 | |
| East Sussex | Email: lighttouch@callnetuk.com | |
| TN38 0RR | http:// |
| Name | Association of Massage Practitioners | AMP |
| Address | 101 Bounds Green Road | Tel: |
| London | Email: | |
| N22 4DF | http:// |
| Name | Association of Medical Aromatherapists | AMA |
| Address | Abegare | |
| Rhu Point | Tel: 0141 332 4924 | |
| Helensborough | Email: | |
| G84 8NF | http:// |
| Name | Association of Natural Medicine | ANM |
| Address | 19a Collingwood Road | |
| Witham | Tel: 01376 502762 | |
| Essex | Email: info@naturalmedicine.fsnet.co.uk | |
| CM8 2DY | http:// |
| Name | Association of Physical and Natural Therapists | APNT |
| Address | 27 Old Gloucester Street | Tel: 0966 181588 |
| London | Email: apntsource@lineone.net | |
| WC1N 3XX | http:// www.apnt.org.uk |
| Name | Association of Reflexologists | AOR |
| Address | 27 Old Gloucester Street | Tel: 0870 5673320 |
| London | Email: aor@reflexology.org | |
| WC1 3XX | http:// www.aor.org.uk |
| Name | Association of Therapeutic Massage Therapists | ATMP |
| Address | 15 Glyn Street | |
| New Bradwell | ||
| Milton Keynes | Tel: | |
| Buckinghamshire | Email: | |
| MK13 0DF | http:// |
| Name | The Bowen Association (UK) |
| Address | PO Box 4358 | |
| Dorchester | ||
| Dorset | Tel: 0700 2698324 | |
| DT2 7XX | Email: office@bowen-technique.co.uk | |
| LE9 9LQ | http:// www.bowen-technique.co.uk |
| Name | Bowen Therapists' European Register | BTER |
| Address | BTER | |
| PO Box 2920 | Tel: 07986 008384 | |
| Stratford Upon Avon | Email: info@bter.org | |
| CV37 9ZL | http:// www.bter.org |
| Name | British Association of Beauty Therapy & Cosmetology | BABTAC |
| Address | BABTAC House | |
| 70 Eastgate Street | Tel: 01452 421114 | |
| Gloucester | Email: enquiries@babtac.com | |
| GL1 1QN | http:// www.babtac.com |
| Name | British Complementary Medicine Association | BCMA |
| Address | Kensington House | |
| 33 Imperial Square | Tel: 0116 282 5511 | |
| Cheltenham | Email: info@bcma.co.uk | |
| GL50 1QZ | http:// www.bcma.co.uk |
| Name | British Reflexology Association | BRA |
| Address | Monks Orchard | |
| Whitebourne | Tel: 01886 821207 | |
| Worcester | Email: bra@britreflex.co.uk | |
| WR6 5RB | http:// www.britreflex.co.uk |
| Name | Complementary Medicine Association | CMA |
| Address | 142 Greenwich High Road | Tel: 0208 305 9571 |
| London | Email: info@the-cma.org.uk | |
| SE10 8NN | http:// www.the-cma.org.uk |
| Name | Council for Complementary and Alternative Medicine | CCAM |
| Address | Park House | |
| 206-208 Latimer Road | Tel: 0208 968 3862 | |
| London | Email: | |
| W10 6RE | http:// |
| Name | Crainiosacral Therapy Association |
| Address | Monomark House | |
| 27 Old Gloucester Street | Tel: 07000 784 735 | |
| London | Email: secretary@crainiosacral.co.uk | |
| WC1N 3XX | http:// www.crainiosacral.co.uk |
| Name | Federation of Holistic Therapists | FHT |
| Address | 18 Shakespeare Business Centre | Fax: 02380 624398 |
| Hathaway Close | Tel: 0870 420 2022 | |
| Eastleigh, Hampshire | Email: info@fht.org.uk | |
| SO50 4SR | http:// www.fht.org.uk |
| Name | General Council for Massage Therapy | GCMT |
| Address | GCMT, Whiteway House | |
| Blundells Lane | Tel: 0151 430 8199 | |
| Rainhill, Prescot | Email: gcmt@btconnect.com | |
| L35 6NB | http://www.gcmt.org.uk |
| Name | Guild of Complementary Practitioners | GCP |
| Address | Liddell House | |
| Liddell Close | ||
| Finchampstead | Tel: 0118 973 5757 | |
| Berkshire | Email: info@gcpnet.com | |
| RG40 4NS | http:// www.gcpnet.com |
| Name | International Holistic Aromatherapy Foundation | IHAF |
| Address | 13 The Terrace | |
| Rochester | Tel: 01634 834663 | |
| Kent | Email: | |
| ME1 1XN | http:// |
| Name | Independent Professional Therapists International | IPTI |
| Address | St Michael's Place | |
| 58a Bridgegate | ||
| Retford | Tel: 01777 700383 / 711149 | |
| Nottinghamshire | Email: iptiuk@aol.com | |
| DN22 7UZ | http:// |
| Name | Institute of Complementary Medicine | ICM |
| Address | PO Box 194 | Tel: 020 7237 5165 |
| London | Email: icm@icmedicine.co.uk | |
| SE16 7QZ | http://www.icmedicine.co.uk |
| Name | Institute of Traditional Herbal Medicine and Aromatherapy | ITHMA |
| Address | 35 California Road | Tel: 01026 393465 |
| Mistley | Email: info@aromatherapy-studies.com | |
| Essex | http://www.aromatherapy-studies.com | |
| CO11 1JA |
| Name | Internation Federation of Reflexologists | IFR |
| Address | 78 Edridge Road | |
| Croydon | Tel: 0208 667 9458 | |
| Surrey | Email: ifr44@aol.com | |
| CR0 1EF | http:// www.reflexology-ifm.com |
| Name | International Federation of Aromatherapists | IFA |
| Address | 61-63 Churchfield Road | Tel: + 44 (0) 20 8992 9605 |
| London | Email: office@ifaroma.org | |
| W3 6AY | http://www.ifaroma.org |
| Name | The International Federation of Professional Aromatherapists | IFPA |
| Address | The IFPA | |
| 82 Ashby Road | ||
| Hinkley | Tel: 01455 637987 | |
| Leicestershire | Email: admin@IFPAroma.org | |
| LE10 1SN | http://www.ifparoma.org |
| Name | International Institute of Reflexology (UK) | IIR |
| Address | 255 Turleigh Road | |
| Bradford on Avon | Tel: 01225 865899 | |
| Wiltshire | Email: | |
| BA15 2HG | http:// |
| Name | International Register of Holistic Therapists | IRHT |
| Address | 3rd Floor, Eastleigh House | |
| Upper Market Street | ||
| Eastleigh | Tel: 01703 488900 | |
| Hampshire | Email: | |
| SO50 9FD | http:// |
| Name | International Register of Massage Therapists | IRMT |
| Address | PO Box 5537 | Tel: |
| Hatfield Peverel | Email: | |
| GM3 2QN | http://www.irmt.co.uk |
| Name | International Reiki Society |
| Address | PO Box 1867 | |
| Yeovil | Tel: 01935 851 170 | |
| Somerset | Email: | |
| BA22 7YU | http:// |
| Name | International Society of Professional Aromatherapists | ISPA |
| Address | Now merged with the IFPA | Tel: |
| Email: | ||
| http:// www.ifparoma.org |
| Name | International Therapy Examination Council | ITEC |
| Address | 10/11 Heathfield Terrace | |
| Chiswick | Tel: 020 8994 4141 | |
| London | Email: info@itecworld.co.uk | |
| W4 4JE | http:// www.itecworld.co.uk |
| Name | London and Counties Society of Physiologists | LCSP |
| Address | 330 Lytham Road | Tel: 01253 408443 |
| Blackpool | Email: admin.lesp@ic24.net | |
| FY4 1DW | http:// www.lesp.uk.com |
| Name | Massage Therapy Institute of Great Britain |
| Address | PO Box 2726 | Tel: 0208 2081607 |
| London | Email: | |
| NW2 3NR | http:// www.cmhmassage.co.uk/mtigb.htm |
| Name | Register of Qualified Aromatherapists | RQA |
| Address | Now merged with the IFPA | Tel: |
| Email: | ||
| http:// www.ifparoma.org |
| Name | Reiki Association |
| Address | 2 Manor Cottages | |
| Stockley Hill | ||
| Peterchurch | Tel: | |
| Hereford | Email: katejones@reikiassociation.org.uk | |
| HR2 0SS | http:// www.reikiassociation.org.uk |
| Name | Scottish Institute of Reflexology |
| Address | 4 Eden Road | |
| Ednam | Tel: 01573 226645 | |
| Kelso | Email: | |
| TD5 7QG | http:// www.scottishreflexology.org |
| Name | Scottish Massage Therapists Organisation | SMTO |
| Address | 70 Lochside Road | |
| Denmore Park | ||
| Bridge of Don | Tel: 01224 822960 | |
| Aberdeen | Email: smto@ifb.co.uk | |
| AB23 8QW | http:// www.scotmass.co.uk |
| Name | Shiatsu International |
| Address | Maulak Chambers | |
| The Centre | ||
| High Street | Tel: 01787 220373 | |
| Halstead | Freephone: 0800 0927091 | |
| Essex | Email: | |
| CO9 2AJ | http:// |
| Name | The Shiatsu Society (UK) |
| Address | Eastlands Court | |
| St Peters Road | ||
| Rugby | Tel: 01788 555051 | |
| Warwickshire | Email: admin@shiatsu.org | |
| CV21 3QP | http:// www.shiatsu.org |
| Name | Society of Holistic Medicine | SHM |
| Address | 25 Mossley Lane | |
| Bloxwich | Tel: 01922 409116 | |
| Walsall | Email: | |
| WS3 2SD | http://www.holistic-medicine.co.uk |
| Name | Society of Holistic Practitioners | SHP |
| Address | 4 Craigpark | |
| Dennistoun | Tel: 0141 554 5808 | |
| Glasgow | Email: | |
| G31 2NA | http:// |
| Name | Society of Massage Therapists |
| Address | 70 Lochside Road | |
| Denmore Park | ||
| Bridge of Don | Tel: 01224 822 596 | |
| Aberdeen | Email: | |
| AB23 8QW | http:// |
| Name | The Academy of On-site Massage |
| Address | Avon Road | |
| Charfield | ||
| Wotton-under-Edge | Tel: 01454 261900 | |
| Gloucestershire | Email: all@aosm.co.uk | |
| GL12 8TT | http:// www.aosm.co.uk |
| Name | Manual Lymphatic Drainage UK | MLDUK |
| Address | PO Box 14491 | |
| Glenrothes | Tel: 01592 840779 | |
| Fyfe | Email: info@mlduk.org.uk | |
| KY6 3YE | http:// www.mlduk.org.uk |
| Name | International Association of Infant Massage | IAIM |
| Address | 56 Sparsholt Road | |
| Barking | Tel: 0208 5911399 | |
| Essex | Email: mail@iaim.org.uk | |
| IG11 7YQ | http:// www.iaim.org.uk |
| Name | European Hellerwork Associator |
| Address | Mulberry House | |
| 13 Inverleith Row | Tel: | |
| Edinburgh | Email: geriharries@hellerworkeurope.com | |
| EH3 5LS | http:// www.hellerwork-europe.com |
| Name | The Aromatherapists Society |
| Address | 9 Chute Way | |
| High Salvington | ||
| Worthing | Tel: 01903 694435 | |
| West Sussex | Email: office@thearomatherapistssociety.net | |
| BN13 3EA | http:// www.thearomatherapistssociety.net |
Thanks to massage therapy Uk, for this comprehensive list of councils and associations. Want to find more? Then do a search on google, ask your local masseuse
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