Comments on: Growing number of Massage Therapists and Longetivity https://www.findtouch.com/blog/growing-number-of-massage-therapists-and-longetivity/ Sat, 03 Feb 2024 16:54:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.10 By: Lara https://www.findtouch.com/blog/growing-number-of-massage-therapists-and-longetivity/#comment-5 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:51:00 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=318#comment-5 So I run a successful multi-therapist practice and I agree that it helps that our focus is massaage.

What I have noticed, most importantly, is that our busiest therapists are the ones that 1) are patient enough to stick around to build up their practice and 2) are good at forming relationships.

Massage is such a personal service, clients seem to crave a connection with their massage therapist. No connection = no repeat business

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]]> By: Anonymous https://www.findtouch.com/blog/growing-number-of-massage-therapists-and-longetivity/#comment-3 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 04:23:00 +0000 http://www.findtouch.com/blog/?p=318#comment-3 I began my career working for a physical therapy company, and was never very busy. Now I work for an established chiropractor (still an employee) and I am having difficulty getting all my clients in. I come in early, stay late… I am completely swapped. I can’t throw a stone without hitting 10 other massage therapists in practice… so what makes me so busy? I think that it’s the reputation and the loyal clients coming from my chiropractor, also, he has the money to hang very large banners outside advertising massage therapy (as most do). But the difference that stands out between my previous job and this one? Massage is a huge priority to my doctor, and physical therapy was the focus of my last employer. So, yes, salons and spas are now offering more injury/medical type massages, maybe even taking insurance, but if that is not their main goal as clients, those people will start looking elsewhere!

As far as the mass of students going through massage schools, there are also a lot of current practitioners in some form on retiring, or striking out on their own, which also limits their clients, depending on the wording of their contracts. So I think that there will always be a place for all those new hopefuls out there.

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