What is Medical Massage?
what is Medical massage?
Massage Therapy is a beautiful art that is inherently beneficial in many ways. Every modality has a reason and a benefit.
The scope of practice for an LMT is defined as “soft tissue manipulation”, that includes muscle, tendon, ligament, fascia, and adipose tissue. We adhere to the same code of ethics as medical practitioners:
Hippocratic Oath of “Do No Harm”
HIPPA patient privacy standards
and most of all, use all your knowledge an skills to assist the patient to improve.
The term Medical Massage refers to massage that is methodically administered with a goal in mind, depending on the issue presented.
Why is this important?
LMTs have access to an extensive amount of knowledge in their training, depending on the program they attended. Massage Therapy programs have evolved to incorporate an immense amount of anatomy and medical curriculum for licensure, especially in the last decade. Our own community college, COCC, is one of the very first programs in the United States to provide students with college credits and achieve an associates degree, which allows students to explore not only the aspects of Massage, but the ability to pivot and use those credits towards medical science degrees in the future. Massage Therapy has been been given a seat at the table in the Medical Community and we could not be happier!
At Action Dynamix we believe all massage is important and beneficial.
BUT….
We like to nerd out… on muscles, on symptoms, on pain, on what, where, why, and when? Passion for the art of massage, how everything works together, the results of our bodywork, and especially connecting the two, set us apart.
Our clinic is able to work in conjunction with your wellness team to ensure you’re getting integrated care.
We love to make clients feeling better, every session, every time, in an intentional way.