25/03/2025
Hi all,
Just testing the water here to gauge opinions. No planned changes to any decisions.
I have quite understandably been in discussions with many clients over the past month regarding my decision and my plans for the future. It is very kind of people to have tried to help and made suggestions about possible options.
One discussion last week involved a client trying to put across a strong case about me continuing in some format. The argument to justify this was that he would still be very happy to purely come to see me if he had a ni**le or injury, for me to assess it and then advise on rehabilitation….he is not bothered about getting any sports massage or soft tissue work. He would still be very happy to pay for a session purely for that service.
Over the years (sorry physio’s, obviously not my opinion, just stating other people’s words) I’ve had many people walk through my door, wanting treatment, because “they’ve been to the physio, it was useless because they didn’t touch me and they just gave me a sheet of exercises to do” I asked if they did the exercises, to which they replied “no”. I of course explained to those people that I’m not Jesus, I can’t cure them with my hands, and they will get exercises to do from me too, which are a very important element to the overall recovery and needed to be done!
I am no longer in a position to do sports massage and soft tissue work long term. My hands have improved significantly since taking turmeric tablets in the last month (a bit of free promotion for Nutrition Geeks), but the writing is on the wall.
I would just like to hear if opinions are shared with my client. How many people on this page would still be happy to visit based on purely assessment and injury advice and exercise rehabilitation prescription?
I would have no interest in employing a sports massage therapist to fill the void, due to the hassles involved with it and Governments killing small businesses with the pension and NI funding issues. There could be an option of a partnership agreement with a local sports massage therapist to cover all possible treatment options, which of course would be mutually beneficial.
Please do not read too much into this. I’m playing devil’s advocate to judge opinions on the arm twisting that has been applied. The client was obviously trying to put his best case forward to still get a treatment service from me and also trying to be helpful regarding possible options. The truth is that the physical elements of the job are a big part of my decision, but not the only part of the reasoning for the decision to close. Obviously only a section of my client base are on here but feedback would be appreciated, just to gauge what other people think. Totally brutally honest answers please. Saying you would be happy to do that but not actually wanting to do that is obviously not helpful 😂
Thank you 😊
