CHOO LED SIN CLINIC Medical Massage Therapy was certified by Professional Manipulative Therapist Association (Singapore), one of the biggest organizations in Manual, Manipulative and Massage Therapy of Singapore. Our founder, CHOO LED SIN is the president of Professional Manipulative Therapist Association (Singapore) since 2005, and was just re-elected as president in 2010 AGM, his term will last from 2010 till 2012. Click to enter PMTA website
Notice: All Medical Massage Therapists from CHOO LED SIN CLINIC were trained personally by our founder, CHOO LED SIN. Dr. Choo was trained under and studied or worked with more than hundred of therapist during his career life. He was appointed as Tuina (Chinese Medical Massage) Lecturer since 2002, and was the pioneer batch of Singapore National Skill Recognition System (NSRS) Assessor and Supervising Assessor in 2003 and 2004 when this system was first launch in Singapore. He had already assessed more than hundred of students and had taught more than thousands of students in Singapore.
WHAT IS MEDICAL MASSAGE?
Medical Massage is outcome-based massage. It is primarily the application of specific treatment protocols targeted to the specific problem(s) the patient presents with physician's diagnosis and administered after a thorough assessment/evaluation by the medical massage therapist.
Until 1997 "Medical Massage" was referred to as "Massage Therapy". Ever since 1997 the term "medical massage" has been gaining in popularity. The term was created in America by Pete Spairring Owner of Cedar River Medical Massage(1997). He created the term with the intent of lifting massage therapy to a higher standard and improve outcomes for patients. He also had the intent of making it very easy for patients to identify that a business did massage as a treatment, and not just for relaxation. Relaxation massage does have many medical benefits but should not be confused with medical massage unless it is prescribed for stress relief. Until a specific symptom is treated with a specific set of procedures to bring about a specific outcome then massage it is not "medical massage".
The American Medical Massage Association (1998) and The United States Medical Massage Association (1999)came on the scene with similar goals of lifting the professions to higher standards and intern giving patients a better outcome. The AMMA has done a great job of working with the standard medical community and bringing massage therapy into the mainstream they have done this through a board of advisors that include massage therapists, physicians, chiropractors etc...
The term
medical massage has grown in popularity because
of its unique ability to bring massage therapy
into the mainstream and present massage therapy
in a positive view to doctors. More good massage
therapists are raising their education level and
integrating the term medical massage into their
routines daily. A massage therapist can bill for
a massage as long as they are a licensed massage
therapist and are able to show improvement in a
condition of a patient/client. Though in many
states insurance companies still do not
recognize their training and will not reimburse
the therapist. The term medical massage was
birthed out of:
- the
publics need for highly skilled, hands-on
therapists in treating those with injuries
and chronic pain,
- the
present explosion of information in the
injury-rehabilitation field which began with
the ground-breaking work of Dr. Janet G
Travell (1901–1997,) and
- the
benefit patients receive when medical
massage therapists and doctors work
together,
there is now a new National Certification for medical massage therapists in the United States.
Medical massage is useful in addressing conditions such as:
- Carpal Tunnel syndrome
- Sciatica
- Piriformis Syndrome
- Rotator cuff injuries
- Pain associated with bulged or injured spinal disks (medical massage cannot 'fix' the disk, but can help alleviate much of the pain associated with the injury).
- Migraines/headaches
- Pain associated with pregnancy
- Constipation
- Range of motion issues
- Fibromyalgia
- Back and Neck pain
- Plantar Fasciitis (involving pain in the foot)
- Repetitive use injuries such as those listed and Tennis elbow, Golfer's elbow
- TMJ
- Pain associated with restricted fascia
- Pain associated with postural imbalances
- Muscle cramps
- Restless Legs Syndrome
- Sports injuries
- Work Injuries
- Auto Injuries
- Edema (swelling)
- Injuries sustained in traumas such as falls or automobile accidents
- Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (numbness/tingling in hands/arms)
Though national certification exists for medical massage therapists, currently there is no licensures for medical massage therapists in any state (in USA), as there is in many states for general massage therapists. Though any therapist can bill for massage treatment those with national certification have much less problems getting paid by the insurance carriers. Any massage therapist can claim to be a medical massage therapist, The public should look at the training that a therapist has and see that they have been trained to treat the specific type of injury that they have. Recently in Washington State the Department of Labor and Injury reduced their reimbursement rate by 25% because their research found there were some massage therapist performing relaxing massages and billing them as treatment.
