For Effective Self-Care and Injury Prevention, Think Holistically

Proven methods exist to lower the incidence of work-related injury. Many of them involve making simple but important changes to your activities, both at work and elsewhere; others will take more thought and practice to apply. But taking the necessary steps to prevent injury is much easier and less disruptive to your career than dealing with an injury once it has occurred.

The Business of Self-Care

A crucial component of any business plan is risk management: identifying, assessing and managing potential risks that could endanger a new professional’s career and earning power. Risk management studies often concentrate on classic risk scenarios, like dealing with a difficult economy, or facing new competition in one’s target market. An area that is often overlooked, however, is identifying and managing the risks that can put one’s own health, and career, in jeopardy.

Setting Up an Ergonomic Workspace for Massage and Bodywork

The design of your workspace plays an important role in your ability to prevent work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as low back pain and wrist tendonitis. To guide you in setting up a healthy work environment, you can use principles of ergonomics that have been proven effective in preventing injury at work.

Certified Injury Prevention Instructor (CIPI) Live Workshops

After taking the CIPI online courses and live workshop, massage therapists can earn additional income by teaching the Save Your Hands!® Injury Prevention and Ergonomics Workshop to other massage therapists.

Listen to Your Body: Self-care Tips for Massage Therapists

By Lauriann Greene, CEAS and Richard W. Goggins, CPE, LMP The most effective way to prevent work-related injury for massage therapists is by using a holistic, multifaceted strategy. Using good body mechanics, designing an ergonomic workspace, and developing awareness of the risk factors for injury in their work are some of the key aspects of [...]