Many massage therapists are taught that massage is contraindicated in the first trimester of pregnancy. The reason generally cited is that there is a greater risk of miscarriage during the first trimester and that massage may be an extra risk factor for miscarriage.
However, if someone has a sound pregnancy then as long as proper guidelines for working with pregnant women are followed, there is absolutely no medical evidence to support that by properly giving someone a massage that their pregnancy could be harmed.

For many individuals and families, health insurance is essential. However people may think that all health funds are similar in what benefits they offer and the premiums they charge. Yet each fund can pay significantly different benefits for different treatments.

This article was included in our newsletter a couple of years ago but we have decided to update the data, for your benefit. Occasionally we are asked if we provide a HICAPS facility on our mobile massage service. Unfortunately because only a few funds are included for remedial massage in HICAPs at the moment then it is not cost/time effective for us to do so (of the major funds, only Medibank Private is in the scheme). However, as and when more funds come into the system then we will review the viability of being able to offer this service.

There are many advantages in being a Mobile Massage Therapist – flexibility of hours, no long term rental commitments, etc. For many therapists the returns from doing mobile work are significantly greater than a clinic based practice.
Several mobile massage therapists have provided their thoughts on what it is to be a mobile massage therapist.