Massage Therapist Insurance: What Cover You Need
Massage therapist insurance explained: treatment risk, public liability and employers' liability, what each one covers, typical UK costs and what to check.
Massage London: A community for massage professionals
A London-based community for massage therapists, bodyworkers and people working in the massage industry. Share experiences, discuss treatments, ask questions and connect with fellow professionals.
Free to join. For qualified therapists, students and people working in massage.
What members talk about
The practical side of massage that training courses skip.
- Introductions New here? Say hello, tell us what you do and where in London you work.
- Rates and getting clients Pricing, packages, marketing, reviews and keeping your diary full.
- Treatment rooms and space Room hire, shared clinics and working from home: what it costs and where.
- Insurance, qualifications and licensing Cover for mobile work, CNHC registration and borough special treatment licences.
- Techniques and CPD Courses worth taking, techniques that work, and what to learn next.
- Client care and difficult situations Consultations, boundaries, no-shows and inappropriate requests.
- Jobs and room rentals The noticeboard: vacancies, rooms to let and cover wanted.
How to get started
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Create a free account
Sign up with your email, Google or Facebook. It takes under a minute.
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Introduce yourself
Tell members what you do and where you work. A moderator approves your first post to keep spam out.
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Ask, answer, share
Start a topic, reply to someone who asked what you already know, or post a room you need to fill.
Free tools for your practice
Made for London therapists, and free to use.
Start here
Self-employed starter kit
A step-by-step checklist for going self-employed in London: insurance, licences, a room, prices, paperwork and first clients.
Open the checklist
Open to everyone
Massage price calculator
Add your room hire, insurance and other costs to find the lowest price you can charge per treatment, compared with London prices.
Work out your price
Open to everyone
Missed appointments calculator
See what late cancellations and no-shows cost you in a year, and how much a fee or a deposit would recover.
Work out your loss
Free for members
Templates to download
Client consultation form, aftercare sheet, booking and cancellation policy and CPD log, as PDFs to print and Word files to edit.
See the templates
A professional space, kept that way
Every member agrees to the community guidelines, and moderators check new posts.
Read the community guidelines- Strictly non-sexual. Anything suggesting otherwise is removed and the account banned.
- Clients stay anonymous. Ask for advice without names, photos or identifying details.
- Respect colleagues. Disagree with ideas, not people.
- Adverts in their place. Jobs and rooms go on the noticeboard, not in every thread.
Massage guides
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What Is Reflexology? A Clear Guide to the Treatment
Pressure applied to points on the feet, hands and ears. What reflexology involves, what the evidence says, what a session is like, and how to find a qualified reflexologist.
Should You Become a Massage Therapist? Questions to Ask Yourself First
Thinking of a career in massage? The questions worth asking first, the qualifications UK clients and insurers expect, and what working independently in London involves.
Looking for a massage rather than a forum? We do not take bookings, but our short guide explains how to choose a qualified independent therapist and what to check before you book.
How to choose a therapist