All qualifications are not equal!

Clients often ask me about my qualification when they visit my clinic for the first time. I’m proud to have trained at the London School of Sports Massage and gained a Level 5 qualification in 2008. Massage is a very unregulated business and you can do a course for as little as one single day and add ‘sports massage’ to your skill set! If you’re looking for a therapist, please look carefully at the qualification and make sure it’s a regulated and accredited one. If a qualification is not accredited by an Ofqual approved Awarding Body, you cannot trust the Level they say it is.

Level 3 is equivalent to school A level which only covers basic massage for healthy people with no injuries. The most rigorous qualifications are Level 4 and 5. That’s not to say that all therapists with higher qualifications are excellent therapists or that a therapist with a lower qualification is a bad one - I don’t believe that’s true at all. But I do wish there was a bit more information out there about what to look out for when seeking a therapist - so I hope this post is helpful.