This paper is about the concepts of wellness and sustainable health care, how I, as an RMT can play a role with that process. The first place to start as an RMT is asking yourself, what is good health and how can I help have a positive effect on it? The World Health Organization says: “A state of optimum physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease and infirmity.” A healthier population can make more productive and positive contributions to overall societal development. A healthy population would require less support in the form of social benefits and health care, and would be better at supporting and sustain itself over a longer period of time. RMTs treatments in good health could help bring wider social, …show more content…
Most BC extended health care plans recognize massage therapy and will reimburse some of the fees for massage treatments as it recognizes it as a health care service. WorkSafeBC often covers the massage therapy treatment of workers injured, ICBC also covers massage therapy treatments for those injured in motor vehicle accidents. The Department of Veterans’ Affairs and the RCMP fully cover their members. This allows my treatment to be more affordable to everyone, allowing me the opportunity to provide massage therapy services for a broad range of the population: men, women, children, pregnant women, athletes, seniors, people with disabilities etc. which can be seen as an efficient and cost-effective type of therapy, which is also in many ways accessible and …show more content…
Working as part of a team within the healthcare system, I could help contribute to recovery, using skilled touch that helps repair tissues damaged by chemical addictions or eating disorders, enhancing circulation and immune function. The positive, non-sexual, comforting touch for patients whose bodies have been traumatized by physical or sexual abuse, can relieve physical tension and improve general