What Lead Ocean to Open Make Waves Therapy and Fitness?
June is Athletic Therapy Month! “It’s a month dedicated to highlighting the work of athletic therapists, their impact on clients, and the value of athletic therapy in sports, health, and rehabilitation.”
We sat down with Kindersley’s Athletic Therapist, Ocean Massey and asked her a couple questions about her business and what led her here.
How did you get into the profession of Athletic Therapy?
In highschool it was brought to my attention from my career teacher. I wasn’t sure what I wanted to do between being a physiotherapist or a paramedic. The only thing I knew is that I wanted to help people and with Athletic Therapy I get to do that. The extra bonus is that I was able to mix physio and paramedic with my Athletic Therapy since I do both clinical and field work.
Why did you start your business?
I originally did not want to start a business if I didn’t have to but unfortunately Athletic Therapy is a self regulated profession and not a government regulated profession so working in the hospital was out of the equation. The other reason is that physios and ATs sometimes clash heads, its more of a physio dominated world and some of them just don’t know the full scope of Athletic Therapists which make it hard for ATs to be added into a physio clinic. So I had to start my business because I knew that people could benefit from my skills and knowledge.
What is your favourite part of the job?
Seeing the progress of my patients and athletes and the connection I have built with them. I have athletes whose parents or grandparents are seeing me now in clinic because of the progress and improvement that was made with the athlete. It is also cool to see certain patients or athletes that keep coming back to me if they get another injury just overwhelms me with joy that they trust me to come back.
With June being Athletic Therapy month Ocean is giving away a free Athletic Therapy treatment. Due to her recent move of clinic location in April to Anytime Fitness in Kindersley, the 2 personal trainers that operate out of the gym have added personal training sessions to her give away.
Details on how you can enter the giveaway are below:
1) Make sure you are following Ocean’s business page on Facebook or Instagram @Make Waves Therapy & Fitness
2) Head to Anytime Fitness for a workout, spin class, or treatment with Ocean
3) Enter your name and phone number at the table at the main entrance at the gym
Winner will be annouced at the beginning of July after the long weekend so don’t miss your chance to train, recover, and thrive for FREE!
Have a healthy, happy and active June!
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