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Hi,
Does anyone know anything about the LCSP (London and Counties Society of Physiologists)? I did a sports massage qualification in 2001 with the FSMT (Fellowship of sports masseurs and therapists) which has since become part of the LCSP. Apparently I can apply for membership with them too but I don't really know much about them and there isn't much on thier website...
thanks!
I was with them for a number of years after I dida remedial massage course at the Northern Institute of Massage in the late '70's. I left after 23 years when the insurance premiumbecame unrealistic.
Hi Butterfly I qualified with the FSMT in 1997 and when it ceased Idid as they advised and jioned the LCSP.
JABBA is right in that they ar'nt the cheapest to jion and insure with (I jioned so that my clients could claim on their health insurance for treatment, unfortunateley the HSAno longer allows this).
The LCSPhas been around since 1919 and seems to be free ofallotof the problems beseaching the SMA (just look at the related thread).
Happy hunting steve
It's good that the LCSP seem to be free from the political in-fighting which has harmed the SMA's reputation. But from a sporting perspective (in my case, athletics) my perception is that the LCSP are much less effective than the SMA in promoting their members' services to athletes (and presumably this applies in other sports as well). As a couple of early posts on the SMA thread indicated, the SMA produce some very professional-looking flyers for their members: I have seen a number of these at different athletics tracks and clubhouses. I haven't seen any similar advertising from the LCSP.
Alan
LCSP rooole :D
There are (approx) 4x as many sports massage / therapists in LCSP as in SMA.
As some people have already said FSMT (Frank Westell) recommended to all their members that they transfer to LCSP when Frank retired and the FSMT ceased (opening the door for SMA or rather Viv and Joan who just happen to be physios)
Premeir Traininggraduates more Sports Masseurs a year than the entire membership of SMA
(empty vessels make most sound :))
People might want to check out the goverment register
of the General Massage Council
Guess who's not a member organisation ;)
As a postscript to the recent discussion on the scope of the Health Professions Order (which was partly on the SMA thread and partly on the thread “the future of sports therapy”), I was interested to see from that the abbreviation LCSP(Phys) is used to mean “Full Member of LCSP (Remedial Massage and Manipulative Therapy)”.
For example, one advertiser in ‘Runner’s World’ describes himself as “LSSM, LCSP(Phys)”.
I realise that most members of this forum will understand that the ‘P’ in ‘LCSP’ stands for ‘physiologists’ rather than ‘physiotherapists’. But I think that many readers of ‘Runner’s World’ may assume that the advertiser is a physiotherapist rather than a physiologist. This seems to me to be an easy way to avoid the concern which Gaz expressed (on the SMA thread) that
I assume that the HPC have never questioned the LCSP’s right to use the abbreviation ‘Phys’ to describe their members?
Alan
Does anyone know anything about the LCSP (London and Counties Society of Physiologists)? I did a sports massage qualification in 2001 with the FSMT (Fellowship of sports masseurs and therapists) which has since become part of the LCSP. Apparently I can apply for membership with them too but I don't really know much about them and there isn't much on thier website...
thanks!
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I was with them for a number of years after I dida remedial massage course at the Northern Institute of Massage in the late '70's. I left after 23 years when the insurance premiumbecame unrealistic.
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Hi Butterfly I qualified with the FSMT in 1997 and when it ceased Idid as they advised and jioned the LCSP.
JABBA is right in that they ar'nt the cheapest to jion and insure with (I jioned so that my clients could claim on their health insurance for treatment, unfortunateley the HSAno longer allows this).
The LCSPhas been around since 1919 and seems to be free ofallotof the problems beseaching the SMA (just look at the related thread).
Happy hunting steve
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It's good that the LCSP seem to be free from the political in-fighting which has harmed the SMA's reputation. But from a sporting perspective (in my case, athletics) my perception is that the LCSP are much less effective than the SMA in promoting their members' services to athletes (and presumably this applies in other sports as well). As a couple of early posts on the SMA thread indicated, the SMA produce some very professional-looking flyers for their members: I have seen a number of these at different athletics tracks and clubhouses. I haven't seen any similar advertising from the LCSP.
Alan
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LCSP rooole :D
There are (approx) 4x as many sports massage / therapists in LCSP as in SMA.
As some people have already said FSMT (Frank Westell) recommended to all their members that they transfer to LCSP when Frank retired and the FSMT ceased (opening the door for SMA or rather Viv and Joan who just happen to be physios)
Premeir Traininggraduates more Sports Masseurs a year than the entire membership of SMA
(empty vessels make most sound :))
People might want to check out the goverment register
of the General Massage Council
Guess who's not a member organisation ;)
Answers:
As a postscript to the recent discussion on the scope of the Health Professions Order (which was partly on the SMA thread and partly on the thread “the future of sports therapy”), I was interested to see from that the abbreviation LCSP(Phys) is used to mean “Full Member of LCSP (Remedial Massage and Manipulative Therapy)”.
For example, one advertiser in ‘Runner’s World’ describes himself as “LSSM, LCSP(Phys)”.
I realise that most members of this forum will understand that the ‘P’ in ‘LCSP’ stands for ‘physiologists’ rather than ‘physiotherapists’. But I think that many readers of ‘Runner’s World’ may assume that the advertiser is a physiotherapist rather than a physiologist. This seems to me to be an easy way to avoid the concern which Gaz expressed (on the SMA thread) that
I assume that the HPC have never questioned the LCSP’s right to use the abbreviation ‘Phys’ to describe their members?
Alan
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