Is it a good idea to start my own massage business. I am a massage therapist that does treatment work?

I have been working at a chiroprators office. I would like to help more people. i would be charging less for massage. but is the market to low for people in pain to get a massage?Is it a good idea to start my own massage business. I am a massage therapist that does treatment work?
You may want to contact local pain treatment centers and see if they refer out massage therapists. If they do, then you may want to set up a meeting with the person that runs the practice (typically an office manager or the doctor), and see if you can become the person they recommend.





Also, I would duplicate this with other chiropractors.





A third place to pursue may be spas or salons that do not currently offer that service. They may be able to give you a room to set up shop for a once or twice a week salon time setting.





Here is a blog about entrepreneurism that might be helpful.


http://entrepreneurcafe.blogspot.com/Is it a good idea to start my own massage business. I am a massage therapist that does treatment work?
The market has little to do with your success or failure unless you let it be an excuse for not doing the marketing and advertising that you need to do to be successful. You will need to have a year or two of money to live on in savings while you start or you can start really cheap by renting office space from someone else who is already established. You just have to be really creative and very committed with the economy having it's challenges - just like you would going into any other career or even staying where you are at. There are no guarantees- the chiro could go out of business because they are a bad business person.
It's only a good idea if you are FANTASTIC at the BUSINESS end of things. It doesn't matter how good a massage practitioner you are, how much you want to help people, or how good the market is. For every hour you spend massaging, you will spend AT LEAST another hour in marketing and other administrative tasks. Then after that you have to do your own cleaning, laundry, buy your own supplies, etc. If this doesn't sound like your thing, it's best to work for someone else.
People looking to managing their pain are willing to work with you, if you're willing to work with them, when it comes to affordable payment plans. Having your own massage business is a great idea : 'most body workers view themselves as free spirited gypsies anyway' .





Just understand that no one start out on top, and like any under taking it can seem hard at first until you get some steam built up behind yourself and the ball rolling in the direction you desire, but when you do, it all worth it!!
Don't sell yourself short by charging less than your services are worth. How many clients will you lose when your rates go up?

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