Treatment plans for clients

[ladyni]

Hi Guys

Just reading through the threads on reflexology - I have been qualified since July and really only started to practice properly in September - Currently I have about 6 regular clients who would come to me on a fortnightly basis and then sometimes for Indian Head Massage or Reiki. The clients that I have were built up from case studies while doing my exams so I have been working with them for a year now.

Having looked back at their medical report and records over the past year things have gotten better for the clients but I am looking for advice on treatment plans. I was never taught this is college - what do I do? How do I move the clients on? or should I? Should I just stick to the treatment and carry on as normal?

Thanks

Suzanne

 

[charlieme5150]

Hello Suzanne
My longest standing clients (a husband and wife) have been having treatments from me for 2 years now. At the very begining we started weekly, then fortnightly and now once a month. They have tried Indian Head but preferred the Reflexology.

They basically treat the sessions as part of looking after themselves. When I visit, if they mention anything specific - the wife suffers from tinitus and the husband headaches and tension - then I concentrate on those areas a bit more intensively during the treatment and return to them at the end.

Hope that helps
Jackie

 

[Rachel bby:)]

Hi Jackie

Thanks for the advice

So you dont have "a plan " in place for them - basically just to go with the flow and take into consideration needs of the client each time they visit?

I am always looking for ways to "spruce" up my therapies - for example at the moment I spend 45 mins treating the feet and then I lie the client down for a half hour with a lavender pack over their eyes and give them a foot massage paying attention to the tender and crystalised areas. Just wondering if you do anything different or if anyone else has any tips in relation to the treatment?

As far as I can gather clients are happy with the treatment but sometimes I feel they may get bored of the same old thing time after time.

Thanks

Suzanne

 

[dahFausaged]

That sounds lovely Suzanne. I'm only sorry I'm not in Ireland so I can visit you for a treatment

 

[escapenletgo]

You have to go with the flow. You can't possibly envisage what will happen to a client an whether or not they will continue to come. People drop off anyway, even when they need the treatment.

Basically you need lots of clients, old and new to keep busy so you need to promote yourself and get new blood in all the time.

Some people will always keep coming back, whether they need to or not and all sorts of problems, large or small will arise. But people get so much from reflexology that once they experience it they usually feel the need to return, whenever.

I don't have treatment plans, I just take it as it comes, unless they come for a specific reason and I do my best to deal with that and after that it's up to them.