Risk Assessment for Sports Massage Therapists - Completed for Your Business

Sports massage involves sustained close physical contact with clients, working in a one-to-one setting that is often a lone working situation, and using a treatment couch and other equipment that needs to be assessed for safety. The risk assessment needs to address all of these elements. || Client contact creates risks in both directions - the risk to the therapist of exposure to a client's skin conditions, blood, or other bodily fluids in the event of injury, and the risk to the client from any aspect of the treatment. Informed consent and client screening protocols need to be documented. || Lone working in a treatment room or visiting clients at their homes also needs to be addressed. How does the therapist let someone know where they are? What is the procedure in the event of an incident when working alone with a client? These are genuine safety considerations that need documented answers.

Generic business risk assessments do not address the specific risks of working in close physical contact with clients in a one-to-one setting. The lone working element of treatment room work, and the protocols for client screening and incident management, need specific documentation. CompliantDocs generates this from your answers about your practice and working setup.