What does a medical masseur with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education do?

The work of a medical masseur with a Federal Diploma of Higher Education generally consists of the following tasks:

• treat healthy, sick or injured people or people with disabilities of all ages
• collect all relevant data from the data subjects prior to treatment
• Interpret previous medical diagnoses and prescriptions
• Formulate goals, create the treatment plan and carry out the treatment
• Select treatment technique according to the individual problems and needs of the person
• make use of passive treatments and therapies such as connective tissue, reflexology and classic massage, manual lymphatic drainage as well as thermal, hydro, balneotherapy and electrotherapy
• ensure a calm and trusting atmosphere
• Document treatment
• Check the effect of the treatment and adjust if necessary