Take the time - benefit from your benefits!

Life can always change, you have to adjust. - Drake
Nothing will work unless you do. - Maya Angelou
Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. - John Lennon
Time - it just speeds along. At this posting, we’re just one month away from half the year being over. Just how did that happen? Who knows. But there it is.
That being the case, now is a very good time to review your insured benefits package, and develop a strategic plan for using your therapeutic massage benefits in a way which will benefit you - before the end of 2019!
Academy Massage Therapy has added 3 more providers to its number of direct billing insurers. This list now includes:
1 Manitoba Blue Cross    (PDF 68KB)
2 Chambers of Commerce Group    (PDF 80KB)
3 Great West Life    (PDF 85KB)
4 Maximum Benefits     (PDF 68KB)
5 Sirius    (PDF 80KB)
6 Greenshield    (PDF 85KB)
Only 2 business days are required prior to your massage appointment - to create your profile for direct billing.
Please note: NO DIRECT BILL FEES are ADDED
For your convenience, Academy Massage also provides a number of other common insurance company claim forms. You can print the appropriate form, fill it out and submit it to your provider for the appropriate refund.
1 The Co-operators    (PDF 40KB)
2 Coughlin    (PDF 99KB)
3 Green Shield    (PDF 114KB)
4 Group Medical Services    (PDF 56KB)
5 Industrial Alliance    (PDF 35KB)
6 Maximum Benefit    (PDF 77KB)
7 Manulife    (PDF 79KB)
8 Sirius    (PDF 257KB)

Insured benefits operate on the condition of ‘use it’ or ‘lose it’, in which dollars not spent by the end of the year are gone, and you can’t get them back, so for Debby MacKenzie, owner of Academy Massage Therapy, it’s important to remind people to make good use of their insurance plans.

“How you decide to use your massage therapy benefits is entirely up to you,” says Debby.

“For some people who live very busy lives - maybe a pop-in works best. While others may want to plan the months ahead, and still others may choose a Tuesday or Wednesday morning consult with one of our Registered Massage Therapists, followed by a massage treatment,” she offers.

“And if you have a specific concern, always talk to our helpful and informed front desk staff. We’ll help you work with your insured benefits and assist you in the development of a personalized treatment plan. We’ve always got your back!”

Academy Massage has experience working with many different types of policies, coverage requirements and amounts.

Certain policies require a physician’s prescription prior to treatment. An insurer may request a deductible be paid to them prior to treatment. For example, if 80% of your massage therapy treatment is covered by your insurance provider, you may be required to pay the remaining 20% upfront. 

All plans are very different in their coverage, and it is important that you are aware of the details of your particular plan.

We look forward to helping you figure out the coverage your have through your insurer, and booking your massage therapy appointments.

Love,
Academy Massage Therapy

ENTER OUR CONTEST NOW!!! All this month we’re celebrating Mother’s Day - win a massage!

Here’s to good women.
May we know them.
May we be them.
May we raise them.
- Unknown

Academy Massage Therapy is celebrating Mother’s Day for the entire month of May with a contest which we would love for you to enter.

From May 1 to 31, 2019 we are inviting you to let us know:

• who inspires you
• and how
• post a few lines on the Academy Massage Facebook page
• add a photo, if it works for you

This contest is open to every one.

Who you choose as your inspiration, doesn’t have to be your Mom. It can be anyone who gives you that lift. And that being - doesn’t even have to be a human being.

Enter once, enter twice, enter often!

One winner will be chosen from all the entries, based on the inspiration that entry inspires.

The winner will receive two free massages - one as the contest winner, and the other massage, perhaps for the individual identified as an inspiration. It’ll be the winner’s choice. This prize has no cash value.

We look forward to a month of fabulous Facebook postings.

Here’s to Mother’s Day Month!

Lots of love,
Academy Massage Therapy

And when you get back from your weekend...

It’s the Victoria Day or May long weekend! The long weekend which signals the start of summer. Everybody is racing to leave work early, gather with family and friends, do a little gardening, go for a hike, or if you’re really lucky - head out of town.

By the end of the long weekend - there’ll be moments to remember - a brilliant morning, quiet conversation, the best hug ever, laughter, a delicious meal, dancing in the moonlight, a late night checkers tournament.

And while there may be a few bugs, there may also be - some sore arms and shoulders, lower back pain, leg muscle tightness. This list can go on, and on. It’s what happens when we have an active weekend, chronic conditions, or even sleep in the wrong position on a mattress that doesn’t work for you.

The thing is that the fix for this is just down the street at Academy Massage Therapy. Open regular hours on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19, CLOSED for the Holiday Monday, we’re back to regular hours again starting Tuesday, May 21.

We offer a complete range of massage treatments:
• Swedish Massage
• Deep Tissue Massage
• Sport Performance Massage
• Maintenance Sports Massage
• Post-Event Sports Massage
• Couples Massage
• Hot Stone Massage
• Lava Shell Massage
• Athletic Therapy
• East Indian Head Massage

As well as:
• Classical Homeopathy
• Reflexology
• Ear Candling
• Private Steam

Academy Massage Therapy is an award winning clinic, listed first in the Top 3 Massage Clinics in Winnipeg and ranked for several years running in the 3 Best Rated Massage Clinics in the city.

We look forward to helping you unwind after your fun filled long weekend. Come in for a single massage, a couple of sessions, or work with one of our Registered Massage Therapists to develop a long term regular program of massage treatments.

Welcome to summer!

Lots of love,
Academy Massage Therapy

Limited time half price offer!!!

Book a massage with one of the students at Academy Massage Therapy - and your massage is half price!

During the next little bit Academy Massage is hosting a number of massage therapy students for their practicum, as they complete their massage studies.

Call our helpful front desk staff for a massage appointment that works for you, and one of the students.

Book now! The students are only with us for a short period of time.

Please Note: Student massages are not insurable.

ENTER OUR CONTEST NOW!!! All this month we’re celebrating Mother’s Day - win a massage!

Here’s to good women.
May we know them.
May we be them.
May we raise them.
- Unknown

Academy Massage Therapy is celebrating Mother’s Day for the entire month of May with a contest which we would love for you to enter.

From May 1 to 31, 2019 we are inviting you to let us know:

• who inspires you
• and how
• post a few lines on the Academy Massage Facebook page
• add a photo, if it works for you

This contest is open to every one.

Who you choose as your inspiration, doesn’t have to be your Mom. It can be anyone who gives you that lift. And that being - doesn’t even have to be a human being.

Enter once, enter twice, enter often!

One winner will be chosen from all the entries, based on the inspiration that entry inspires.

The winner will receive two free massages - one as the contest winner, and the other massage, perhaps for the individual identified as an inspiration. It’ll be the winner’s choice. This prize has no cash value.

We look forward to a month of fabulous Facebook postings.

Here’s to Mother’s Day Month!

Lots of love,
Academy Massage Therapy