Kathryn said she always had an interest in massage, so after working as a pharmacy assistant for 19 years, she did a course at Murray College of Health Education in Echuca and hadn’t looked back.
“I opened the business to work around my family, within the first six weeks I was working my family around the business,” she said.
Her husband Rodger, who was a dairy farmer and worked shift work, got in on the action with her and got his massage therapy qualification after taking a year off due to ill health.
“I fell ill and I always wanted to do this sort of sports injury and massage to help people too,” Rodger said.
The two now operate their massage clinic together and pride themselves on their ongoing study and client commitment.
“You have to earn CEU (continuing education unit) points a year, like 100 points a year, so you’re always studying,” Kathryn said.
“We’ve got a range of qualifications, we’ve done pregnancy massage ... there’s infant massage, direct release, myofascial technique, that was one of the best ones we ever did.”
Rodger has used his interest in sports and sport injury to help out his children with their injuries and their sport teams.
The pair also regularly met with massage therapists around the region from Shepparton to Deniliquin to discuss and have talks from guest speakers including physiotherapists, sports trainers and chiropractors.
“You’re always feeding off them and discussing ideas as well,” Kathryn said.
News of their expertise has travelled far and many clients return often, but most of their business comes in via word of mouth.
“You have people walk in the door and they’re in a lot of pain and they’re very miserable, then they walk out with a smile on their face. That’s the beauty of our job, that’s what we love to do,” Kathryn said.
“We’re not in it for the reason of money or anything else. It’s just to be able to help people.”
While their official 21-year anniversary is on April 7, they plan to continue serving Cobram for some time to come.
“We’d just love to thank all our valued clients, both past and present for their support over 21 years. We couldn’t have done it without them and we are very, very grateful,” Kathryn said.
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