Mon to Fri 9am to 7pm, Sat 8am to 12pmFees before any rebate
Full fees, including any GST. The same whoever you see, and the same on a Saturday.
Bring your fund card. We can claim through HICAPS at the end of the appointment, and you pay the difference.
Not every fund lets every service go through the terminal. If yours won’t, or the claim is declined, you pay the full fee and we give you a receipt to claim yourself. Ask your fund before you come if you want to know the amount.
People ask us this most weeks, so here it is before you book.
Not even with a GP referral. A referral doesn’t turn remedial massage into a Medicare service, and there’s no Medicare rebate for it.
NDIS guidance rules out remedial and relaxation massage by massage therapists, even when a physio or another allied health professional recommends it.
On a Support at Home package? That’s a different scheme. Remedial massage is listed among its independence services, but it goes through your provider and your approved services, usually with a contribution from you. Ask your provider first.
About 15 minutes to talk and check how you move, 40 on the table, and 5 at the end for what we found. You don’t need a referral.
You fill in a short health form online before you come, so we go over it together: what’s bothering you, what you do for work and fun, and anything we should be careful of.
Lifting an arm, turning your head, bending forward. It tells us where to work and whether massage is the right thing today. If it isn’t, we’ll say so and suggest seeing your GP or a physio.
We step out while you undress to whatever you’re comfortable with and get under the towel. Underwear stays on. Only the part we’re working on is uncovered, and we check the pressure with you as we go.
Dressed again, we tell you what we noticed, a stretch or two worth trying at home, and whether coming back makes sense. No packages, and no pressure to rebook.
Surfers, tradies, people at desks all week, and retirees who want to keep up the beach walks.
We don’t diagnose, we’re not physiotherapists or myotherapists, and we don’t do dry needling or pregnancy massage. We see adults, 18 and over. If you need something we don’t do, we’ll tell you who to ask.
Two remedial massage therapists, the same fees for both. Neither of us is a myotherapist or a physio, and we won’t call ourselves one.
Remedial Massage Therapist
Jess opened Saltfern on Gilbert Street. She sees a lot of surfers and tradies, and she’ll tell you plainly what she found and what she didn’t.
Remedial Massage Therapist
Sam takes the later appointments, so most after-work bookings are with Sam. Plenty of tradies come straight from the site.
Not Ahpra-registered, and that’s normal. Remedial massage isn’t a registered health profession. In Victoria we work under the general code of conduct for health care workers, and you can take a concern to the Health Complaints Commissioner.
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34 Gilbert Street,
Torquay VIC 3228
The white-brick shop with the curtains. No big sign yet: the door is beside the olive tree.
First time with us, choose 60 minutes, or 90 if there’s more than one area to work on. After that, most people come back for 45 or 60. Not sure? Call and ask.
Possibly. It depends on your extras cover and whether your fund recognises the therapist you see. We can claim on the spot through HICAPS where your fund allows it; otherwise you pay and claim with your receipt. How claiming works.
You don’t need a referral. Medicare doesn’t pay for massage, even with one, and the NDIS doesn’t fund massage by massage therapists. The longer answer.
Wear something you can move in; shorts help if it’s your back or legs. You stay dressed for the movement check. For the massage we leave the room while you undress to your comfort level and cover yourself with the towel. Underwear stays on, and only the area we’re working on is uncovered.
No. Some spots will feel tender, but the pressure is agreed with you and we check in as we go. Tell us to ease off, go firmer or stop, and we will.
Tell us when you book, and put it on your health form. If massage isn’t the right thing yet, we’ll say so and suggest seeing your GP or a physio first. We don’t offer pregnancy massage, and we see adults only.
Let us know by the day before if you can, so someone on the waiting list gets the time. If you’re running late we’ll still finish on time for the next person, so your hands-on time is shorter.
Two-hour street parking out front. There’s one step at the door and no ramp, and the room is on the ground floor. Finding us.
Mon to Fri 9am to 7pm, Sat 8am to 12pm
Rather write? hello@saltfern.example. Please leave health details out of email; your secure form covers those.