About LCSP
The LCSP was originally founded in 1919 by a
group of practitioners with the aim of promoting professional status and
services of themselves and fellow practitioners, making it the
oldest-established organisation of private practitioners of remedial massage
and manipulative therapy in the U.K. The organisation acquired incorporated
status in 2001 and functions now with the full title - 'LCSP Register of
Remedial Masseurs & Manipulative Therapists'. The aims and objectives of the
Register remain the same to be that of maintaining the very highest standard
of service and respect that has been achieved over a period of more than 85
years. The role of our members continues to change both quantitatively and
qualitatively. Longevity has improved as a result of modern medical science
and better standards of living. A natural consequence of this is an increase
in the incidence of degenerative diseases such as osteo-arthritis and other
disorders of the arthritic type. Enhanced and more readily available leisure
activities coupled with enforced leisure caused by commercial and industrial
development or economic factors have given a greater incidence of
sports-related injuries. The LCSP Register's aim is to continue to meet the
demand of ailing members of the public, particularly in the sphere of
musculo-skeletal disorders and disease, by means of advanced and proven
remedial massage and manipulative methods. That aim encompasses the
requirements of the 'ideal therapeutic system' as enunciated in a House of
Lords debate some years ago by Lord Colwyn and carried forward by The Prince
of Wales's Foundation for Integrated Health working towards the Integration
of Complementary and Alternative Healthcare with Conventional Medicine:
Treatment should be effective.
There should be very few, if any, side effects.
The patient's well-being should be enhanced.
The quality of life should be ensured.
Treatment should be reasonably inexpensive.
Treatment should be readily available.
The patient should have the condition explained to them, and the methods
being used to assuage it.