Massage therapist, tracking massage?

[Belle1206]

Hey there!

I am looking for advice from fellow massage therapists on how you are tracking your massage activity. I'm obviously not seeing a pre-saved option for massage as an activity to log, so what do you put? Did you choose an exercise that is close in calories burned or did you make a custom one? If you made a custom one, did you make one for just a swedish massage and then aother for deep tissue/sports? I'm just looking for the best way to log this activity since it takes up a pretty good chunk of my day. Any and all help is appreciated!

[HelenaFitbit]

Hey there @Belle1206 ! I'll be glad to help on this 

While I'm not familiar with the physical effort towards giving a massage, our third party app SparkPeople has a calorie calculator for massage work here as well as a thread with various MTs providing additional caloric information here. 

Hope this helps! 

[healthyTara]

I have the Surge and it's big enough that I attache it to my ankle while I'm doing massages.  I think it still counts my steps,hmm I better check that and make sure.  Good Luck!