FSMTA SPORTS TEAM

FSMTA was the Official Sports Massage Therapy Team of the 2024, 2025 & 2026 Hula Bowl, the nation's premier College Football All-Star Game.

Since 1985, the Florida State Massage Therapy Association (FSMTA) has recognized the need for standard basic training in pre-, intermediate-, and post-event sports massage for therapists who wish to participate and provide massage at athletic events. Being an FSMTA member is not required to take the FSMTA Sports Massage Team training; however, it is a requirement to be an FSMTA Sports Team member. All active members have the same basic knowledge and understanding of how to safely work with a wide range of professional, semi-professional, collegiate, and novice athletic participants at sporting events. In addition to these standards, the FSMTA Sports Team training includes guidelines for operating a sports team, protocol in preparing for and conducting an event, thermal injury recognition, techniques for performing pre-, intermediate-, and post-event massage, injury recognition, and common injury treatment.

Each Member of Our Sports Massage Team:

• Is a professional licensed massage therapist, licensed under the Florida Department of Health
• Is trained and experienced in sports massage therapy
• Is an active member of the FSMTA
• Carries their own professional liability insurance

The FSMTA has Sports Massage Team members from the westernmost panhandle to the southernmost islands of the Keys. Many FSMTA Sports Massage Team members have worked at various Olympic and Paralympic Games. Below is a list of events our teams regularly support: