Use Health Saving Accounts or Flex Spending Accounts to Pay for Massage Therapy

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Use Health Saving Acount to Pay for Massage Therapy Health savings accounts (HSAs) and Flex Spending Accounts (FHAs) accounts allow you to contribute controlled amounts of pre-tax income. As long as the money is used for approved medical or health expenses you are golden. Many people like using their HSA or FHA money for massage therapy.

However, in recent years many of these accounts have implemented conditions around using money from HSAs or flex spending accounts to pay for massage therapy. Now they often require that you have a referring physician to write a recommendation letter for the massage therapy to be covered.

These accounts are all different. It’s up to you to find out what your plan requires. All health savings accounts will cover massage therapy, but it’s important to find out if you need a letter from a doctor because some do, and some don’t. It’s a good idea to find out if you need a referral from a doctor before you come in, to avoid having to pay the cost of your session out of pocket.

Many patients at Body Fix Therapies use their health savings accounts to pay for their sessions. It’s a great way to use your health spending money. If you have a flex spending account and want to see if massage therapy may help you, call 916.488.4223 to make an appointment with us.

About the Author

Kym has been practicing massage therapy for 17 years. She graduated from the Northwest School of Massage in Seattle, Washington in 1996 and immediately went into medical massage therapy, treating auto accident injuries and working with physicians treating soft tissue dysfunctions. Throughout the years she has developed a unique technique that breaks the soft tissue holding patterns that develop from years of imbalance and cumulative minor injuries. She works to “reprogram” the muscles and connective tissue from the positions and habits that keep them out of balance and makes them prone to injury. She uses a combination of long, slow trigger point pressure, myofascial release, and range of motion techniques to retrain the body. This approach has both immediate and long term, long lasting effects. While her style is definitely therapeutic more people fall asleep during these sessions than during a Swedish massage. Come see the difference with Kym!