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Biography Of Ray Flaherty
ATHLETIC SPORTS MASSAGE CANBERRA FOUNDER
Ray Flaherty is the founder and owner of Athletic Sports Massage Canberra, he has been honoured with the prestigious Excellence Award for Sports Massage Services, affirming his status as the Best Sports Massage Therapist in the ACT and several other awards over the years while massaging. His expertise and commitment to client satisfaction truly set him apart in the industry.
As a certified Remedial Massage Therapist who specialises in providing targeted massage therapy for athletes and active individuals or people with chronic pain. His approach focuses on reducing muscle tension, improving flexibility, and speeding up recovery time. With years of experience in working with athletes of all levels and ages and also chronic pain sufferers.
Ray has developed a deep understanding of the unique needs of female athletes and how to tailor his treatments to achieve the best possible results. Whether you are preparing for a competition or recovering from an injury or chronic pain, Ray can help you perform at your best.
Ray Flaherty's Profile
Qualification And Training. Ray is a great believer in updating his skills in all areas to make sure his client's outcome is a good one.
- COVID 19 Government Training.
- Working With Vulnerable People Registration 2025
- Diploma of Remedial Massage HLT52015.
- Certificate in Understanding Traumatic Brain Injury.
- Diploma of Introduction to Physiotherapy.
- Diploma in PTSD Awareness. (Post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Diploma in Counselling Skills.
- Diploma in Cupping Therapy.
- Diploma in Acupressure.
- Diploma in Ayurveda.
- Diploma in Pilates.
- Diploma in Mindfulness Instructor.
- Diploma in Mediation Instructor.
- Certificate in Dementia.
- Certificate in how to Treat Spinal Torsion with deep tissue massage.
- Certificate In Pregnancy Massage.
- Certificate 4 Massage Practice HLT40307.
- Certificate Full Body Relaxation Massage.
- Certificate Deep Tissue and Common Injuries: (Injury-specific massage course including contractural tendon release) (CTR)
- Certificate 4 Allied Health Exercise Programs HLT42507. (Occupational therapy and Physiotherapy assistant units in exercise for recovery)
- Assist with the development and maintenance of client functional status.
- Conduct group sessions for individual client outcomes.
- Exercises for seniors are an effective way to stay active.
- Assist in the rehabilitation of clients.
- Support the fitting of assistive devices.
- Myotherapy Release Therapy.
- Myotherapy Trigger Point Therapist.
- Active Stretch Therapy.
- Myotherapy Cupping Therapy.
- Active Release Technique.
- Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation (PNF)
- Provide First Aid HLTAID011.
- Provide Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation HLTID009.
- Provide Basic Emergency Life Support HTLID010.
- EMMETT Technique (Easy Muscle Management)
- Certificate 4 disability (Unit in dementia care)
- Certificate 4 TAA Trainer And Assessor.
- Certificate 4 TAE Trainer And Assessor updated.
- Certificate 4 In Occupational Health and Safety.
- Trigger point therapy. (Australia, New Zealand and Asia)
Martial Arts Training
- Ray has been training in the martial arts from the age of 12 years in Judo, Wing Chun under different high-level students, Muay Thai, Arnis, Tai Chi (Yang Style in a session with Master Fu Sheng Yuan in Canberra in 1993) Chi Kung, RayTrained under Master Tze Lung Chan through his families Self-defence Chin Na Martial Arts and Healing as a close door student for many years......
- Women's self-defence instructor for many years.
- As a private student, Ray trained under Sensei Mark Greville in the 80s in Shorin Ryu, Shorinkan Okinawan Karate. (Ray fixed Sensia's Marks 4-wheel drive bodywork for private lessons)
- Diploma of Karate, Black Belt Shotokan (Graded by 7th Dan Murakami Sensei from Japan)
- Murakami Sensei and Yuki Senpai on their trip to Australia in 1992.
- Ray trained under Master Kanazawa, 10th Dan when he came to Canberra.
- Trained under Sensei Tim Duffy, 3rd Dan North Canberra Shotokan Karate, Ray was hand-picked to run his own one-day class in Sensei Tim's dojo.
- Grandmaster Chan Tze Lung from Japan has graded Ray to a higher black belt level. Ray has trained under Grandmaster Chan and his wife, Master Yoko, for over 30 years and still does to this day, with his next upgrade coming soon when he goes overseas. This is a multi-style training within the family. This is also where Ray learnt the healing arts over 30 years ago and still does as a closed-door student. (This is not a commercial martial art like Karate and Kung Fu, etc.)
Overseas Training &Teaching 2018, 2019, 2024, & 2025
2024, back from my overseas Asia trip for a little break, also training and meeting up with my overseas police and sports clients. Got back on 16/07/24.
Back again from Thailand, learning new skills on 6th October 2019 and also massaging overseas clients with my pain management sports massage and stretch therapy. Hong Kong training was cancelled due to the unrest in Hong Kong.
Came back on the 7th of July 2018 from my Asia trip, learning new skills and teaching my pain management to massage therapist friends in Hong Kong, Thailand and martial arts training in Japan.