Government Recognition — A Reflection on What This Means for Heal Young Massage

Government Recognition in 2025 — Two Invitations

In 2025, I received two invitations that I did not expect.

The first arrived in August — an official invitation from The Honourable David Crisafulli MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Veterans, on behalf of the Government of Queensland, to attend the 2025 Multicultural Community Reception at the Speaker's Green, Parliamentary Annexe, Brisbane.

The second arrived in October — an invitation from The Honourable Lia Finocchiaro MLA, Chief Minister of the Northern Territory, to attend the 2025 Chief Minister's End of Year Reception at Madigan's Function Centre, Alice Springs Desert Park.

I want to share what these invitations mean — and what they do not mean.

What They Are Not

These invitations are not endorsements of my clinical methods. They are not awards. They are not certificates of excellence.

They are recognitions of contribution — to the communities I have worked in, and to the people I have had the privilege of serving.

What They Mean to Me

I arrived in Australia in July 2012. Before that, I spent six years practising in Taiwan — trained in traditional Chinese medicine massage, with a focus on meridian lines and a holistic view of the body and its health.

When I arrived in Australia, I encountered remedial massage and exercise science for the first time. Something shifted. The anatomical precision, the movement-based assessment, the systematic approach to understanding why the body breaks down — it aligned with how I had always thought about the body, but gave me a new language and a new framework to work within.

I moved toward anatomy. Toward movement. Toward assessment-led treatment that could help people who were struggling to do the things they loved — walk without pain, run again, lift their grandchildren, finish a race.

I love movement. I live it. And I have spent the fourteen years since building a practice around the belief that restoring movement is one of the most meaningful things a practitioner can do.

The two government recognitions reflect two different chapters of that journey here.

The Queensland recognition reflects my role in the Chinese-speaking community through iTaiwan — a role I have held since 2014. Language access in healthcare matters. I have always believed that a practitioner who speaks your language — literally and culturally — can find things that others miss. Being recognised by Premier Crisafulli for that community contribution is something I do not take lightly.

The Northern Territory recognition reflects the work of Heal Young Massage in Alice Springs — established since 2019. That community is geographically isolated, clinically underserved, and remarkably resilient. I treated clients from age 1 to 96. Doctors came for their own pain. Allied health professionals came when their own methods were not enough. People who had been told "there is nothing more we can do" came looking for answers — and many found them. Being recognised by Chief Minister Finocchiaro for that work means a great deal.

Why I Am Sharing This

I moved to the Gold Coast to build something new. A new clinic. A new community. A new chapter.

I am aware that for many people on the Gold Coast, I am unknown. They have not experienced my approach. They have not yet had the chance to decide whether what I do is different — or just another massage clinic making claims.

These invitations are not proof of clinical skill. But they are evidence of something that matters just as much in healthcare: trustworthiness over time.

They confirm that two governments — one in Queensland, one in the Territory — recognised that what I was doing in those communities was worth acknowledging. That is not something I arranged. It is something that happened because of the work.

A Note on the Online Assessment

One of the reasons these recognitions matter for what I am building now is the online assessment service I recently launched.

I am now offering structured clinical assessments via video call — available to anyone in Australia or overseas. This was born from years of helping clients remotely: people in regional areas, people overseas, people who could not travel but desperately needed answers.

Recently, a 67-year-old client overseas — with a long history of cervical and thoracic spine surgeries, whose condition had been significantly worsened by a car accident — found relief after a single 15-minute online assessment. Her daughter messaged me the following day: "Mum massaged where you told her to — hiccupped like crazy — then the pain was gone."

That hiccupping was her diaphragm releasing. An involuntary, objective response. It confirmed that the thoracic breath restriction I had identified — something no previous practitioner had found — was real, and that finding it made a difference.

I share that story, and I share these government recognitions, for the same reason: to give you enough information to decide whether to trust me with your pain.

That decision belongs to you.

In Closing

To the Gold Coast community. I am here. I am building something I believe in. And I would be honoured to be part of your health journey.

To my Alice Springs community. Thank you. Heal Young Massage continues in Alice Springs, and I will be back. You are not a chapter I have closed.

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政府認可—這對 Heal Young Massage 意味著什麼

2025年，我收到了兩封意料之外的邀請函。

第一封在八月收到——來自昆士蘭州長暨退伍軍人事務部長 David Crisafulli MP，代表昆士蘭州政府，邀請我出席在布里斯本國會附樓演講者草坪舉行的2025年多元文化社區接待會。

第二封在十月收到——來自北領地首席部長 Lia Finocchiaro MLA，邀請我出席在愛麗斯泉沙漠公園Madigan's Function Centre舉行的2025年首席部長年終接待會。

我想分享這兩封邀請函對我的意義——以及它們不代表什麼。

它們不代表什麼

這些邀請函不是對我臨床方法的背書。不是獎項。不是卓越證書。

它們是對貢獻的認可——對我所服務的社區的貢獻，以及對我有幸照顧的每一位客人的貢獻。

它們對我的意義

我在2012年7月抵達澳洲。在此之前，我在台灣按摩六年，接受的是傳統中醫推拿訓練，專注於經絡系統，以整體觀來理解人體健康。

來到澳洲後，我第一次接觸到治療型按摩和運動科學。某些東西在我內心發生了轉變。解剖學的精確性、以動作為基礎的評估方式、系統性地理解身體為何出問題的思維框架。這與我一直以來對身體的理解方式高度吻合，但給了我一套全新的語言和工具。

我開始轉向解剖學。轉向動作。轉向以評估為先的治療，幫助那些在日常動作中掙扎的人：走路不再疼痛、重新跑步、抱起孫子、完成一場比賽。

我熱愛動作。我就是這樣生活的。過去14年，我一直在建立一個以這個信念為核心的診所，恢復動作能力，是一位從業人員能做的最有意義的事情之一。

兩個政府的認可，反映了這段旅程在澳洲的兩個不同篇章。

昆士蘭的認可反映了我透過iTaiwan在華語社區中所扮演的角色，自2014年起擔任至今。醫療保健中的語言可及性至關重要。我一直相信，一位能說你語言的從業人員，字面上和文化上，能發現別人忽略的東西。獲得 Crisafulli 昆士蘭州長對這份社區貢獻的認可，是我不敢輕視的榮譽。

北領地的認可反映了Heal Young Massage在愛麗斯泉的工作，自2019年創立至今。那個社區地理上孤立、醫療資源匱乏，卻非常堅韌。我服務了從1歲到96歲的客人。醫生為了自己的疼痛而來。醫療專業人員在自己的方法不夠有效的時候前來尋求建議與治療。被告知「已無法再做任何治療」的人來尋找答案，而許多人找到了。獲得 Finocchiaro 北領地首席部長對這份工作的認可，對我意義深重。

為什麼我要分享這件事

我搬到黃金海岸，是為了建立新的事業。新的診所。新的社區。新的篇章。

我清楚，對黃金海岸的許多人來說，我是陌生的。他們還沒有體驗過我的方法。他們還沒有機會判斷我所做的是否真的不同，還是只是另一家大肆宣傳的按摩診所。

這些邀請函不是臨床技能的證明。但它們是醫療保健中同樣重要的事物的佐證：長期以來的可信賴性。

它們證實了兩個政府，一個在昆士蘭，一個在北領地，認可我在那些社區所做的工作值得被肯定。這不是我安排的。這是因為工作本身而發生的。

關於線上評估的說明

這些認可對我正在建立的事業如此重要的原因之一，是我最近推出的線上評估服務。

我現在透過視訊通話提供結構化的臨床評估，適合澳洲任何地方或海外的任何人。這源於多年來幫助遠端客人的經驗：偏遠地區的人、海外的朋友、無法出行卻迫切需要答案的人。

最近，一位67歲的海外客人，有多次頸椎和胸椎手術的長期病史，車禍使情況進一步惡化，在一次15分鐘的線上評估後找到了緩解。她的女兒第二天傳訊息給我：「媽媽說她昨天按摩完你說的地方，就狂打嗝，然後就好了不痛了。」

那個打嗝，是她橫膈膜釋放的反應。一個不自主的、客觀的生理回應。它確認了我所識別的胸椎呼吸限制，之前沒有任何醫療從業人員發現的問題，是真實的，而找到它帶來了改變。

我分享那個故事，也分享這些政府認可，出於同一個原因：給你足夠的資訊，讓你決定是否信任我來處理你的疼痛。

這個決定屬於你。

結語

對黃金海岸的朋友，我在這裡。

我正在建立我所相信的事業。

能成為你健康旅程的一部分，對我來說是莫大的榮幸。

對我愛麗斯泉的朋友，謝謝你們。

Heal Young Massage在愛麗斯泉仍在繼續，我會回來的。

這裡的故事，還沒有結束。

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個人效果因人而異。本文所提及的臨床結果均基於當事人的親身反映。