Types
Used to treat specific medical conditions or injuries.
Medical massage
If your working from home, you. And if your working at a spa, its the spa.
Need to graduate from this to get any job
High school :/
Focuses on deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue.
Deep tissue massage
Usually the therapist
500-1,000 hours
Time it takes to pass massage school
Uses hot stones
Swedish massage therapists
NCBTMB
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (offers a voluntary board certification that many therapists pursue after getting their state license.)
Combines massage with the use of essential oils to enhance relaxation
Aromatherapy
MBLEx
An exam you need to take to get your license
Therapists use their fingers, and thumbs to apply pressure
Shiatsu
long one- Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology, Kinesiology.
Part of the curriculum.