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 diploma :/
Massage therapists commonly start massage school at 17 or so.
False, the minimum age is 18.
Focuses on deeper layers of muscle and connective tissue.
Deep tissue massage
Educate the client on how to keep their muscles loose
the therapist :/
500-1,000 hours
Time it takes to pass massage school
Massage was created semi recently
Uses hot stones
Swedish massage therapists
Usually the therapist
NCBTMB
The National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (offers a voluntary board certification that many therapists pursue after getting their state license.)
Massage stimulates the body's natural painkillers, called endorphins.
True
Combines massage with the use of essential oils to enhance relaxation
Aromatherapy
See what the problem is wit the clients muscles
The Therapist
MBLEx
An exam you need to take to get your license
Massage therapists have to go to massage school every day.
False, its simply the amount of hours spent in the school
Therapists use their fingers, and thumbs to apply pressure
Shiatsu massage
Schedule appointments
The spa, but the therapist can block off time that a massage would usually be
long one- Anatomy and Physiology, Pathology, Kinesiology.
Part of the curriculum.
Massage therapists, when opening their own business have to inform the state of it.
True