Why choose a career as Massage Therapist?

Confucius once said, “Find a job you love and you’ll never work a day in your life.”

A career in massage therapy allows you to earn a living doing a job you’ll love while helping others. It is the personal satisfaction derived from helping people alleviate their back, neck, or limb stress.

Career Options

• A massage therapy career allows you to work full or part time hours in a wide variety of career settings, such as private practice, health & wellness centres, health clubs, day spas, salons, corporate chair massage, fitness centres, hospitals, cruise ship and with sports team.
• Besides working out of your home or office, you could also consider a mobile massage. That’s when you bring your massage services to your clients instead of having them come to you.

The future is in your hands

• You choose where you go, what you do, and how you do it.
• It gives you an opportunity to improve the quality of peoples’ lives through the ‘power of touch’.
• By increasing circulation and relieving tension, your treatment helps discomfort/injuries heal and allows the body to move both painlessly and effortlessly.

Starting a Massage Therapist career

• The first, most important step to starting a massage therapist career is finding the right education and training. Look for a massage school with an accredited educational curriculum
• While at the massage school, you will learn massage techniques, such as Swedish and other Asian Therapeutic modalities such as Indian Head Massage, Chinese Tuina (full body and chair), Thai, Meridian Massage, reflexology etc.
• After you begin your career, you might also choose to specialize in a particular massage technique such as sports, manual lymphatic drainage, aromatherapy or sports massage, pre & post-natal massage.
• Today’s massage therapy courses prepare students for multiple career paths in the massage therapy industry by introducing numerous massage techniques and tools.

Career Opportunities

• Countless businesses and industries are in need of knowledgeable, massage therapists with job opportunities available in spas and medi-spas, doctors’ offices, hospitals, rehabilitation clinics, cruise ships, college/professional athletic teams, resorts, etc.
• Besides working out of your home or office, you could also consider a mobile massage service. That’s when you bring your massage services to your clients instead of having them come to you.