Category: Massage Training

You drove by a massage therapy school and felt that ache inside of you to make the change in your career. You received a massage at a spa and thought the entire time about how amazing it would be to have their job. Your friend or family member is a massage therapist and they seem… Continue reading Steps to Becoming a Massage Therapist

Imagine yourself at the point where you have completed many hours of hands-on massage therapy training. You have completed coursework in kinesiology, physiology, human pathology, massage business practices, ethics in massage therapy business, and even more. Now you are ready to spend more time working directly with people in a lot more hands-on massage therapy… Continue reading Massage Therapy Internship Programs

Depending on what massage therapy school you attend will make the difference in terms of what they teach you. However, to become a professional massage therapist it is good to know what is not actually classified as being a part of massage therapy. Bodyscaping is something different… Bodyscaping is not officially a part of massage… Continue reading Is Bodyscaping included in Massage Therapy Training?

There is so much information to learn and so many topics to cover when you start on your journey to becoming a massage therapist by enrolling in a massage therapy school. Sometimes people talk about client assessment protocols. To those who haven’t worked in the field of massage therapy or been trained in massage, those… Continue reading Massage Therapy Assessment Protocols

Especially in today’s world, with the COVID-19 outbreaks of the recent past, hygiene is a major focus for everyone. In the medical profession, hygiene has always been a heavily trained and foremost topic. In any profession where you will be dealing with people in a hands-on way, hygiene has always and will always be a… Continue reading Hygiene in Massage Therapy Training

Have you ever heard the word kinesiology? If not, it might be a good idea to become familiar with it if you are planning to go to school to become a massage therapist, simply because some massage therapy training programs may include coursework related to kinesiology. What is kinesiology?

When going to school to become a massage therapist, you’ll take a number of different types of courses to help you to be successful as a professional massage therapist. Anatomy and physiology courses are among the courses that are sometimes included in various massage school programs.

Muscle fiber components may be some of the muscle fundamentals trained in a massage school training program.

Every college course you take is almost always going to include some form of test. This is also true in massage school training and particularly in association with the book coursework you will have to learn to become a professional massage therapist. It’s helpful to learn some handy tips on how to perform better on… Continue reading Study Tips for Passing Massage School Tests

You already know you are going to need lots of hands-on training to become a great massage therapist, but there’s also some book work and training you have to receive in addition to just the physical techniques in training for massage therapy. Among the courses you’ll have to take, anatomy is a commonly known about… Continue reading What kind of anatomy classes will I have to take in massage school?