Physical__Massage_Therapy

Physical/ Massage Therapy Description of Career Massage therapy is a profession in which the practitioner applies manual techniques with the intention of positively affecting the health and well being of a person. Massage is a healing art as well as a science. It requires a balance of academic and technical knowledge, medical skills, manual ability, sensitivity, and awareness. Educational background for career A way of achieving the education to become a massage therapist, that is, to go to a training program. To attend a training program it usually requires a high school diploma and a postsecondary school is helpful. It may be helpful to take courses beforehand at school such as sciences, psychology, humanities, and business. Some of these schools ask for a personal interview to test your personality skills. They see if good communication skills and the ability to be considerate toward people are present. At the training program courses are given such as anatomy, physiology, kinesiology, theory and practice of massage therapy, hands on practice, ethics and business practices. After the training program is finished it is required that an exam is taken, if it is passed the person will be Nationally Certified in Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork (NCTMB). Another way of education is massage, program, training, therapy, school, education, take, skills, physical, medical, go, courses, college, being, years, way, therapist, taken, starting, specialization, salary, requires, required, practice, person, manual, letter, hour, high, helpful, health, hands, given, field, exam, continue