Being a massage therapist has its rewards. You help people, make a living, and heal a little part of the world each day.
Greater Acceptance
More people are getting a massage. In a July 2000 survey, twice as many Americans had visited a massage therapist (16%) in the previous 12 months as in a similar period in 1997 (8%). An even larger group (21%) is expected to get a massage from a massage therapist in the next 12 months.The natural therapy that massage offers is gaining greater acceptance by insurance companies, as well, with discount massage programs from Blue Cross, Blue Shield, and Cigna Health Care - even coverage from HMO's like Aetna US Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente and United Healthcare.
The result is that more people are choosing a massage therapist school to make their living with their hands.
Massage Career Benefits
Flexibility
- Work part or full time
- Choose the settings you like:
- Cruise ship or resort
- Hospital and Chiropractic clinic
- Health Club and Gyms
- Salon or Day Spas
- Infant or Pre Natal
- At home or offices
- Corporate, sports massage and many more.
Make good money
- Part-time massage therapists can make $25,000 per year seeing only two clients per day.
- Full-time professionals can earn $1,000 to $1,500 per week seeing four to six clients per day. That's up to $50,000 to $75,000 and up annually.
Get started
The requirements to be a certified massage therapist vary by state. See how an accredited massage therapy school can prepare you to soothe the world's knotted muscles.Some of the popular Massage Therapy school locations include:
- Massage Therapy School in Pennsylvania [BERKS TECHNICAL INST: http://www.pacareerdegrees.com/web/berkssibt/form.jsp]
- An Atlanta school of massage [GEORGIA MEDICAL INSTITUTE http://www.degreestoachieve.com/gmi/index.jsp]
