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Massage therapy is a popular and growing field, and it is an excellent career choice for those who have strong communication skills and manual dexterity and a desire to help others feel and perform at their best.
As a massage therapist, you will have options to work in a variety of settings, including in a private practice (running your own business), homes, doctor's offices, massage therapist, corporate settings, hotels, resorts, spas. As a Massage Therapist, you will be responsible for applying massage techniques to clients, conferring with them to determine their needs and goals, enacting a plan to achieve those goals, assessing their progress, and maintaining client records. If you run your own practice, there will also be administrative functions such as scheduling clients, advertising/marketing, and laundry to have clean linens to work with. Many massage therapists also find it rewarding to specializing their in practice to work with a populations that are meaningful to them - that can include athletes, dancers, children, the elderly, those with cancer, Alzheimers, burns, and many more specific populations. Massage therapy can be taken to whatever setting an individual therapist has a soft place in their heart for - this is when a job becomes a calling.
In order to produce positive health outcomes for patients, you must have a strong knowledge of anatomy and physiology and be able to effectively communicate with your clients.
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