Imagine being able to use healing touch to restore health and well being to others ... to soothe away discomfort ... and reduce stress. Well, now you can with step-by-step massage therapy training. Best of all, your home is your classroom with our online career training opportunities. Review our exciting massage therapy programs and get started on a satisfying new full or part time career!

If you are looking for a career where can help others achieve and maintain their well being, while using your people skills and even go into business for yourself ... then you should explore the rewarding profession of massage therapy.

Nearly 2,400 years. The Greek physician Hippocrates first documented the medical benefits of "friction" in Western culture around 400 BC. Today, massage therapy is being used as a means of treating painful ailments, decompressing tired and overworked muscles, reducing stress, rehabilitating sports injuries, and promoting general health.

Massage therapists can specialize in over 80 different types of massage, called modalities. Swedish massage, deep tissue massage, reflexology, acupressure, sports massage, and neuromuscular massage are just a few of the many approaches to massage therapy. Most massage therapists specialize in several modalities, which require different techniques. Some use exaggerated strokes ranging the length of a body part, while others use quick, percussion-like strokes with a cupped or closed hand. A massage can be as long as two hours or as short as five or ten minutes.

Usually, the type of massage therapists give depends on the client’s needs and the client’s physical condition. For example, they use special techniques for elderly clients that they would not use for athletes, and they would use approaches for clients with injuries that would not be appropriate for clients seeking relaxation. There are also some forms of massage that are given solely to one type of client, for example prenatal massage and infant massage.

With so many interesting options, a career as a massage therapist is truly what you make it. And getting started is so easy -- just take a few moments to answer a few questions, and then we'll point you to the massage therapy courses that can best help you achieve your goals.

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