| Nowadays, massage therapy is an extension of | | | | for review a personal portfolio of examination. |
| physical therapy and goes along with the same | | | | The national certification exam has a minimum of |
| educational standards as any medical therapist | | | | 160 questions that covers all of the required |
| would. Meeting the requirements of national, local | | | | areas of massage therapy education. To maintain |
| and state certification requires individuals to | | | | your good standing, a professional needs to be |
| approve stringent training courses in an | | | | certified once every four years. Standards in the |
| assortment of related subjects. | | | | Canadian provinces will require a minimum of |
| Despite the fact that there are numerous | | | | 2,000 hours. |
| accredited schools that offer a complete message | | | | Prior to choosing a school, a practitioner should |
| therapy education, the selections will not be | | | | determine on what the kind of massage that he |
| simple. The benefits, naturally will be the | | | | or she wishes to specialize in. A general massage |
| acceptance by other medical practitioners, respect | | | | therapy education must include rehabilitation, |
| and trust of your future patients and | | | | pregnancy massage, sports injuries, pain relief and |
| acknowledgment by health insurers. | | | | relaxation massage. |
| The Training | | | | Be sure that the school you choose is fully |
| Over half of the states regulate the practice of | | | | accredited so that you can qualify for loans and |
| massage. The requirements of the state all vary. | | | | grants. Massage therapy education tuition ranges |
| Every one of them require at a minimum 500 | | | | from about $6-$17 per hour. The needed 500 |
| hours of training as well as education and several | | | | hours typically runs from $5000-$9000. |
| require even more than that. There are some | | | | Once you have graduated, there are numerous |
| states that require national certification prior to a | | | | opportunities for seminars and workshops to |
| therapist being able to apply for state recognition. | | | | maintain your massage therapy education and |
| The national level of certification also requires at a | | | | keeping up to date. When you understand the |
| minimum 500 hours of training in massage | | | | minimum that these educational and training |
| therapy education in an accredited school. | | | | requirements are that you need to complete, you |
| There must be included in the training at least 125 | | | | will have a very good idea of what your |
| hours of physiology and anatomy, 200 hours of | | | | competition will be like. |
| massage and/or bodywork application as well as | | | | Other massage therapists in your area will have |
| theory, 40 hours of pathology, 10 hours of ethics | | | | at least these levels of training plus contacts and |
| as well as business and at a minimum 125 hours | | | | experience. If all of these hours of massage |
| of related coursework. A practitioner with 500 | | | | therapy education as well as training sound |
| hours of experience and training as well as | | | | interesting and exciting, you might have what it |
| knowledge of the required areas can also submit | | | | takes. |