Is
a good massage therapist someone who can recite Latin
anatomical jargon, or he or she someone who can help
people alleviate ailments and / or make them feel better?
Most massage training and
massage courses in Australia, the United States, and
England are designed to last between six months and
two years. But does this make their massage education
better?
Quantity does not always equal quality. Many of these
massage courses are filled with hundreds of hours of
learning scientific jargon that is not relevant to the
real world practice of massage. When someone wants to
start a massage career, he or she must
ask what it takes to be a good massage therapist.
We must look at the massage therapy goals, and then
we must judge the massage training based on whether
that massage education is going to help us achieve our
goals. In other words, a person may take 500 or 5000
hours of massage classes, but we must consider how relevant
the massage course hours are to becoming a massage therapist.
Whether you plan to take one massage class or many depends
upon your massage career goals.
Two Distinct Goals of Massage
Therapy
The two distinct goals of massage therapy are
to promote relaxation and healing. The first is to produce
client / patient relaxation and alleviate tension while
giving the massage treatment. Usually Swedish massage,
lymphatic drainage, and some types of Beauty Therapy
massage fit into this category.
The other goal of massage therapy is to heal the body
and the mind by increasing mobility, the blood and lymph
circulation, boosting immunity, and increasing the chi
(life force) flow through the meridians in the Eastern
forms of acupressure massage.
Choosing a Massage
Therapy School
Why Should Brandon Raynor’s School of
Therapeutic Massage and Natural Therapies be the First
Step of Your Massage Career?
When choosing from the variety of massage
schools, prospective students should consider whether
the available massage training will aid in their goals,
and what the quickest, most cost effective and interesting
way to achieve their goal of becoming an excellent massage
therapist.
Brandon Raynor is a world innovator
in massage therapy and naturopathic training courses.
His massage school, Brandon Raynor’s School of
Therapeutic Massage and Natural Therapies (BRNST), has
been instrumental in making massage training programs
more relevant to the actual needs of becoming an excellent
and successful massage therapist.
BRNST Provides
Professional Massage Training in England, Canada, Australia,
USA, and New Zealand
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