Sports Massage is becoming more and more popular, especially after the last Olympics. Many athletes use massage therapy to maintain peak performance and to help recover faster when they do succumb to an injury. Sports or athletic organizations, such as those that own sports teams, employ massage therapists for those same reasons.
Are you drawn to the healing arts? Have you always wanted to work in the healthcare field? Would you like to provide your clients with a natural path towards healing? If so, there are many opportunities available in the healthcare industry after you graduate from massage therapy school.
Would you like working in a fun and leisurely environment, like a cruise ship or resort? Or perhaps you’d enjoy a relaxed, yet sophisticated atmosphere such as a high-end salon to practice your skill? If these examples excite you more than working at a hospital or with athletes, working in the hospitality industry may be the ideal career path for you.
One of the many wonderful things about graduating from an accredited massage therapy school like ASIS Massage Education is the many opportunities ahead of you. In this 5-part series, we’ll discuss the different career paths available to you after graduation.
As you’ve been learning throughout our series on massage modalities, there are many kinds of massage. So far we’ve covered several, including Swedish Massage, Shiatsu, Neuromuscular Therapy, Connective Tissue Therapy, and Sports Massage. In this article, we will briefly go over the healthcare-related modalities medical massage, oncology massage, and pregnancy massage.