Integrative Care Massage for Common Health Challenges
While preparing for new massage careers, aspirant LMTs consider work settings, including spas, private practices, and hospitals/clinics with medical massage. Licensure for massage in Oregon requires LMTs to study practical application classes covering this information. Today we’re focusing on massage as part of integrative care, a burgeoning medical model that includes alternative healing approaches. What is Integrative Care? Healthcare in the United States is [...]
Craniosacral Therapy: The Power of Subtle Work
Craniosacral Therapy has a way of surprising people — in the best way. Many students are amazed by how much can happen when they slow down, tune in, and bring focused attention to the nervous system. As one student put it: “Wow! I didn’t expect that to be so powerful.” Offered as an elective at East West College of the Healing Arts, Craniosacral is a favorite [...]
How to become a Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Oregon
Massage therapy training requirements vary state to state. Here in Oregon, massage schools must provide hundreds of hours of classes to each student, and those hours must fit into different categories of knowledge. As one of several massage schools in the Portland, Oregon area, we are careful to ensure our program meets the state’s requirements for becoming an LMT. If you’re looking into massage [...]
Professional Boundaries: Practical Applications for Preventing Compassion Fatigue
Ethics are so fundamental to massage therapy that new LMTs must pass a jurisprudence exam on the legal boundaries of the profession. Moreover, to maintain their licensure, massage therapists must take ongoing massage therapy CE classes on ethics. Therapists rely on boundaries to create safety for all involved. Without strong boundaries, massage therapists may find themselves exhausted due to taking on their clients’ problems. [...]
The Mechanics of Sports Massage: How Massage Promotes Recovery from Athletic Training
Post-exercise recovery is critical for athletes at all levels. Sports massage is a powerful tool for athletic recovery, as professional and amateur athletes know well. Dozens of professional athletes prioritize sports massage as a critical component of their recovery regime. Many athletes report increased muscular flexibility and agility post-massage. Recovering from hard workouts is another commonly-cited reason to include massage in recovery rituals. But [...]
Careers in Massage: Skyrocketing Projected Job Outlook for Medical Massage Therapists
As we discussed in a previous post, job outlook predictions are extremely rosy for massage therapists. What’s driving such strong numbers for employment growth in massage therapy? Today we’re unpacking the numbers by examining one subset of massage therapy: medical massage. What is Medical Massage? Medical massage is massage therapy targeting health issues diagnosed by a doctor. (Mayo Clinic, n.d.). A medical LMT is [...]
Integrative Care Massage for Common Health Challenges
While preparing for new massage careers, aspirant LMTs consider work settings, including spas, private practices, and hospitals/clinics with medical massage. Licensure for massage in Oregon requires LMTs to study practical application classes covering this information. Today we’re focusing on massage as part of integrative care, a burgeoning medical model that includes alternative healing approaches. What is Integrative Care? Healthcare in the United States is [...]
Craniosacral Therapy: The Power of Subtle Work
Craniosacral Therapy has a way of surprising people — in the best way. Many students are amazed by how much can happen when they slow down, tune in, and bring focused attention to the nervous system. As one student put it: “Wow! I didn’t expect that to be so powerful.” Offered as an elective at East West College of the Healing Arts, Craniosacral is a favorite [...]
How to become a Licensed Massage Therapist in the State of Oregon
Massage therapy training requirements vary state to state. Here in Oregon, massage schools must provide hundreds of hours of classes to each student, and those hours must fit into different categories of knowledge. As one of several massage schools in the Portland, Oregon area, we are careful to ensure our program meets the state’s requirements for becoming an LMT. If you’re looking into massage [...]
Professional Boundaries: Practical Applications for Preventing Compassion Fatigue
Ethics are so fundamental to massage therapy that new LMTs must pass a jurisprudence exam on the legal boundaries of the profession. Moreover, to maintain their licensure, massage therapists must take ongoing massage therapy CE classes on ethics. Therapists rely on boundaries to create safety for all involved. Without strong boundaries, massage therapists may find themselves exhausted due to taking on their clients’ problems. [...]
The Mechanics of Sports Massage: How Massage Promotes Recovery from Athletic Training
Post-exercise recovery is critical for athletes at all levels. Sports massage is a powerful tool for athletic recovery, as professional and amateur athletes know well. Dozens of professional athletes prioritize sports massage as a critical component of their recovery regime. Many athletes report increased muscular flexibility and agility post-massage. Recovering from hard workouts is another commonly-cited reason to include massage in recovery rituals. But [...]
Careers in Massage: Skyrocketing Projected Job Outlook for Medical Massage Therapists
As we discussed in a previous post, job outlook predictions are extremely rosy for massage therapists. What’s driving such strong numbers for employment growth in massage therapy? Today we’re unpacking the numbers by examining one subset of massage therapy: medical massage. What is Medical Massage? Medical massage is massage therapy targeting health issues diagnosed by a doctor. (Mayo Clinic, n.d.). A medical LMT is [...]