If you enjoy helping others and understand the healing principles of touch, massage therapy may be an ideal career, particularly if you have also been a dancer or athlete. A career as a massage therapist offers the opportunity to work in structured settings, such as hospitals, clinics and health clubs, or to branch out on your own and work independently.
Many massage therapy programs will balance the practical with the theoretical, offering courses in specific massage modalities and techniques along with classes in the management of a massage business, the professional ethics of the field, and the underlying theories of anatomy and physiology.



