Licensed massage therapists (LMT) are employed at private massage clinics, chiropractic and pain management centers, physician's offices, hospitals and wellness centers, day spas, corporations, resorts, and hotels performing both medical and relaxation/therapeutic massage.
The health care profession will experience an 80% growth rate in the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the medical community has become increasing accepting of massage therapy as a viable treatment of stress and other disorders.
In order to graduate from the licensed massage therapist program, students must complete the following:
- 754 hours of instruction (25 credit hours) which includes:
- Anatomy & physiology
- Massage
- Ethics
- Business law
- Clinicals
- An approved CPR course and have a current CPR card at the time of graduation
- Numerous one-hour massages in the student massage clinic
- Training in medical massage ethics, basic business practices and styles of patient approaches
Student Massage Clinic We believe that students must consistently practice what they learn in the classroom. In each of our locations, we have opened a student clinic, where our students benefit by working on their techniques in a professional atmosphere under the close supervision of a licensed massage therapist.
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