Massage Therapy - Different Styles of Massage

One of the great things about a career in Massage Therapy is the endless variety of massage styles you can bring to the table. You can truly follow your inner promptings and even create a combination of styles that are uniquely you.

Its not uncommon for massage therapists that are really dedicated to continue to take classes and workshops to learn different massage styles throughout their entire career.This has many benefits. It keeps the work interesting, for both you and your clients. It continues to give you an edge over your competition. And if it interests you, the more you learn, the more your massage sessions can shift from a feel good experience, to a deeply healing experience.

Your main interest in becoming a massage therapist may be to deal with muscular problems and pain. There certainly is, and always will be, a great need for this. If this is your focus you may want to find a school that focuses on Sports Massage. Sports Massage is designed to relieve tension, get rid of painful, tight, knotty areas, and re-align scar tissue. It can also help rehabilitate injuries in ligaments, tendons and muscles. Some of the massage styles and techniques you could learn include, Deep Tissue, Trigger Point therapy, Myofascial Therapy, Neuromuscular.

On the other hand, if your interest is more in create a deeply relaxing massage experience, you might pick of different school with a different focus of massage styles to start your training. More and more you see schools appearing that focus on more New Age styles. These often start with the basic Swedish-Eselan style. This is a common combination of the more vigorous stokes of Swedish and slower more relaxing style of Eselan. With this as your basis, its common to then learn and add such techniques as Reiki and Polarity Therapy, Acupressure, Shiatsu, Cranial -Sacral, Thai massage and Reflexology.

It seems as more and more Massage Therapy schools open, the new massage styles and techniques that are available to learn continues to grow. Being a massage therapist never needs to become boring, if you are willing to learn. Attending workshop and trainings to learn different styles of massage is practically always a fun and inspiring experience.

Still if you find the expense of attending classes a little daunting, there are other approaches. It is possible to find on the internet an abundance of massage training videos.These can be excellent if your not interested in receiving certification. They can also be really helpful if you have received formal training and just want to learn new techniques and styles.

Whatever approach you take, massage Therapy can continue to be a fun and interesting career. Just remember to keep getting massages from others to experience different massage styles and techniques and be open to exploring the different directions you feel inspired to go. If its something you personally love to receive, most probably you will be very good at giving it. Keep learning as your work will continue to become more effective, and you career will continue to be fulfilling and interesting for years to come.