Comments | aanor: what's massage school like?

aanor

what's massage school like?

Apr 13, 2009 22:16

I'm lying face down on the table while three students regard my bare back. I can see their shoes through the face hole in the massage table. A fourth pair of shoes appear.
"Southern cross?"
It's our instructor. He's just making conversation with me while he observes my classmates pressing their hands into my back, marking the borders of my trapesius ( Read more... )

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browse April 13 2009, 12:31:08 UTC

Oh man, I miss massage school!

aanor April 13 2009, 21:11:46 UTC

If you don't mind me asking - how long ago did you do massage school? And what are you doing with your training now?

browse April 13 2009, 21:29:35 UTC

Most of my training (400+ hours) was in 2004-2005.
I'm not working as a massage therapist today. I moved to a state that requires state licensing, and additional hours (minimum 500), and I just haven't gotten around to taking the additional classes and sitting the boards.

But I still have my table and gear, and I still do massages every now and then, just to stay in practice. I just don't charge anything for them.

Even if I did complete my license for the state of OR, I still don't think I would work as a massage therapist. I think it's a very different experience for men (as opposed to women) in the field. And I think the work has the potential to get repetitive and formulaic over time unless you're very careful.

And besides, I make a very good living as a computer geek, so the urge to give that up to make far less money as a MT is a smaller temptation than it might otherwise be.

All that aside, I still really miss the environment of the classes and early training. Good memories. :-)

aanor April 15 2009, 04:26:09 UTC

I apreciate hearing your take on the whole thing. I don't know yet what I'm going to do with my training, I am just enjoying doing it. As I am a petite person, my main concern is not hurting myself, and developing the strength for it in a safe way.

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soitwas_hereiam April 13 2009, 22:17:15 UTC

thats so cool that you're doing massage school. i always wanted to but i don't really have the time.
however i do occasionally take part on the other end of it when i can afford to.

its definitely a useful skill!! and one that your friends IRL will appreciate you learning lol : )

aanor April 15 2009, 04:21:15 UTC

This is something I've wanted to try for a long while too. And finally I have the time. My college has weekend interest classes. If you've got a college nearby that does this, I highly recommend doing a weekend just for fun. You learn lots, get massaged, and you actually become better at getting a massage as well as giving.