| While there are scores of massage colleges and | | | | centers, stadiums, veterinarian offices, assisted living |
| schools, curriculums vary, as do total hours necessary | | | | centers and other geriatric care facilities, family medical |
| for course completion. A number of massage therapy | | | | practices, sports clinics, and home hospice care.In |
| schools may offer minimally-required certificate and/or | | | | general, students that successfully complete a |
| diploma program hours of instruction; however, there | | | | massage college course of at least 500 hours* may |
| are a few massage colleges that provide extensive, | | | | earn their certificate or diploma of completion, and may |
| hands-on training that may involve 1,000 class hours | | | | become nationally certified through the National |
| and more.Because there are virtually hundreds of | | | | Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and |
| individual massage modalities, it is wise for prospective | | | | Bodywork. In addition, massage colleges frequently |
| students to carefully review massage colleges so that | | | | offer continuing education courses that may be taken |
| they can determine whether or not the specific | | | | onsite, through home-study courses, and through |
| academic program is right for them. In many cases, | | | | distance learning programs as well.As an added |
| massage therapy schools and colleges provide at | | | | incentive, massage colleges and schools usually afford |
| least 2-3 different styles of bodywork, but may offer | | | | students with opportunities to participate in both full and |
| many more therapeutic healing art disciplines as | | | | part time courses, and may even offer day, evening, |
| well.Basic massage college courses are regularly | | | | and weekend classes, too.To learn more about |
| comprised of Swedish Massage, Sports Massage and | | | | Massage Colleges and additional learning programs, |
| Deep Tissue Massage, and may be supported by | | | | search our site for more in-depth information and |
| general education curriculums in human sciences | | | | resources.*500 hours may be required to sit for the |
| (anatomy and physiology), business, career | | | | NCBTMB certification exam, depending on individual |
| development and work ethics, psychology, and other | | | | State regulations and guidelines.DISCLAIMER: Above is |
| associated topics of study.Elective or supplementary | | | | a GENERAL OVERVIEW and may or may not reflect |
| massage college studies may include practical training | | | | specific practices, courses and/or services associated |
| in aromatherapy, acupressure, canine and/or equine | | | | with ANY ONE particular school(s) that is or is not |
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| colleges and schools usually provide internship | | | | Healing Schools, Colleges, Universities, Vocational |
| programs for students so that they may gain practical | | | | Schools and Natural Healing Online Schools at |
| client experience. Internship setting may vary, but are | | | | SchoolsGalore.com; your educational resource to |
| often comprised of community hospitals, medical | | | | locate schools. |