Why Massage Therapists Retire In 3 Years (And How To Last 30)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Learn some tips from David on practicing self-care before, during, and after your massage therapy sessions so that you can avoid common injuries and chronic pain!
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I have been doing massage 4-5 per day deep tissue and not one injury ever. Body mechanics and self care including strength training, posture corrective exercises and getting massage. People also have to want to be doing massage and make it a priority so that means putting in actual effort to change things up, learn new skills and do the self care work.
Agree 1000% 🏋️
SUPER, more practical tips,for avoiding pitfalls. as u mentioned at the end i do yin energy techniques like cleanzing my hands and delinking from subject. Thank you
Always a good idea to have a ritual to end a session and be able to put it aside until the next time you work with a client
These are good tips as I am now, after 3 years of professional practice, am being body aware during my sessions, making adjustments in my positioning, working from my core, using my whole body and not just parts. I rarely use thumbs. Part of my self care includes epsom salts soaks for my arms/hands in a plastic basin on a table or on my lap.
I am very surprised that a professional office such as yours allows LMTs to give sessions barefoot (I know some Thai practioners work this way).
Thanks! The epsom salt forearm bath is a fabulous self care practice...highly recommend and will totally do that every so often. If my tub were bigger and I weren't so tall I'd totally do a full tub salt soak once a week too!
Personally I don't like to work barefoot for very long as my back acts up if I work a whole day that way. But some therapists ground better when they have full proprioception of the feeling of the feet on the floor so I don't like to force folks to wear shoes. I do recommend having something easy to slip on and off such as Crocs. We do try as a studio to present a "professional but not stuffy" vibe so we dress more on the casual side of things.
Great videos! Thank you for sharing your expertise and especially how to keep my body healthy as well as the client..
Thank you!
These are good tips, im considering getting into the field at 36, just gotta figure out how to study the body/ Anatomy and Physiology and how to retain that information. My wrist and should are kinda cracky as well. I hope im making the right decision vs trying to go into nursing. school wasn't my strength so whatever suggestions help as well. I do want a lasting career with lots on earnings.
Honestly nursing tends to be way harder physically…you walk miles a day and have to do things like lift patients from bedside in ways that are very bad ergonomics. I do suggest some basic strength training, especially if you are hyper mobile or have arthritis. You don’t have to lift heavy but do need to get a solid core and ability to stabilize your joints. For studying, get a copy of Trail Guide to the Body now, and read it like a book a few times. Then try flipping to random pages with a friend and having them quiz you on how much you remember. That should be a good gauge on how much you’ll need to study. 📚 it may help to think about whether you retain info by sight, sound, or touch and alter your study methods accordingly.
@@bodyworksdwnyc Thank you my friend, I am in Ontario Canada. I know nursing is on a rise, thats the only reason why I thought of it or maybe paramedic. Im kinda looking at the money aspect vs working 12hours a day. Have heard ppl say that massage is very physically demanding and they picked the wrong career, inconstant with money as well. Never seen myself doing either but I need to start something now and I am quite indecisive because im not sure what to do with my life at this age and figure it be nice to help others or something health related that with my poor education I can get into. as well I can build more empathy and emotional intelligence. Ive been doing a bit of research of all 3 careers. Some say they like it some say they don't, some say they like the stability of nursing vs massage. I used to be an avid pot head and alcoholic but stopped and slowed down. I used to work as cook so standing all day is kind what I do or did and I was a waiter so walking around all day was something I did as well. I am not sure what to stick to or take a jump of faith into. My ex is one so thats why its sticks so hard as being one and the left me with a broken heart. Ive also heard that males tend not to have the best career because women and men are more inclined to go to women for massages or even at spas, thats another fear of mine. Just want to make the right choice and make it soon or another year will pass and ill be jobless and no education again.
@@bodyworksdwnyc I though i replied to the message. I was a cook and server so walking around is not bad for me its the knowledge and retaining of the information. I am going to look into that book as well. Are there any good videos i should follow up on are start trying to pay attention to now as well. My brain is so over whelmed with the new knowledge. I feel like dying, trying to learn this muscles and ligaments or anything right now. I feel 300 steps behind the world right now. As a 36yr old male coming trying to go into the field seems more harder as well, I know women and men will be bit more inclined to see a woman just for the comfort level. I was reading up on reddit as well. Most of them prefer woman therapist. I would have to work 200x harder just like when i was waiter and the waitress would make tons more then me. i want to start now but no schools open up til September and they are 3 year long programs, which leaves me more stress, not wanting to waste more time not progressing. The only reason why massage therapy sticks as well is because my ex who dumped me was one. Never seen myself being a massage therapist or nurse but in health care seems to be very demanding. As well, I know i shouldn't be looking at the money factor but the money is a factor and what I am looking at. I do want stability but i do not want to be working 12 hour shifts a day, or over night. I do want the stability which i hear massage can be inconsistent at times as well. So I think of massage, also i want to work on my empathy and emotional intelligence, which i think massage might be the best place for me to work on those things or characteristics in myself.
@ should I get the 5th gen version or the 6 gen version of the book?
@ I think mine is like version 2 or 3 as I got mine in 2007! Of course one could argue that the newest version is always best and most up to date, but if there is a noticible savings to buying 5 vs 6 you'll be fine with an older version :)
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