Massage Therapists

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Massage Therapists

Massage customers for hygienic or remedial purposes.

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Knowledge
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Technology
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Personal Styles

Degrees

Asian Bodywork Therapy

Massage Therapy + Therapeutic Massage

Somatic Bodywork and Related Therapeutic Services, Other

Abilities

Oral Comprehension

The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.

Oral Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.

Problem Sensitivity

The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.

The ability to use your abdominal and lower back muscles to support part of the body repeatedly or continuously over time without 'giving out' or fatiguing.

Deductive Reasoning

The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.

Inductive Reasoning

The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).

Multilimb Coordination

The ability to coordinate two or more limbs (for example, two arms, two legs, or one leg and one arm) while sitting, standing, or lying down. It does not involve performing the activities while the whole body is in motion.

Dynamic Strength

The ability to exert muscle force repeatedly or continuously over time. This involves muscular endurance and resistance to muscle fatigue.

Manual Dexterity

The ability to quickly move your hand, your hand together with your arm, or your two hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble objects.

Speech Recognition

The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.

Written Expression

The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.

Selective Attention

The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.

Written Comprehension

The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.

Arm-Hand Steadiness

The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.

Extent Flexibility

The ability to bend, stretch, twist, or reach with your body, arms, and/or legs.

The ability to exert yourself physically over long periods of time without getting winded or out of breath.

Finger Dexterity

The ability to make precisely coordinated movements of the fingers of one or both hands to grasp, manipulate, or assemble very small objects.

Fluency of Ideas

The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).

Static Strength

The ability to exert maximum muscle force to lift, push, pull, or carry objects.

The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.

Category Flexibility

The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.

Information Ordering

The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).

Control Precision

The ability to quickly and repeatedly adjust the controls of a machine or a vehicle to exact positions.

Flexibility of Closure

The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.

The ability to shift back and forth between two or more activities or sources of information (such as speech, sounds, touch, or other sources).

Gross Body Coordination

The ability to coordinate the movement of your arms, legs, and torso together when the whole body is in motion.

Gross Body Equilibrium

The ability to keep or regain your body balance or stay upright when in an unstable position.

Perceptual Speed

The ability to quickly and accurately compare similarities and differences among sets of letters, numbers, objects, pictures, or patterns. The things to be compared may be presented at the same time or one after the other. This ability also includes comparing a presented object with a remembered object.

Speed of Closure

The ability to quickly make sense of, combine, and organize information into meaningful patterns.

The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.

The ability to see details at a distance.

The ability to remember information such as words, numbers, pictures, and procedures.

Auditory Attention

The ability to focus on a single source of sound in the presence of other distracting sounds.

Number Facility

The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.

Hearing Sensitivity

The ability to detect or tell the differences between sounds that vary in pitch and loudness.

Visual Color Discrimination

The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.

Wrist-Finger Speed

The ability to make fast, simple, repeated movements of the fingers, hands, and wrists.

Mathematical Reasoning

The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.

Dynamic Flexibility

The ability to quickly and repeatedly bend, stretch, twist, or reach out with your body, arms, and/or legs.

Spatial Orientation

The ability to know your location in relation to the environment or to know where other objects are in relation to you.

Speed of Limb Movement

The ability to quickly move the arms and legs.

Depth Perception

The ability to judge which of several objects is closer or farther away from you, or to judge the distance between you and an object.

Explosive Strength

The ability to use short bursts of muscle force to propel oneself (as in jumping or sprinting), or to throw an object.

Knowledge

English Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.

Knowledge of human behavior and performance; individual differences in ability, personality, and interests; learning and motivation; psychological research methods; and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders.

Customer and Personal Service

Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

Therapy and Counseling

Knowledge of principles, methods, and procedures for diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of physical and mental dysfunctions, and for career counseling and guidance.

Sales and Marketing

Knowledge of principles and methods for showing, promoting, and selling products or services. This includes marketing strategy and tactics, product demonstration, sales techniques, and sales control systems.

Education and Training

Knowledge of principles and methods for curriculum and training design, teaching and instruction for individuals and groups, and the measurement of training effects.

Knowledge of the chemical composition, structure, and properties of substances and of the chemical processes and transformations that they undergo. This includes uses of chemicals and their interactions, danger signs, production techniques, and disposal methods.

Medicine and Dentistry

Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat human injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures.

Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and other office procedures and terminology.

Philosophy and Theology

Knowledge of different philosophical systems and religions. This includes their basic principles, values, ethics, ways of thinking, customs, practices, and their impact on human culture.

Telecommunications

Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems.

Communications and Media

Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.

Sociology and Anthropology

Knowledge of group behavior and dynamics, societal trends and influences, human migrations, ethnicity, cultures and their history and origins.

Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.

Law and Government

Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Administration and Management

Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.

Knowledge of plant and animal organisms, their tissues, cells, functions, interdependencies, and interactions with each other and the environment.

Computers and Electronics

Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.

Personnel and Human Resources

Knowledge of principles and procedures for personnel recruitment, selection, training, compensation and benefits, labor relations and negotiation, and personnel information systems.

Economics and Accounting

Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.

Public Safety and Security

Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies to promote effective local, state, or national security operations for the protection of people, data, property, and institutions.

Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, their interrelationships, and applications to understanding fluid, material, and atmospheric dynamics, and mechanical, electrical, atomic and sub- atomic structures and processes.

Building and Construction

Knowledge of materials, methods, and the tools involved in the construction or repair of houses, buildings, or other structures such as highways and roads.

Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, repair, and maintenance.

Food Production

Knowledge of techniques and equipment for planting, growing, and harvesting food products (both plant and animal) for consumption, including storage/handling techniques.

Foreign Language

Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation.

Production and Processing

Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods.

Knowledge of principles and methods for describing the features of land, sea, and air masses, including their physical characteristics, locations, interrelationships, and distribution of plant, animal, and human life.

History and Archeology

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

Engineering and Technology

Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.

Knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models.

Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including the relative costs and benefits.

Wages

District of Columbia

Iowa	$30,870.00

Ohio	$37,070.00

Utah	$14,670.00

Skills

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Service Orientation

Actively looking for ways to help people.

Reading Comprehension

Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.

Talking to others to convey information effectively.

Active Learning

Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Time Management

Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Social Perceptiveness

Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.

Learning Strategies

Selecting and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things.

Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.

Teaching others how to do something.

Equipment Selection

Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job.

Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.

Using mathematics to solve problems.

Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.

Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.

Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Complex Problem Solving

Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.

Management of Material Resources

Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work.

Technology Design

Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs.

Management of Financial Resources

Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.

Management of Personnel Resources

Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Equipment Maintenance

Performing routine maintenance on equipment and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed.

Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences.

Troubleshooting

Determining causes of operating errors and deciding what to do about it.

Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools.

Systems Analysis

Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.

Systems Evaluation

Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.

Operations Analysis

Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.

Quality Control Analysis

Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.

Operation Monitoring

Watching gauges, dials, or other indicators to make sure a machine is working properly.

Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications.

Operation and Control

Controlling operations of equipment or systems.

Writing computer programs for various purposes.

Tasks

Confer with clients about their medical histories and any problems with stress and/or pain in order to determine whether massage would be helpful.

Apply finger and hand pressure to specific points of the body.

Massage and knead the muscles and soft tissues of the human body in order to provide courses of treatment for medical conditions and injuries or wellness maintenance.

Maintain treatment records.

Provide clients with guidance and information about techniques for postural improvement, and stretching, strengthening, relaxation and rehabilitative exercises.

Assess clients' soft tissue condition, joint quality and function, muscle strength, and range of motion.

Develop and propose client treatment plans that specify which types of massage are to be used.

Refer clients to other types of therapists when necessary.

Use complementary aids, such as infrared lamps, wet compresses, ice, and whirlpool baths in order to promote clients' recovery, relaxation and well-being.

Treat clients in own offices, or travel to clients' offices and homes.

Consult with other health care professionals such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, physicians and psychologists in order to develop treatment plans for clients.

Prepare and blend oils, and apply the blends to clients' skin.

Tools

Balance beams or boards or bolsters or rockers for rehabilitation or therapy

Desktop computers

Electric vibrators for rehabilitation or therapy

Mechanical vibrating massage devices

Full body immersion hydrotherapy baths or tanks

Hydrotherapy equipment

Mats or platforms for rehabilitation or therapy

Portable massage tables

Treatment tables

Medical heat lamps or accessories

Notebook computers

Personal computers

Therapeutic heating or cooling pads or compresses or packs

Therapeutic heating or cooling units or systems

Technology

Calendar and scheduling software

AppointmentQuest Online Appointment Manager

Scheduling software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Central Florida Web Hosting & Software Services Company Massage Manager

ICS Software SammyUSA

Land Software Customer Pro-File

WinCity Massage SOAP Notes

Medical software

Island Software Massage Office Professional

Spreadsheet software

Microsoft Excel

Word processing software

Career Activities

Performing General Physical Activities

set up patient care equipment

Assisting and Caring for Others

administer medications or treatments

position patient for therapy

prepare patients for tests, therapy, or treatments

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge

use knowledge of medical terminology

use massage therapy procedures

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings

observe patient condition

Career Context

Indoors, Environmentally Controlled

Face-to-Face Discussions

Contact With Others

Physical Proximity

Freedom to Make Decisions

Work With Work Group or Team

Spend Time Using Your Hands to Handle, Control, or Feel Objects, Tools, or Controls

Structured versus Unstructured Work

Importance of Being Exact or Accurate

Frequency of Decision Making

Electronic Mail

Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results

Spend Time Standing

Exposed to Disease or Infections

Deal With External Customers

Letters and Memos

Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions

Spend Time Bending or Twisting the Body

Responsibility for Outcomes and Results

Responsible for Others' Health and Safety

Importance of Repeating Same Tasks

Consequence of Error

Spend Time Keeping or Regaining Balance

Exposed to Contaminants

Spend Time Kneeling, Crouching, Stooping, or Crawling

Extremely Bright or Inadequate Lighting

Cramped Work Space, Awkward Positions

Deal With Unpleasant or Angry People

Public Speaking

Exposed to Minor Burns, Cuts, Bites, or Stings

Spend Time Walking and Running

Indoors, Not Environmentally Controlled

Level of Competition

Sounds, Noise Levels Are Distracting or Uncomfortable

Coordinate or Lead Others

Career Styles

Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.

Concern for Others

Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.

Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.

Job requires being honest and ethical.

Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.

Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.

Attention to Detail

Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.

Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.

Adaptability/Flexibility

Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Stress Tolerance

Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.

Analytical Thinking

Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.

Social Orientation

Job requires preferring to work with others rather than alone, and being personally connected with others on the job.

Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.

Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.

Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.

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