Massage Therapy Jobs and Job Placement

Massage therapy jobs are on the rise. The Healing Arts Center receives requests from massage therapy job placement firms and massage therapist employers on a regular basis. Once you have completed our massage training courses, we offer many resources to help you with job placement.

Massage Therapy Jobs Statistics

Analysis from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 2002 numbers projects that the massage therapy industry will grow faster than average through 2012.
A September 2002 press release from the NCBTMB says the organization has seen a 25% rise in certification every year since 1996.
Consumer demand for massage from massage therapists continues to grow. From
August 2004 to July 2005 approximately 47 million American Adults received a
massage. 2 million more than last year.

Massage Therapy Career Opportunities

Massage therapy careers allow many possibilities. Below are just a few places that you may find a career in massage therapy.

Private practice clinics and offices
Physician's offices and wellness facilities
Chiropractors' offices and rehabilitation clinics
Salons, spas, resorts and cruise ships
Health clubs and fitness centers
In client homes
On-site in the workplace

Growing Opportunities in the Massage Therapy Workplace

The workplace has been identified as the single greatest source of stress (OSHA).
The American Institute of Stress reports as much as 75 to 90% of doctor visits are related to stress, with an estimated cost to industry of 200 billion to 300 billion dollars a year.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates there are more than 700,000 lost workday injuries and illnesses related to musculoskeletal disorders each year, costing 20 billion dollars a year in workers compensation.
Seven in ten American workers indicate that job stress is causing frequent health problems and has made them less productive. (Northwestern Life Insurance Co.)
Organizational Consequences of stress - Absenteeism, Accidents, Job Turnover, Low Morale, Poor Work Relations, and Reduced Productivity. (Northwestern Life Ins. Co.)
The Miami Touch Therapy Institute has also done research on the healing powers of massage in the workplace. They say just 15 min of massage a week showed decreased job anxiety and problems were solved in less time and with fewer errors.
Every year more companies are offering massage therapy. Places like hospitals, law firms, and major companies such as Boeing, Apple Computer, PepsiCo, Sony Music, and United Airlines.

Massage Therapy and the Medical Community

The results of a survey, conducted between November 2000 and February 2001 in Washington State, indicate strong recognition on the part of medical clinicians that massage therapy is effective.
Of 12 Complementary Alternative Medicine practices, massage therapy was ranked highest 74% to be exact in terms of being perceived as always or usually effective.
Many medical insurances are accepting massage therapy as a modality for injury. Usually you have to have an order from a physician.
Many studies have been done to try to promote touch therapies in the medical industry.
The Touch Research Institutes have conducted over 90 Studies on the positive effects of massage therapy. Below are some examples:

Enhanced growth in pre-term infants

Diminished pain in Fibromyalgia patients.

Increased pulmonary function in Asthma patients

Enhanced immune function in natural killer cells, which helps fights HIV and Cancer.

Enhance alertness and performance for example better performance on math computations.

Massage Therapy and Consumers

It is estimated that consumers visit massage therapists 114 million times per year, spending between $4 billion and $6 billion annually on these visits. (AMTA).
18% of the Adult U.S. population has had a massage in the past 12 months which has more than doubles since 1997 when it was at 8% (AMTA).
The use of massage therapy for people who had experienced severe neck, back
and shoulder pain is reportedly 32% of adult Americans who have received
massage in the last 5 years. (AMTA).
Massage therapy is not a luxury anymore
According to one media Characterization, "massage is to the human body what tune-up is to a car. It provides a physical boost to the weary, sore, and stressed."

* Use of massage among those 65 and older has tripled since 1997 (15 percent in 2005 versus 4 percent in 1997).

* Companies offering massage therapy as an employee benefit include: Allstate, Best Buy, Cisco Systems, FedEx, Gannett(USA Today), General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Home Depot, JC Penney, Kimberly-Clark, Texas Instruments and Yahoo!

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