Massage Careers

Why Massage?

• Massage is a growing industry.
• Flexible work hours.
• Work from home, mobile or establish a clinic.
• Low set up costs.
• Good remuneration.
• Satisfaction in helping others.

Massage Therapy is a very useful addition to other health/fitness qualifications, e.g. personal training, nursing, physiotherapy and beauty therapy.

Career Pathways
Graduates may work in: multi disciplinary health practices, private practice, hospitals, rehabilitation centres, community centres, gyms and sports complexes, physiotherapy or chiropractic clinics, complementary health clinics, hotels and spa resorts, community mental health centres and nursing homes, as well as in education.

Therapeutic Massage and Sports Massage specialists will work with individuals and groups of all ages, assisting those recovering from or dealing with injury, chronic pain or disability, as well as individuals and groups looking for stress management intervention and injury prevention strategies.

Certificate in Relaxation

• Your Certificate will enable you to practice massage professionally for relaxation of healthy people.
• There are many employment opportunities including: self employment, work within the spa industry, workplace, onsite, corporates, gymnasiums, tourism/hotel industry and health centres.
• This Certificate is a very useful addition to other health/ fitness qualifications, e.g. nursing, physiotherapy, beauty therapy, sports science and personal training.

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Diploma in Health Sciences (Therapeutic Massage)

• Your Diploma will provide the basis for working as a professional therapeutic massage therapist.
• There are many career opportunities including: self-employment, working alongside other professionals in a multi-health practice, e.g. physiotherapy, acupuncture, osteopathy or medical centre. Other opportunities include ski-fields, gymnasiums, cruise ships, tourism, spas, resorts, hotels, on-site corporate, rest homes and rehabilitation centres.

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Diploma in Health Sciences (Massage and Sports Therapy)

Gain a deeper understanding of how to work with a team or individual, with someone who exercises to keep fit or is an international competitor, in a sports setting or in your own clinic.

Clinical Sports Massage is about:

• Working with active people that have goals and dreams
• Getting to know how a team or individual functions
• Adapting techniques to suit stages of training
• Pre-event, post event and in event massage
• Understanding rehabilitation and recovery
• Different working environments and stressors
• Networking with others in the field including sports science professionals - Doctors, Orthopaedics and Physiotherapists

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Diploma in Health Sciences (Reflexology)

Your Diploma will provide the basis for working as a professional reflexologist.
Career opportunities include:

• Self employment, private or group practice
• Specialist clinics, including midwifery, rehabilitation and palliative care
• Hotel, cruise ships, health spa’s
• Working with people with special needs

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Bachelor of Health Studies (Massage and Neuromuscular Therapy)

• Study in a field that provides academic excellence linked to clinical competency.
• Prepare for a life-changing career in sports massage, management of myofascial pain syndromes or general palliative care.
• Enjoy a people centred culture and apply your learning in real situations.
• Equip yourself to deal with complex clinical cases.
• Gain in-depth knowledge of anatomy, physiology and pathology, together with clinical reasoning, problem solving and diagnostic skills.
• Gain research skills and enable your clients to benefit from world-wide clinical developments and research evidence in manual therapies.
• Communicate and collaborate with other health professionals.

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