anyone a massage therapist?

[thisiswhatwedo]

I am looking into going back to school and getting a massage therapist certificate. I would eventually like to focus on pregnant post pregnant moms and infants and offer that along with childbirth education (long way down the line ) but wanted to know if anyone has experience as a massage therapist and can let me know if it worked/works well for them and family
thanks!

[Violet2]

I'm an LMT but not practicing. I loved it, but it was too hard on my hands. That's the biggest issue with massage, the ergonomics are very poor and it's murder on your hands.

I love that I went to school for it, I learned so much but it's not a career for me.

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[thisiswhatwedo]

one more thing!

Big important questions. Is the money okay? I am a single mom needing to balance time with my kids and surviving.
Is it emotionally draining?

[lachingona1]

I'm an LMT but also not practicing. I liked it but kinda got burned out on it. I have $15,000 in loans from going to massage school but I'm not working as an LMT so in a way it seems like a waste to me, although I learned a ton and met a lot of neat people.

I worked in a wellness center and then I worked as an independent contractor for a chiropractic company. The money was good but I live in nevada and a lot of people have a very wrong idea about massage, probably because of the brothels and prostitution here. I went to school in Oregon where that idea doesn't really exist so I think if I lived there where alternative therapies are much more common and my kiddos were much older then I would definitely get into it again.

It was physically hard on me, my back and hands would hurt often. How old are your kids?

[ian'smommaya]

i am a mt. too and uh i dont us it spefically. i use it with doula clinics but could have gotten some of, maybe most of the info otherways.

it is really hard on you body. and its kinda, for me atleast, feast or famine.

[raingyrl]

nak..

I was, until July when I dropped my license. I never practiced full time but enjoyed some part time work from time to time. A few years ago, I worked w/another therapist friend. We spent our weekends giving massages to tourists at B & Bs. The $ was excellent. I made more in one day than I made all week at my real job.

DH is also a massage therapist, and has just started practicing (out of our home) again. He specializes in sports injury & has also worked for several chiropractors over the past 10 years. (not very profitable for him.) I help him out w/the bus. end of his practice now, and have gotten some good marketing ideas from an online class.

I think your focus sounds great, and probably wouldn't be as physically/emotionally draining as other specialties. I actually found massage to be energizing.