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InvisibleMOTH
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Massage therapist...yay or nay?
    #7706128 - 12/02/07 11:03 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I'm looking for some kind of training program that won't last longer then a few months to a year or two that I will be able to semi-enjoy doing and will make decent money, enough to live on my own. I am interested in natural healing, so I've been considering massage therapy or acupuncture. Anything else you can think of?

Do massage therapists make decent money? Know any?

I just need something I can do, and work towards, to create a more financially secure future for myself and massage therapy comes to mind because there are schools everywhere for it and I heard they get paid well. But I don't know about the job market or anything.

What do you think?


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706135 - 12/02/07 11:05 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I kinda like touching people through kindness, so I thought it might be a good solution.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706137 - 12/02/07 11:06 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I actually know a massage therapist. She has her own table and everything. She says that massager-people usually charge $60 an hour but she charges $50 an hour. She still has to work a coffee shop job though (there isn't a lot of massage business in my city). In a more cosmopolitan area that shit would fly more though probably.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: RandalFlagg]
    #7706161 - 12/02/07 11:14 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Salary.com gives a salary range from 41-58k/year.

This is decent pay considering it probably is only like a 2 yr. "acreditation" program. Also consider that unless you switch over to running a small business (e.g. open up a spa or something) there will be little to no job advancement.

If you live a simple life, don't require much money, and think you'd enjoy it, I'd say go for it.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: badchad]
    #7706181 - 12/02/07 11:22 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Thanks guys...I am only making $10 an hour at my current job so...yeah...lots of room to improve here...

Just trying to consider my options for self-improvment in that area of my life.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706187 - 12/02/07 11:24 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Occupational therapy might be another thing I could consider.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706196 - 12/02/07 11:28 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I believe occupational therapy will require a formal, 4-year degree (Possibly more) but don't quote me on that (it was mentioned on wiki).


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: badchad]
    #7706273 - 12/02/07 11:47 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Yeah, you're probably right.

I don't know guys. I just need something that I can do (not physically demanding), doesn't require a lot of training, and pays well.

What does that leave me with besides massage therapy? I was even thinking paralegal but I would hate to work for lawyers.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706281 - 12/02/07 11:49 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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I don't know guys. I just need something that I can do (not physically demanding), doesn't require a lot of training, and pays well.




Haha....good luck with that.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: RandalFlagg]
    #7706313 - 12/02/07 11:56 AM (16 years, 1 month ago)

What pisses me off is the fact I'm going to uni, to do one of the most difficult degrees there is (and end up ridiculously in debt)...And once its all finished.. I'll still start out on about £30k a year :shrug:

Maybe massage therapy is the way to go :laugh:


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: RandalFlagg]
    #7706364 - 12/02/07 12:07 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I guess I could always sell drugs to supplement my income.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: Cepheus]
    #7706676 - 12/02/07 01:31 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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What pisses me off is the fact I'm going to uni, to do one of the most difficult degrees there is (and end up ridiculously in debt)...And once its all finished.. I'll still start out on about £30k a year :shrug:

Maybe massage therapy is the way to go :laugh:




A science-related degree will give you a run for your money in that category.........although it's slowing starting to pay off.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: badchad]
    #7706744 - 12/02/07 01:50 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Cepheus said:
What pisses me off is the fact I'm going to uni, to do one of the most difficult degrees there is (and end up ridiculously in debt)...And once its all finished.. I'll still start out on about £30k a year :shrug:

Maybe massage therapy is the way to go :laugh:




A science-related degree will give you a run for your money in that category.........although it's slowing starting to pay off.




Yea I am going for Biological Engineering and I will start off making  $40k a year, which is not much compared to some 'easier' degress.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: Cepheus]
    #7706837 - 12/02/07 02:12 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

I got a good Bachelors with Honours at uni a year ago and now I only make £15K.

University is such overrated bullshit


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: MOTH]
    #7706842 - 12/02/07 02:13 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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I guess I could always sell drugs to supplement my income.




good man :thumbup:


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: Tangerines]
    #7706904 - 12/02/07 02:32 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

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Yea I am going for Biological Engineering and I will start off making $40k a year, which is not much compared to some 'easier' degress.




Your lucky to have "engineering" at the end of your degree. Imagine doing 4 years for a bachelors, another 5 for a Ph.D. and then throw in one more year of a post-doc and making 41k. Thats what a second year post-doc makes... 41k with a Ph.D.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: badchad]
    #7706906 - 12/02/07 02:33 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

are you speaking from experience? May Ii ask what degree you have/will have?

It is one of the lowest paid engineering jobs, but it is probably THE most helpful/needed.


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: Tangerines]
    #7706963 - 12/02/07 02:53 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

From experience.

It took me 4 years to finish my bachelors. I spent 5 in graduate school getting my Ph.D. in pharmacology/toxicology. I'm now a second year post-doc making 41k.


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...the whole experience is (and is as) a profound piece of knowledge.  It is an indellible experience; it is forever known.  I have known myself in a way I doubt I would have ever occurred except as it did.

Smith, P.  Bull. Menninger Clinic (1959) 23:20-27; p. 27.

...most subjects find the experience valuable, some find it frightening, and many say that is it uniquely lovely.

Osmond, H.  Annals, NY Acad Science (1957) 66:418-434; p.436


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Re: Massage therapist...yay or nay? [Re: badchad]
    #7707002 - 12/02/07 03:02 PM (16 years, 1 month ago)

Well it seems like you got the shitty end of that stick..


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