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senior condo low income?

admin — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:23:57 +0000

would like to move near tampa fl. im on low income can only afford a place for about $ 110,000. ALSO IM 65 AND HAVE A LISCENSE IN MASSAGE THERAPY SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIND WORK PART TIME IN THAT FIELD

Here are a couple of websites you can try!

www.realtor.com
www.forsalebyowner.com

You can search for homes and realtors that can help you with your quest..

Good luck to you!

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reiki massage?

admin — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:15:58 +0000

I've been performing Reiki massage therapy on just the hands for a few months now. My clientele cosists of family & friends. Everyone says their hands feel so relaxed and light. I'm very interested in having my "hobby" provide me with extra income. Is a license needed for this? I know that one is not needed for Reiki, but how about hand massages?

It actually depends on the state you live in whether you need a license for Reiki. For example, in Florida, you need to be clergy, a Licensed Massage Therapist, or other health care provider.

The same for hand massage, is your state regulated? If it is massage, you need to be licensed in some way. Certified Reflexologist, nail techs (manicurists), and MTs are all allowed to massage the hands.

Good luck.

to all of the massage therapists out there…?

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:56:23 +0000

i'm looking into going to Arizona School of Massage Therapy. your thoughts on the education your school provided? around what income you're making? and What kind of therapy you went into?

Also.. what kind of office do you work at? details please.. and any advice??!!

please and thank you…<3

Arizona School of Massage sounds like they will give you the training to pass the national boards. You will learn more in the first three weeks of practice than you will learn in school.
I have been to several schools and teach at three of them occasionally. My practice is in a soap and coffee shop with natural healing at the forefront.
My rates are the lowest in the triad area because I want to heal and not gouge my patients.
My average income is about $300.00 per day with $300.00 per month going to my rent and utilities.

Massage Therapy or Nursing? ?

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 16:52:21 +0000

I am 19 years old, and like all 19 year olds I don’t know what to do with my life.

I just withdrew from college due to family problems and not wanting to go to a gigantic university for four years with dumb alcoholic college students. I actually have a 3.7 GPA and was in the top 15% of my class. My only problem is.. I hate MATH and CHEM but I love BIO and PHYS. weird.. I know.

I want to go to school for a limited amount of time because I want a job quickly but I want a decently paying job where I can at least establish a life for myself and I want to like my job. I love helping people and talking to people. I want to be respected but i hate math and chem!!!!

So help me choose:
Massage Therapist
2/3 years of schooling
no chem classes or math
Highest pay about $40,000 a year
Work at Spas,Hospitals,at home,Chiropractic practices
Might get carpal tunnel
Less stressful environment.
Service job: tips
If the world ended… and me and like 10,000 people were left, I wouldn’t know jack shit.

Nursing
2/3 years of schooling
You have to be a CNA before an RN which means I can work while at school!
Chem/Math classes
Yearly pay $60,000 med income….. i think..
Stressful environment depending where you work.
Always on your feet
You get to wear cute scrubs!
Help people and be nice to them
Theres a waiting list for some nursing school… you have to be awesome to get in.. and if I do badly in chem and math they will never except me.
If the world ended … and 10,000 people were left.. id actual be useful.

* If you are a massage therapist or a nurse will you please give me some input on your life.If your not, give me some info anyway.

Nursing requires more schooling that Massage Therapy. In nursing, you will be required to take some math and you might be able to get out of chem class, but still have to biology courses. Nurses have to know how to calculate the proper dosage of meds, based upon weight and age. yes, I know doctors and the pharmacists are supposed to do this for you, but if you read the news, nurses loose their jobs for not being able to do this properly. yes, you will always have a job anywhere you go! Many nurses take massage therapy classes to help better their nursing skills and make them more desirable when job hunting.

As a massage therapist, depending upon your state’s requirements, you will need to take at minimum a 500 hour course (about 9 months). but again, depending upon your state, it could be a bit more. there are no chem classes or math required unless you are pursing an associates degree. As a massage therapist, you will stil be employed as people NEED the human touch. As a massage therapist, you will be helping relieve tension, lower blood pressure, increase the immune system’s response to colds etc., heal quicker from injuries and illnesses. you will also help people work through their mental and family stress problems by listening sympathetically, even though you are not qualified to offer advice. You will have regular clients that will come to know you as a trusting and caring individual, someone that they can come to when needed, sometimes at a moments notice! As a nurse, you will be also required to listen sympathetically, but you will remain mostly anonymous, a kind a caring soul during a difficult but brief period of time.

both careers can and do get carpal tunnel syndrome. Both are service jobs, but a nurse has to deal with doctors who have a tendency to have the “I Am God” syndrome (but not all!).

Some Massage Therapists continue school to become Nurses, but quite a few go on to becoming Physical Therapists or Occupational Therapists or even Naturopathic Doctors.

You have to look inside yourself and see what really drives and motivates you. When I was your age, I looked at being a nurse for the very same reasons as you stated. I started schooling for a nurse, worked as a CNA too! But I never finished because it wasn’t for me. Now, at 42, I am a Certified Massage Therapist of 2 years now with my own business. I did work at salons and I’ve been offered jobs at chiropractors, doctor’s offices and medical spas, but I prefer to work for myself. As a starting business, it is a struggle, but one I enjoy!

follow what is in your heart and your mind and your dreams. Only then will you be truly happy.

P.S. And it may not be either career!!!!

Massage therapy OR Cosmetology??

admin — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 16:20:03 +0000

I am trying to decide on becoming a hair dresser (something I have dreamed of doing ) or a massage therapist??

I live in the Pacific NW, so I am trying to figure out which one would make the better income and why you would recommend each proffesion??

You indicated that you "dreamed of" being a hair stylist. If you follow your passion, the money will come. A cosmetologist, can do hair, nails and facials. A massage therapist can do massage and depending on state law, body treatments. Each position has its long term physical challenges. Massage takes a lot of physical energy, do you have the stamina for it and can you give a good massage. Hair, also creates physical challenges. It is not easy holding your arms up and drying long hair, Those muscles get a work out. Most massage therapist as they age will switch to aesthetics or facials so they can sit down and perform the service. Also look at the environment that you want to work in. In a resort environment, Massage is the #1 service. In a residential area, Hair is done by clients more on a regular basis, they consider a massage a splurge, although that is changing. If you can afford to be cross trained get licensed in both. If you can select only one. Then follow your heart it appears that is leading you to being a Cosmetologist.

Massage Therapist – Income?

admin — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 18:35:23 +0000

I plan in Either working at a spa/hotel/cruise or work as a Massage Therapist who gives therapy to people who got hurt in a car accident/wroking or other common injuries. Which one these two do you think would make more money, with the proper suited certicification of course?

You are almost always better off with private practice. Spas/Hotels/Cruise they take a LARGE percentage of your wages.

Plus with accidents, etc you could get a contract with lawyers or something…

But if you can do it, always go for the private practice.

You could do both at the same time until your private practice picks up.

And then make all your money from private when you are ready.

Good luck!

Is a massage therapist career a good and flexible choice for moms?

admin — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:35:59 +0000

I have been thinking of going into massage therapy for quite some time. I have been a stay at home mom since 2000. I want to start generating some income to help with expenses, but also want flexibility to be able to be there for my kids as well.
Is this a good career choice? Would I have to work for a spa or salon at first?

It can be a good career choice, but be aware you will require training/schooling which can cost thousands of dollars before you make a dime massaging. If you want to work from home or travel to your clients locale you will need to purchase a table or chair which can cost hundreds of dollars.

That being said, if you can afford the intial investment and have a desire to help people, go to a local school or college that offers massage therapy instruction. They will try to convince you of how much money you can make etc. (which is true but it certainly isn't assumed) but mainly you will interact with of therapists to see if this is something you can see yourself doing.

There are many places to find employment, salons, spas, chiropractic offices, chair massage at stores and malls. If you have a large network or contatcs already it woule be easier to transition to a work for yourself situation, by you will most likely need to start working for some one else first and slowly incoporate your private clientle. orking for some one else depending on the situation can be somewhat flexible. I have worked for a chiropractor for three years and after the first year was able to pretty much make my own hours.

Massage therapists: what do you consider full time hours?

admin — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 18:36:31 +0000

For professional massage therapists:

1. How many hours of hands-on is your maximum per week?

2. How many days or shifts per week is your max?

3. Is massage therapy your only source of income?

4. How much do you receive per hour for massage?

5. Are you self employed, an independant contractor or an employee?

6. Do you receive medical insurance?

7. Do you work in an office, your home, clients location or other?

8. Would you take less pay per hour if it meant less self-
advertising, more clients and better benefits?

9. How long have you been a practicing professional?

10. Would you rather be on-call or have a set schedule of hours?

Thanks for your thoughtful answers! =-)

1) Different therapists allow different amounts of time between clients, some allow 30 mins, some allow 15 mins, a few allow zero time. If you allow 30 min between clients it allows for the client to be a little bit late, and documenting any relevant details such as injuries and illnesses, time to get on the table, time to get off the table, time to pay for the service and time to clean up before the next client.
Depending on the type of treatment you provide, it could be a physically demanding one or not, so you'll also need time to recuperate your energy. For example I've heard of Bowen Therapists treating two clients at the same time.
I provide Swedish, Remedial and gentle relaxation. I won't take more than 6 x one and a half hour appointments per day (that equates to 9 hours) and I prefer to stick to 4 per day (20 per week). But I'm not currently working in massage until I get my own office set up somewhere.

2) Some people work 7 days per week whenever they can get work, some people use it as part time work to supplement other income. Many people start by having a couple of regular clients who come in once a fortnight or once a month, and build up from there.
I used to have one bloke and two women every week and two women once a month. 10 regular appointments per month. But I gave them up… well… I gave up working at the place. I'm hoping to get 2 -3 days per fortnight at 5 clients per day to fit into my current work.

3) No massage therapy is not my only source of income, if you go to an accountant or do your own research, you'll see that organising your own superannuation and sick leave, holiday pay, illness and accident insurance, as well as running your own business expenses such as linen (purchasing and washing), oils, table, office and office cleaning, maintaining the grounds (mowing the lawn, weeding, gutters, footpaths, driveways, parking lot etc) gets really tedious and expensive. So I have a regular part time job that allows me to have sick leave and holiday pay and what not, and I hope to fit some massage in as well.

4) This is the big question… the answer relies on how you want to organise your massage work. I have found that if I try to organise my massage work as a full time job, and work 35 hours per week, which is 20 clients at $55.00 per treatment, I end up with about $19.00 per hour as long as all appointments are taken up, if there is a lack of clients, then that hourly rate starts dropping, because insurances are fixed expenses, and holiday and sick leave are fixed expenses etc.

5) I have been an employee, which was good, that changed to contractor which sucked so I quit, and now I'm gradually working towards being self employed.
Being an employee is good because someone else organises everything and you… well… the work I had, I was paid to turn up for 3 hours, and if more work turned up then I'd get extra, but that changed to contract work, where I would only get paid per client, that sucked when clients would be booked in but they didn't turn up, and the question was raised as to whether these "clients" were actually legitimately booked or if the place just wrote the bookings in to make sure I would come in (and the place would have a massage therapist on hand just in case at my expense, rather than at their expense). But it was good being employed. I would work as a permanent employee with the benefits of being permanently employed for $20 per hour ( not $20 per client ), but I don't think that that is realistically affordable when you include employee tax and superannuation, sick leave, holiday leave, injury insurance etc.

6) When I was employed I had medical cover supplied by the employer, it is a legal necessity, but as a contractor and self employed, it can become dubious, you will need your own, but the places where you work will also need to have it, and then the insurance companies will have to figure out who is liable depending on the situation of the incident. Legally the places that you go to work "should" have it, but in this field of work, you are very likely to go to peoples homes and a lot of people rent their dwellings and so they don't have their place insured, I don't know if you can go through the landlords insurance, but I wouldn't risk it. By the way illness and accident insurance is kind of the same as income protection insurance which generally costs you about one weeks wages, the catch is in self employment, the wage coming in from 20 clients per week is $1100 / wk. But when you cover all your costs, you aren't actually getting that $1100/wk, you're only getting about $550/wk. And to be eligible for that insurance you have to have two years worth of accounting records to prove your income.

7) I think I've already answered this question is the stuff above. I have worked in a beauticians office, I've worked in clients homes, I've worked in my home, I've worked in a naturopaths office, I've worked in an Osteopaths office.

Considering the physically draining nature of the techniques I use, I wouldn't go below $20 as an hourly rate (not a per client rate, ever again, I'd rather be self employed. Remember here; it costs you to be there for them, but it doesn't cost them anything at all, if they get a general enquiry, they can write that up as a booking when it is not , so you turn up but get nothing for it). There is an award rate for massage, in the next state, but not where I'm from. They are entitled to $17.00/hr with a casual loading of 25% and a minimum shift of 3 hours. Thats 17 x 3 + 20% = $63.75, they still get superannuation, but they don't get sick leave or holiday pay, and they are expected to stay and be available for those 3 hours. Where I am, it is generally expected that the charge for a remedial massage will be $55.00, then depending on where you work, you negotiate what will be paid for by who and it is usually contract/self employed work, so you need your own business setup with your own accounting systems and letterheads etc.

9) I've been working on and off for about 10 years, mostly off, I would estimate that I haven't done more than one year of full time massage. That would be 45 wks x 20 massages / wk = 900 massages.

10) I would rather have a set schedule of hours, so I can incorporate other part time work to provide incidental benefits such as superannuation etc. and I'd rather be employed so I don't have to do all the accounting and running the business such as laundry and advertising and organising insurance etc.
If a large business would organise it I would guess that it would be cheaper for them, but as a sole trader, I don't have much bargaining power, so I can't get cheaper rates. for example, a business like a large bank would easily already have the accounting and personnel procedures in place, as well as the managerial know how.

Good luck, Let me know how it goes, maybe you can give me a job if you can make it work.

Therapy Session

admin — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 01:48:53 +0000

Holly comes to my office for her addiction problem. She has agreed to let me video tape her sessions to further her diagnosis. Holly has a serious problem and I try to resovle her by relieving her from her stress.

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