Physical Therapist and Massage Therapist?
Posted by admin on Jan 10, 2009
What is the education needed for Massage Therapist and Physical Therapist. If I get a maters degree from an accredited physical therapy program. is that all i would need to become a massage therapist? or what else more?
and i already also know i have to get state license.
please any advice would be greatly appreciated.
"non..offered" is correct. You will learn some basic massage techniques as a physical therapist but will only use them occasionally. If you want to truely do massage therapy, you will get a lot more comprehensive education in massage by going to massage therapy school which can be completed in as little as ten months.
Massage can really only be used as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program (when done by a PT) and truth be told, most PTs are getting away from performing massage because it doesn't teach the patient how to self manage their condition. We still use manual therapy techniques on a much more ferquent basis which is part of a physical therapists education, but not an MT.
If massage is really your passion, you might be disappointed as a PT. However, if you really want to be a comprehensive therapist, complete your PT degree and then do some continuing education in other massage techniques.
good luck
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Physical Therapy is in the process of transitioning from a Master's Degree program to a Doctorate program for licensure. Massage therapy is a 500 hour program that can be completed in about half a year if you take it on a full time basis, and depending on where you take it.
Physical Therapy is a much more comprehensive program, which does teach you to do massage, but the massage therapists are the true experts at massage as it's our primary profession.
So in a nutshell, if you're a licensed Physical Therapist, the umbrella of your licensure does cover giving therapeutic massage. Physical Therapists have some diagnosing and prescribing capabilities, which is FAR beyond the scope of a Massage Therapist's legal capabilities.
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MT student who worked in a PT clinic. If I could go back 20 years, I'd have gone to school for PT.
"non..offered" is correct. You will learn some basic massage techniques as a physical therapist but will only use them occasionally. If you want to truely do massage therapy, you will get a lot more comprehensive education in massage by going to massage therapy school which can be completed in as little as ten months.
Massage can really only be used as part of a comprehensive rehabilitation program (when done by a PT) and truth be told, most PTs are getting away from performing massage because it doesn't teach the patient how to self manage their condition. We still use manual therapy techniques on a much more ferquent basis which is part of a physical therapists education, but not an MT.
If massage is really your passion, you might be disappointed as a PT. However, if you really want to be a comprehensive therapist, complete your PT degree and then do some continuing education in other massage techniques.
good luck
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I am a PT