LMT Certification

[Irulan]

Massage therapist licensing varies from state to state for how many hours of education and student work is needed. I find that in and of itself LMT doesn't mean a whole lot. What you need to know it what particular modality(ies) you want or work for you. Deep tissue, myofascial release, Swedish, trigger points....this just a short list of the possibilities. In my community, we have three different massage schools that turn out LMTs but its all spa- related training (relaxation massage) and not true therapeutic work. Part of spa training is that they won't work on anything close to the pelvic area ( no glute, hips, or psoas work) and they don't ever want to cause the kind of discomfort that true deep therepeutic work can. I se the therapeutic work as a real specialty that one has to hunt out practicioners of.

[Catrin]

I just returned from my gym, and did some investigating about the female massage therapist we have there. She has been there for 20 years and has a great reputation for anything dealing with sports/therapeutic work. Indy - I bet this is the same woman your friend uses! I have heard that she is always late, but her work is worth it and people just plan around that (they do get their full time). I will talk with her before scheduling anything to make certain that she is willing to do what needs to be done - though from her reputation this shouldn't be a problem.