This program offers you the best of both worlds… if you enjoy working out and helping others fell great and look fit you will be providing your clients with workout routines as well as making them feel good by use of your massage therapy abilities. As a massage therapist you will be learning the same modalities that are taught in our regular Massage Therapy program such as: Swedish and Stone Massage for stress reduction and relaxation, spa therapies, neuromuscular therapy, pre-and post sports massage techniques, myo-fascial release, and pain reduction therapy. Eastern modalities will also be introduced such as acupressure, shiatsu, Chinese cupping, reflexology, and polarity therapy. Your Personal Fitness Certification will only enhance your knowledge as it will present the latest research and practical applications in aerobics, stretching, use of machines, cross training for sports events, wellness and flexibility, stretching to increase range of motion from repetitive injury, trauma, and soft tissue injury related to on the job disabilities as well as the normal aging process. Additional emphasis will be placed on health assessment skills, pathology related to therapists, insurance billing, and chair massage used for marketing events. Another part of your training will be business segmented such as: how to market your private practice, how to start your own website without spending hundreds of dollars or paying someone else to do it, how to market yourself on-line, how to set up your massage and personal fitness practice, accounting strategies, and bookkeeping tips.