Thursday, February 18, 2010

Don’t Trust Online Therapeutic Massage Schools

Massage is a hands-on profession – literally. This is something you have to learn by doing and not from watching a video or reading a web site. There are a lot of scams on the internet and one of them are getting expensive online degrees in medical professions such as therapeutic massage. Schools that offer massage degrees are selling useless pieces of paper. The best massage schools are not online, but in the real world.

Barnum Would Have Loved The Information Age

Although you might think people would have the common sense to realize an online therapeutic massage school should raise a few eyebrows, they don’t. Circus maestro PT Barnum would feel right at home today as he did in the 1800's. He is perhaps best known for the phrase, "There's a sucker born every minute". With today's inflation, it's probably more like five suckers are born every minute.

And you can find them loosing their money to hustlers on the Internet, which just take old scams and set them to new tricks. Just enter "online therapeutic massage school" in your favorite search engine and watch the huge list that pops up. These so-called online therapeutic massage schools all claim to be accredited.

Just take the time to think a second. If you knew you had to go to a masseuse, which one would you rather go to – one trained on campus, or one got his degree from an online therapeutic massage school? You'd pick the one with the campus training, wouldn’t you? And that is why the degrees from online therapeutic massage schools are practically worthless. They are not taken seriously.

Finding Accredited Schools

If you desire to become a professional masseuse, you just can't call yourself one and set up shop. You do need to pass a certification exam. In order to get ready for that exam, you should study at an accredited therapeutic massage school. But how do you go about finding one?

First off, if you live in America, know the state where you want to work. Each state has different laws regarding masseuses. You also have to check on your local county and city laws to see if there are any certification requirements. Then, you can go your state's massage board (I'm not kidding) and ask what therapeutic massage schools they consider accredited.

That's a bit convoluted, but it's one way to be sure that if you are going to shell out the money for a degree, you are going to be able to get a job with it.

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