We’re at week 2 of Massage Therapy as Career of the Week, so it seems to be sticking. I gave Carleen a 1+ hour full body massage last night. I used some techniques from a book I’ve been reading and discovered that massage cannot possibly be learned from a book. A lot of the techniques felt awkward, plus I had to use the kitchen table as a make-shift massage table which helped my back none too much.
I’ve been getting all kinds of catalogs from various schools in the Northeast and they all seem to have very good programs, we’ll just have to wait and see where Carleen can find a job. I’ve been thinking about the initial interview for admission into these schools and have been trying to answer the inevitable question: So why are you interested in massage therapy? You mean reasons beyond making $60+ for an hour’s worth of work? I still have no answers but some other issues did come up. First off, I tend to be less than comfortable touching other people - I’m not a touchy-feely kind of person. However, I’m certain with practice, I can break down that barrier. I want to break down that barrier, in fact. The other issue is that I also tend to respect people’s privacy, such that, I don’t ask people about their health - which is something that would need to be done in this profession. It seemes like most of the schools have that as part of their curriculum - teaching students how to aask questions and what questions to ask. So again, I feel like I can leap that hurdle. And sciences always came easy to me in school so Biology, Pathology, & Anatomy should be a breeze, I’m not terribly concerned about those.
