massage therapist (EN)
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Massage therapists provide therapeutic massage treatments to improve the well-being of their clients. They perform a variety of massage types such as shiatsu and swedish massage, according to their client's needs and preferences.
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Source aliases (EN)
- medical massage therapist
- shiatsu massage therapist
- professional masseur
- medical masseur
- acupressure treatment specialist
- masseuse
- professional massage therapist
- Thai massage therapist
- Swedish massage therapist
- reflexology massage therapist
- masseur
- clinical masseur
- deep tissue massage therapist
- body massage therapist
Skills and knowledge
Essential (EN) · 21
- communicate with customers
- maintain personal hygiene standards
- musculoskeletal anatomy
- work ergonomically
- empathise with the healthcare user
- give massages
- develop personalised massage plan
- manage healthcare users' data
- maintain work area cleanliness
- provide health education
- identify customer's needs
- contraindications
- maintain privacy of service users
- maintain customer service
- discuss the medical history of the healthcare user
- massage theory
- human anatomy
- massage types
- skin types
- apply massage therapy
- accept own accountability
Optional (EN) · 45
- sport and exercise medicine
- balneotherapy
- etiopathy
- health care legislation
- fasciatherapy
- order supplies
- cosmetic pedicure
- reflexology
- cosmetic manicure
- manage a small-to-medium business
- reiki
- phytotherapy
- administrative tasks in a medical environment
- apply deep tissue massage
- maintain equipment
- apply sports massage
- human physiology
- kinetics
- apply acupuncture
- apply thermotherapy
- administer hydrotherapy
- energy therapy
- process medical insurance claims
- cosmetics
- liaise with industry experts
- rehabilitation
- pluck hair
- use hair removal lasers
- carry out preventative internal medicine interventions
- hydrotherapy
- maintain professional administration
- administer appointments
- health care system
- comply with legislation related to health care
- electrotherapy
- apply aromatherapy
- tai chi
- shiatsu
- process payments
- perform facial treatment
- develop a collaborative therapeutic relationship
- pathology
- provide individual exercise programmes
- conduct pregnancy massages
- manual lymphatic drainage massage
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