The Massage Therapy Board In Your State

Your state licensing massage therapy board requires a hands-on exam for you to be licensed.

You may be wondering how to practice massage for the state exam. Of course, you will study the material you used while in school, including your textbooks, flashcards, and any other study materials you collected while in class. There is a lot of online help, including this website. Plus, there are magazines and countless books for your convenience.

A few weeks before your test, your state massage therapy board will send you a packet of information. This will list all of the types of strokes and how many of each type you will need to perform during your test. You will probably have to perform joint mobilizations as well.

There are some wonderful videos on the internet for you to get that show variations of each massage stroke and joint mobilizations so you can practice.

Don't wait until you get your state packet to start practicing. Practice your routine each day. Your school instructor should have gone over what is on the state test with you prior to your final exam so you could be prepared. When you get your packet, change anything in your routine that needs to be changed.

You will have to prepare to massage all body parts and perform mobilizations for all joints because you will not know which ones you will actually perform until a few minutes prior to the practical portion of your exam.

Practicing for the state exam is simple. Have at least two variations of each massage stroke for each body part and know how to do joint mobilizations for every joint. Review all of this with study videos and get together with some friends from massage school and practice on each other.

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