SpaBeautySchools.com Featured School of the Week June 17, 2007: Texas Massage Institute

Interested in a personal and professionally rewarding career in massage therapy? Today theTexas Massage Institute can provide basic education and skills necessary to become a massage therapist in office. Founded in 1999, Massage Institute of Texas has four locations in Dallas, Fort Worth, Plano, and Longview. With its curriculum approved by the agency and associated professionals in the massage (ABMP), the Texas Massage Institute is also approved to accept the candidates by the Commission for the Blind of Texas, the Texas Rehabilitation Commission and Private Industry Council. "We are changing people's lives," says co-owner of the school, Tommy Rust. "We have an obligation to our students, and do everything possible to help them overcome (the program)." As such, the school also offers free tutoring to students, he adds. It currently offers 300 hours, was sent into the curriculum of basic massage therapy, Massage Institute Texas prepares candidates to become certified massage therapists. "Our program teaches basic massage therapy, Swedish massage, stress reduction and relaxation techniques," says Rust. "Our students are offered a program that prepares students for national certification. Besides basic instruction in Swedish massage, students are taught anatomy, physiology, business, hydrotherapy, health and hygiene. Moreover, Texas Massage Institute provides a range of 100 hours of advanced programs for deep tissue massage, East-West healing arts, the trigger point, and "Core" training, which introduces students to the kinesiology, pathology, therapeutic massage and bodywork and other objects. Moreover, Texas Massage Institute offers a certification program that includes spa hands-on instruction in theory, hydrotherapy, pathology, business, therapeutic massage and bodywork, and ethics. "Each school has a number of continuing education courses we offer," says Rust, "including prenatal and postpartum, in oriental style (massage), Tui Na ... the range is as varied as the people who do massages." Texas Massage Institute is also committed to future careers services to students throughout his career. "In every school, there is a workbench and use of books," says Rust. "We asked an average of 15-20 per week for massages. There is a huge increase in demand." Texas Massage Institute also helps students achieve educational and career goals by offering convenient payment options and flexible interest-free pay-as-you-go plans, student loans than others. Rust said that the academic success of Texas Massage Institute lies in its student body of 94 -98 percent pass rate. "We have the highest rate of state spending," he says. "Most of our students have gone to private practice." As an A school's Largest Free Standing massage therapy in the state, Rust, explaining that the school environment plays a traditional university college. "It's professional environment, so that students can play this in their own private practices." And as the hands on learning, the school operates all year, six days a week to give students who work flexibly. SpaBeautySchools.com Texas Massage Institute recognizes and applauds their valuable role in providing quality training for massage therapy. For more information about this school of healing arts, please visit the Texas Massage Institute. Featured School of the Week: Texas Massage Institute ฉ Copyright 2007 The CollegeBound Network All Rights Reserved NOTE: The item (s) may be republished free of charge to relevant websites, as long as Copyright and Author Resource Box are included and all hyperlinks remain intact and active.