Sunday, January 30, 2005

Applying for National Massage Licensing Test

I applied online for the National Massage Licensing Exam. I have to send several documents on Monday to go along with it. By applying online, it shortens my wait time by 1 week.

Now, the studying starts again. AHHHHH! Makes me nervous.
I found a group of students from my school who are also at about the same place in line for the test. So we are going to study together. I am strong in Pathology, weak in Kinesiology. The other woman is strong in Kinesiology and weak in A&P. The third woman is strong in A&P, but week in Pathology. Together, we will study for it all, improving our chances.

I can't wait till I get my massage therapy license. I wish I had known how long it would take to get it, from the time of graduating. I swear, I should have been working already!

Perhaps having three kids has alot to do with it, and that I wasn't particularly strong in health sciences when I started this program.
However, everyone I work on is always amazed when I know what this muscle is, or that bone does, and how much pathology I know. In order to be a good massage therapist, you have to know pathology, so you don't hurt someone, or so someone doesn't give you an illness during massage. Our hands are the barrier between health and sickness, and we have to make sure we don't have any breaks in the skin of our hands or arms, nor does the client have something that is contagious to us.

Jyotsna

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