How to Get the Most Out of Your Next Massage

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The American Massage Therapy Association (AMTA) is a professional association of 58,000 members. AMTA provides information about massage therapy to the public and works to improve the professional climate for massage therapists. The association also helps consumers and healthcare professionals locate professional massage therapists nationwide, through AMTA’s Find a Massage Therapist® free national locator service available at  HYPERLINK "http://www.findamassagetherapist.org" www.findamassagetherapist.org or toll-free at 888-843-2682 [888-THE-AMTA].

How to Get the Most Out of Your Next Massage

In this video, AMTA member Kristen Sykora provides tips on how to get the most out of your next massage including, how to find a massage therapist, what questions to ask your massage therapist, what to expect on your first visit, various types of massage available and the benefits of massage. AMTA would like to thank Kristen Sykora and Eugene Wood for their participation and assistance in this video.

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Kristen Sykora: Hi! I'm Kristen Sykora Massage therapist and member of the American Massage Therapy Association or AMTAI'm here today to help you get the most out of your next massage. From what questions to ask a massage therapist to identifying a variety of massage styles, I'll walk you through the entire process. We will get started by logging on to www.

findamassagethetherapist.

org, here you'll find a skilled, qualified, professional, who is a member of the AMTA AMTA works to establish massage therapy as integral to the maintenance of good of health as well as a compliment to other therapeutic processes and to advance the profession through ethics and standards, among other efforts From relaxation, to stress reduction, to pain relief everyone can benefit from a massage. Before we begin, let me tell you a little bit about myself. I have been a massage therapist and a member of AMTA for seven-and-half years as well as a Spokesperson and a Chairperson for the New York Chapter Now, that you know more about the AMTA, let's get started and learn more about massage therapy.

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