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title: Specialities Within the Field of Massage Therapy
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date_published: 2012-09-21
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# Specialities Within the Field of Massage Therapy

Massage Therapy offers many different types of massages and massage techniques
in which therapists can choose to further explore and specialize. Some popular
Massage Therapy specialties include:

- **Spa Therapy**: Massage Therapists who utilize this massage technique use a
  combination of aromatherapy, nutrition, massage, and other natural healing
  techniques in their practice.

- **Sports Massage**: This specialty helps athletes prevent injuries and enhance
  their performance. A range of techniques is utilized in sports massage to help
  restore function to muscles and joints before, during, and after sporting
  participation.

- **Reflexology**: A traditional form of Chinese massage, reflexology
  concentrates on applying pressure to certain pressure points in the body that
  correspond to particular organs and areas of body tissue.

- **Stone Therapy**: Stone therapy utilizes smooth stones that are heated or
  cooled during massages. Heated stones help to relax the muscles, allowing the
  therapist to work more deeply into the muscle without the use of a deep tissue
  massage.

- **Medical Massage Therapy**: This specialized form of Massage Therapy is
  precise and patient-specific and focuses on therapeutic, corrective, and
  restorative results depending on the patients’ particular ailments.

- **Prenatal Massage**: To help reduce back and neck pain and swelling, and to
  increase circulation, prenatal massage is becoming an increasingly popular
  form of Massage Therapy for expecting mothers.

- **Reiki**: In the Japanese healing practice known as Reiki, the Massage
  Therapist aims to tap into an unlimited “life force energy” in order to
  enhance the quality of life and improve the health of their clients.

- **Thai Bodywork**: Thai bodywork combines yoga stretching, reflexology, energy
  work, acupressure, and meditation to place an emphasis on stretching and
  loosening of the body.

Contact Arizona College to learn more about
[our hands-on Massage Therapy program](https://www.arizonacollege.edu/all-programs/massage-therapy/)
and how you can
[become a Massage Therapist](https://arizonacollege.edu/healthcare-careers/massage-therapy/how-to-become-a-licensed-massage-therapist/)
.

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_Information in this blog post is accurate as of September 21, 2012._

**Categories:** AZC Healthcare Programs