Las Vegas College

We provide curricula that match the requirements of future job providers, and focus on work experience in the field. Our programs specialize in industries that offer solid, long-term career opportunities for those who pursue them.

At our campus, we uphold a distinct program philosophy of providing a superior education that emphasizes practical skills; employ a highly skilled and devoted staff; and supply students with a strong knowledge base and the experience needed to succeed in their chosen fields.

Massage Therapy Program

The Massage Therapy Program will give you the tools to successfully practice as a massage therapist in a number of settings. You will be given the basic knowledge, tools, ethics and behaviors that a successful message therapist must have. You will acquire in-depth educational talents that improve your knowledge and develop specific techniques for massaging.

We will provide you with a competitive advantage in this ever-changing field with a balance of academic knowledge, technical expertise, clinical skills, and manual dexterity. Our well-rounded curriculum will help you to gain a solid core of knowledge via instruction and hands-on training.

Massage Therapy Class Hands-on training includes:

• Business and ethics
• Eastern theory and practice
• Swedish massage
• Western theory and history
• Practice and mechanisms of health & disease
• Pre-natal, post-natal and infant elder/geriatric massage
• Deep tissue myofascial release and pin and stretch
• Neuromuscular/trigger point and muscle energy techniques
• Clinical and sports massage
• Health and wellness massage therapy
• CPR
• Energy and Non-traditional therapies

Massage Therapy Career Opportunities

As public awareness of massage benefits increases, the demand for qualified Massage Therapists continues to grow. There are a number of fields that could use a trained massage therapist including hospitality (hotels and cruise ships), sports medicine (clinics or professional teams), physical fitness (gyms and spas), general medicine (hospitals, private clinics), and physical rehabilitation clinics.