How to Find a Good Massage Therapist

Learn how to find a good massage therapist with this massage video. Expert: Renee French

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"Hi, my name is Renee French and I'm here at Practical Massage Therapy in Nashville, Tennessee, and I'm going to be talking about massage therapy. So these are my suggestions on how to find a good Massage Therapist. First off, I would recommend asking around, finding anyone who may be receiving massage regularly and get a referral from them in your area. If you don't have friends who are getting massage and you can't find a good referral, I would suggest finding on the internet some businesses in your area that offer massage and making sure that they are licensed or certified, and then making some phone calls and finding out their experience levels and what type of work they offer. There are lots of different techniques and Massage Therapists will integrate different things depending on what they learned in school. So just be patient, try a couple of people and see what works best for you. And the last thing I would recommend, is just finding someone who really fits the needs of your body."

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  • Renee French

    A native of Knoxville, Renee graduated from Alpha Health Institute for massage therapy and began her yoga training in 1997. After 8 years of massage experience and 3 years of teaching yoga, Renee went back to school in 2005 to further her holistic studies at the Kripalu School of Ayurveda. She graduated as an Ayurvedic health consultant in June 2006. Renee continued her Ayurvedic training by attending a course at the Ayurvedic Institute in Albuquerque, NM and completing 2 internships with Dr. John Douillard in Boulder, CO. She is a certified ayurvedic health consultant and the owner of Practical Massage Therapy in Nashville, TN.