With the acceleration of China's reform and opening up, with the improvement of people's material living standards and health care awareness, people are no longer satisfied with massage as a treatment method. All kinds of people put forward the requirements of health massage from different angles, and the demand for health massage in society has risen sharply, which is in line with this.

In addition to professional massage center work, leisure places, sanatoriums, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and other welfare institutions have also set up health massage services, and some hospitals have begun to increase health massage programs. Therefore, the prospect of masseurs is very broad.

Theoretical skill requirements of various health care massage therapist.

Primary health care massage therapist should be familiar with massage service process, job responsibilities and standard requirements. Master the basic requirements of massage, hygiene and accident rescue, master the starting and ending points of the main bones, joints, muscles, viscera and fourteen meridians of the human body, briefly describe the origin of massage and general health care knowledge.

Master the operation essentials and functions of fifteen techniques, such as pushing, taking, pressing, kneading, poking, reasoning, pointing, shaking, patting, pecking, beating, knocking and trembling. Understand the functions and usage of massage supplies, appliances and instruments. Skill requirements: the ability to judge the physical condition of guests through "observation"

Mastering the general techniques of muscle and acupoint manipulation in various parts of the human body, making proper exertion and accurate acupoint selection, can cure general soft tissue injuries.

According to the operation essentials, I can skillfully use fifteen basic techniques, such as pushing, holding, pressing, rubbing, poking, arranging, pointing, shaking, patting, pecking, beating, knocking and trembling, to relieve more than five common physical discomforts, and I can correctly use massage instruments, articles and appliances. It can explain the general health care effect of massage on human body.