The reality is, most drop out before or shortly after 5 years. For 2
reasons 1) money 2) chronic or sudden injury. But a point I want to
stress is people don't drop out because the money is bad. The money
is ok, though nothing anywhere near spectacular. The problem is that
the average wage isn't nearly worth the general strain that massage
puts on your body doing the same repetitive task with your hands and
back day after day for years and years. A lot of massage therapists
are hurting. And yeah they'll say that it's due to bad habits or
whatever, but the reality is YOU CAN HURT ANYWAY!! At least that's
the way it is for many regardless of "proper technique". There really
is no proper technique, when some peoples bodies just weren't meant
for that kind of work as a full time career. And it turns out that a
lot of peoples bodies don't tolerate the strain well.
Some people are lucky and just seem to never get tired and never get
sore, but they are the minority. Unfrotunately, you might not know if
you will be a lucky one until you do it for a couple years and realize
how ****y it is to be using your hands non stop for hours and bending
and leaning and whatever all day. There's virtually no security with
massage. A bad paper cut can threaten your income for a few days.
You are always at risk, so people eventually realize that it's all not
worth it for 30 thousand a year and have to move on. At least, that's
the opinion of some. Those who are lucky and don't get hurt doing the
job I'm sure love it.
And notice how the guy who said he's been doing it for 15 years claims
that "now he is helping others do the same". That probably means he
is now teaching or something more related to the business aspect of
massage. He's probably not actually massaging full time, but
supplementing his income some other way. A lot of the ones who have
been doing massage for a long time end up doing it part time.
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