| If you've been searching for enterprising ways to | | | | opportunity to travel as exchange students to China |
| acquire a respectable and rewarding profession, there | | | | and other foreign Nations for hands-on experience |
| are a diverse number of careers in holistic healing that | | | | and training. |
| you may find quite intriguing. In addition to | | | | Other careers in holistic healing like chiropractic can be |
| professions in holistic nursing, there are careers in | | | | very professionally and personally satisfying. Though |
| holistic healing like massage therapy, holistic nutrition, | | | | this particular holistic health occupation does require |
| acupuncture, chiropractic, and homeopathy. | | | | comprehensive education (usually up to four years |
| Professional massage therapists are making headway | | | | post-graduate training), chiropractic practitioners |
| in the healthcare industry as more patients are | | | | administer gentle, non-invasive spinal adjustments to |
| migrating to natural healing alternatives. These | | | | patients to help with common health issues like |
| careers in holistic healing require somatic education | | | | chronic pain and other musculoskeletal problems. |
| and training from a quality massage school or | | | | If you (or someone you know) are interested in |
| technical college. To compete in these careers in | | | | learning more about these or other healing arts |
| holistic health, students are opting for National | | | | occupations, let professional training within |
| Certification (through the National Certification Board | | | | fast-growing industries like massage therapy, |
| of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork) -- which | | | | naturopathy, acupuncture, Chinese medicine, Reiki, |
| demonstrates the following: the candidate has | | | | and others get you started! Explore careers in holistic |
| completed a minimum of 500 required training hours | | | | healing [ near you. |
| entailing 125 hours of anatomy, kinesiology, and | | | | Careers in Holistic Healing |
| physiology; 200 hours of application, assessment, and | | | | © Copyright 2008 |
| theory; 40 hours pathology; 10 hours business/ethics; | | | | The CollegeBound Network |
| and 125 hours of related studies. | | | | All Rights Reserved |
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| you to foreign countries. In addition to extensive | | | | to relevant websites, as long as Copyright and |
| training in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) theories | | | | Author Resource Box are included; and ALL |
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| Oriental medicine programs are often offered the | | | | |