该小组履行以下部分或全部职责：

• 通过进行运动范围和肌肉测试来评估客户并提出治疗计划
• 向客户解释程序、风险和收益
• 管理按摩技术，通过软组织操作、放松技术、水疗、触发点治疗、关节疼痛和低级别动员、补救锻炼计划和客户自助计划来治疗身体的软组织和关节
• 建议家庭护理说明并提供有关进一步改善姿势和伸展、加强、放松和康复锻炼的技术信息
• 保留治疗记录
• 在为客户制定治疗计划时，可能会咨询其他医疗保健专业人员，如物理治疗师、脊椎按摩师、内科医生和心理学家。

• 按摩治疗师通常需要在认可学校完成为期 18 至 24 个月或 18 至 36 个月的按摩治疗课程，并接受一段时间的监督实践培训。
• 纽芬兰和拉布拉多、安大略和不列颠哥伦比亚省需要在监管机构注册。

• 按摩治疗师可能接受过各种专业按摩技术的培训。

• 医疗技师和技术人员（3212）
• 治疗和评估中的技术职业 ( 3210)
• 中医师和针灸师（32200）
• 其他自然疗法从业者 ( 32209)
• 物理治疗助理（在32109 治疗和评估中的其他技术职业）

This group performs some or all of the following duties:

• Assess clients by conducting range of motion and muscle tests and propose treatment plans
• Explain procedures, risks and benefits to clients
• Administer massage techniques, treating soft tissues and joints of the body through soft tissue manipulation, relaxation techniques, hydrotherapy, trigger point therapy, joint pain and lower grade mobilizations, remedial exercise programs and client self-help programs
• Suggest home care instructions and provide information about techniques for further postural improvement and stretching, strengthening, relaxation and rehabilitative exercises
• Maintain records of treatments given
• May consult with other health care professionals such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, physicians and psychologists when developing treatment plans for clients.

• Massage therapists usually require completion of an 18- to 24-month or 18- to 36-month program in massage therapy from an accredited school and a period of supervised practical training.
• Registration with a regulatory body is required in Newfoundland and Labrador, Ontario and British Columbia.

• Massage therapists may be trained in various specialized massage techniques.

• Medical technologists and technicians (3212)
• Technical occupations in therapy and assessment (3210)
• Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists (32200)
• Other practitioners of natural healing (32209)
• Physiotherapy assistant (in 32109 Other technical occupations in therapy and assessment)