Carol Currier
When I found massage at about 25 years old, it just fit me, it just embodied me so well. I wanted to work with people, I wanted to be helpful for people and take care of people. I'd had some other careers prior to that and had gone to college and everything, but this just fit, and I just really love that I can contribute to someone's sense of wellbeing. There's that instant gratification at the end of the session - you know you've done something good. That just took off for me, and I didn't look back. I was driven to be a massage therapist since then. I was trained in lymphatic drainage back in 2013, and it wasn't as big of a thing then, so it was almost as if this doctor sort of found me. He knew that was something that was needed in his practice in the more recent years, and I was able to incorporate seamlessly into his practice. I've been with them for about 6 years now. I do up to 10 massages in a week on average, and I also assist at the clinic with patients post-operative care. I really like to promote maintenance massage - getting it regularly as opposed to just thinking of it as an extra, a bonus, or an emergency. I work with patients who may be needing a little extra attention and care in their healing process after breast implant removal surgeries.
• Vodder Technique Manual Lymphatic Drainage Certification
• Reiki Master
• Human Development Degree
• Best Massage Therapist - Austin Magazine
What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Unfortunately, as a massage therapist, I do find that a lot of people burn out before they get to the senior level of their career. I've found some ways to get around that, but I'm also blessed with the fact that I can still physically do things - I haven't had any major injury or anything like that. I do think that it is, unfortunately, a career where a lot of times we don't have a plan past maybe the 40s or 50s plan. There's not that future of how are you gonna retire, that sort of thing. We're much more present, much more in the moment. It's not all about just making that dollar for the next retirement. So retirement, I'm still not sure how it's all gonna play out as of yet, but I'm not worried because I love what I'm doing. I've had moments where something will happen and it just comes to me where it's just a drive of like, this is what I'm meant to do. This is all I can imagine doing, so it's like I will make it work, I will find a way.
