AKS Massage School, Inc. (formerly Applied Kinesthetic Studies) has been training massage therapists since 1992. We are a privately owned school, which holds a certificate to operate issued by the State Council on Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). AKS serves the local community through seminars, fieldwork, and public massage.

AKS Massage School graduates have their own establishments locally and in other states. Many also provide continuing education courses for other health care professionals. AKS is the only school that is approved for pregnancy massage by the American Pregnancy Massage Association (APMA).

Employers ask for AKS graduates

Our curriculum requires intense study and dedication to rigorous standards. Students respond to demands for their time and energies with physical and emotional fortitude. In fact, graduates (and their families) tell us that AKS changes them. They learn the anatomical language of muscles and bones and the esoteric language of touch. Students learn body mechanics that allow them to offer therapeutic massage without injuring themselves. They learn to pay attention to themselves, and to tune in to their clients with their ears, eyes, and hands.

"I have been out here working for only 4 years, but I am here to tell you that your school is the only school that I have found that gets people really ready for the work as a massage therapist. I would be really happy to get an AKS graduate to work for me. They really come out of school knowing what they need to know."

Debra Sherbeyn, Healing Hands Massage Therapy, 540-439-6502

"After my recent facial liposuction to reduce the fat in the cheeks, I had a lot of edema, or swelling, that just wouldn't go away. Apparently, my physician, who sold me on the idea of facial liposuction, failed to mention that there may be a several month (up to a year) healing period. For a month after my surgery, my swelling didn't go down at all and my cheeks were still really swollen. I was very depressed about the results from the operation.

After that first month, I began your treatment and, after every single treatment every week that you provided, I can honestly say that there was noticeable reduction in the swelling by the following day. I did some research on the internet and found that many people have the same complication after liposuction that I had. But not many of them know that manual lymphatic drainage by a trained therapist such as yourself can help get rid of the post-surgical swelling.

I did’t even know I had a lymphatic system prior to this experience. I would definitely recommend to these people to try it and experience the results for themselves. I also found on the internet that there are not a lot of people trained to provide this type of therapy.

In fact, I found only two in northern Virginia and you were the closest. I'm glad I tried it, though, or else I’d still be recovering, till today, from the surgery. It’s too bad more physicians who do surgery don’t know more about or recommend this kind of post-operative therapy.

Thanks, again, for providing such an invaluable service."

Gaylord Swaby, swabygw@hotmail.com, 703-864-2336
(Testimonial about a 2000 AKS graduate, after also a few years of continuing education)