NYS Massage Exam
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What is the NYS Massage Exam?
The New York State Massage Therapy Licensing Examination is a comprehensive test required to practice massage therapy in New York. It is administered by the New York State Education Department (NYSED) and is designed to ensure that candidates have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide safe and effective massage therapy.
Key Facts:
• 140 multiple choice questions
• Includes 20 Eastern Medicine questions
• Paper-based examination
• Offered twice per year (March & September)
• Requires 1,000 hours of education
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NYS paper exam vs the MBLEx
Exam format · 6 min
The 20 Eastern questions are not extra credit
Clinical science · 7 min
Stroke names the exam actually tests
Technique · 5 min
TENS is not in your scope. Neither is that Facebook rule.
Law and licensure · 6 min
Treatment planning is 37 questions of “what would you do”
Clinical science · 6 min
Login is not full access
How this app works · 4 min
March or September: pick a date and work backward
Exam format · 6 min
You need 70%. That is about 42 wrong, not a vibe.
Exam format · 5 min
How to take a paper exam with a pencil and a clock
Exam format · 6 min
The night before: stop studying
Exam format · 5 min
If you fail in March, you do not 'review harder' until September
Exam format · 6 min
Contraindications the stem is begging you to see
Clinical science · 6 min
Left hemiplegia is the body, not the brain
Clinical science · 4 min
The organ clock is not a personality test
Clinical science · 6 min
Origins and insertions that show up as trap options
Clinical science · 6 min
Lymph questions: feet, proximal first, and what the brain does not have
Clinical science · 5 min
Draping, consent, and the ethics items people call obvious
Law and licensure · 5 min
How to use the two memory tips without memorizing the mnemonic
Exam format · 5 min
36 hours, 3 years, 12 from the couch. Stop inventing a yearly quota.
Continuing education · 6 min
CE that still helps you on the table, not just a certificate PDF
Continuing education · 5 min
Your first renewal is a different animal than year six
Continuing education · 5 min
If you leave New York, your license does not come with you
Continuing education · 6 min
Advertising, titles, and the complaint that starts with a Google listing
Continuing education · 6 min
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