If you are a New York State licensed massage therapist looking for a career instead of a shift at a chain spa, read this carefully. Elite Healers Sports Massage is a clinical sports massage practice in Midtown Manhattan. We hire therapists who want to specialize in sports massage, treat real muscular issues, and grow inside a system built for advancement. We are not a relaxation spa. We work on athletes, runners, executives with chronic tension, and clients who pay premium rates because they expect results. If that is the kind of work you want to do for the next five to twenty years, we should talk.
We accept applications year round. We hire NY State licensed therapists only, or therapists awaiting licensing results within thirty days.
Our Mission & Values
At Elite Healers Sports Massage, we’re driven by a commitment to excellence in sports massage therapy. Our mission is to provide exceptional care that boosts performance, speeds recovery, and advances the field through innovation and evidence-based practice. We foster a collaborative, professional workplace where therapists thrive, ensuring clients receive tailored treatments for their athletic needs. Continuous learning is at our core—we value professionalism, integrity, client education, and teamwork. If these principles resonate with you, Elite Healers could be your next career home for a massage therapist career in New York City’s competitive landscape.
Your Career Path at Elite Healers
We are intentional about advancement. Most spa jobs cap your earning potential the day you walk in. Our path is built so you grow.
Months one through four — Trainee Therapist. You start part-time while completing our weekly in-house training program. You learn our proprietary sports massage system, including how we treat runners, dancers, strength athletes, swimmers, and other sport-specific clients. You shadow, get coached, and begin treating clients under guidance.
Months four through twelve — Established Therapist a.k.a Brand Stndard. You expand to full-time, build your client base, and start operating independently with full SOAP note documentation. You earn pay increases as your skill and rebook rate grows.
Year two and beyond — Elite Therapist a.k.a. Specialist. You complete external continuing education in modalities like cranial sacral, lymphatic drainage, or advanced fascial work. You take on harder cases. Your hourly rate climbs.
Year three and beyond — Educator or Team Lead. Senior therapists who want leadership take on mentorship roles, train incoming staff, or step into part-time team-leader positions. This is where your career stops being a job and becomes a long-term professional path.
Experience sports massage therapy in action at a massage job in NYC.
A Day in the Life of a Sports Massage Therapist at Elite Healers
A typical day is not five back-to-back sixty-minute relaxation sessions. Our schedule is built around longer, clinically focused treatments.
You arrive at our Midtown East clinic on East Fifty-Sixth Street. You review your day's clients before they walk in, including SOAP notes from prior sessions. Your first client is a marathon runner two weeks out from race day, focused on hip flexors and calves. Next is a finance executive with chronic neck and shoulder tension from Park Avenue desk work. After lunch you treat a CrossFit athlete recovering from a deadlift session, then a dancer working through a hamstring issue.
Between sessions you collaborate with the team. Every therapist here is treating muscular issues, so the conversation is technical, not small talk about which oil smells nice. You document, you reset the room, and you take care of your own body so you can do this for twenty years instead of three.
That is the day. Real work, real results, real bodies.
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Learn More About The LocationTraining, Mentorship, and Continuing Education
Our internal training program is the most advanced sport-specific massage curriculum offered anywhere in the United States. I built it over a decade of treating athletes and refined it into a system every Elite Healers therapist follows.
In your first year you learn our proprietary approach to:
Sports Massage for Runners. Sports Massage for Dancers. Sports Massage for Strength Training. Sports Massage for Swimmers. Sports Massage for Cyclists. Plus advanced techniques in myofascial release, trigger point therapy, deep tissue, and assisted stretching.
After your first year we sponsor and encourage external continuing education. Cranial sacral, lymphatic drainage, and other specialty certifications are paths we actively support because they make you a better therapist and a more valuable team member.
Mentorship runs throughout. You are paired with experienced therapists who give you direct feedback. You are not handed a manual and left alone. This is how clinical skill actually develops.
Grow your therapeutic massage career with elite sports training at Elite Healers.
Who We’re Looking For
We hire therapists who want to specialize, not therapists who want to coast.
You are a strong candidate if you:
- Hold a current New York State massage therapy license, or expect licensing results within thirty days.
- Want to specialize in sports massage and clinical muscular work, not relaxation-focused spa massage.
- Are coachable and willing to learn our proprietary system rather than insisting on doing it your way from day one.
- Communicate professionally with clients, document accurately with SOAP notes, and treat the work as a long-term career.
- Are self-motivated enough to build and retain your own client base after training.
- Take care of your own body so you can sustain a long career.
If that sounds like you, keep reading.
How to Apply
We accept applications year round. Even when no role is immediately open, we want to meet talented licensed therapists who fit our mission.
To apply, email your resume and a short cover letter to info@elitehealerssportsmassage.com. In your cover letter, answer these three questions:
- How do you see yourself growing as a massage therapist over the next one to five years?
- Give a specific example of a time you were coachable in a work situation.
- What hourly rate are you seeking, and what skills make you worth that rate?
Applications without answers to all three questions are not reviewed.
You can also follow us on LinkedIn or check Indeed for current postings. If your application is a fit, we will reach out for an interview and a paid trial session.
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NYC massage therapist salaries vary by experience and clientele: full-time $40,000-$110,000 annually, with six figures possible for those with large followings. Part-timers: $45,000-$70,000 based on hours. Hourly: $32-$53, equating to $57,000-$123,000 yearly.
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Join Our NYC Team Today
Elite Healers Sports Massage isn’t just a job—it’s a community of professionals dedicated to excellence in sports massage therapy. Ready to elevate your therapeutic massage career with one of the top massage jobs near me in NYC? Apply today to join a team that values expertise, growth, and client results. We can’t wait to hear from you!
Elite Healers Sports Massage is built for therapists who want to do real clinical work. Every therapist on the team is trained in our proprietary protocol covering sport-specific massage, myofascial release, IASTM, cupping, and assisted stretching.
We invest in continuing education, we run a full client pipeline, and we operate out of a clean, well-equipped space at 120 East 56th Street in Midtown East Manhattan.
If that sounds like the kind of practice you want to build a career in, send your resume and a short note about what you're looking for through the contact form on this page.