My former roommate is/was a message therapist. He went to some type of formal training, completed 250 hours of scientific massage under the supervision of a medically trained professional (the same number of hours required for a commercial pilot, which he loved to point out) and bought a subaru wagon with a folding table that he puts in the back. I think he did okay for a while financially, but he is now in school persuing a bachelors degree for whatever that is worth. I think he still does some part time stuff to pay for school.