Academy For Massage Therapy Training

I’m a local business owner and called in for a walk in. I was scheduled at 8:45 with lauri. I think that’s how you spell her name for deep tissue.
Called in, receptionist Ana was very proper and warming informative. Took my cc down.
Showed up to the place offered me restroom and water. Twice I got that from the receptionist and student. Which was cool.
Went into the room she performed her service of deep tissue. Relaxing music clean sheets very informative keep conversation to a minimum as I’m not a big talker and great. I will be telling all my clients about this place and will be back. Thanks back feels amazing !!!

Ive been going to here for the past 5 years and never had a bad experience. The receptionists have always been very pleasant and friendly on the phone and in person. When I first started going I only received the wellness massage and recently started requesting deep tissue. The massage I received this week was amazing. After a horrible experience last weekend at another spa with a massage therapist who would not stop talking the entire hour, the massage I received Thursday night made me feel great. I had to request and evening massage and didn’t realize they had appointments that late in the evening. My massage was scheduled for 8:45 and afterwards I had the best night sleep ever. In fact we apparently had a pretty bad thunderstorm come through during the early hours of the morning and my family was shocked that the thunder did not wake me up. Nope too relaxed after that great massage!

AWFUL therapists and choice for a massage location!
About the only relaxing thing about the Academy for Massage Therapy Training is the lobby area. Also, some of the receptionists booking the appointment are not personable and rude.
My main complaint is the massage! WOW! The lady had no clue what she was doing! I am not new to massages and have had different therapists throughout the years. I was in San Antonio for 3 months and decided to try this location. I understand the price is lower because they are students, however, the school allows them to start practicing too soon (I believe it is 3 months, but regardless if that is accurate or not, it is still too soon). The day I went, I was in severe back pain, so I booked a one and a half hour massage. The lady barely used lotion, so her hands against my skin felt horrible without the lubrication. All she did was rub without purpose. I continued to tell her I was not satisfied and did not understand what she was doing. I kept asking her if she felt anything wrong with my back, and she kept saying that it felt ‘relaxed’. I couldn’t believe it, as no therapist has ever said my back feels ‘relaxed’, actually it is normally the opposite. I will say one thing, this lady was probably the nicest massage therapist I have been to. She kept apologizing and was doing her very best, she was just not trained properly and it was too soon for her to be doing massages!
After my 1.5 hour massage and absolutely no relief for my back pain, I approached the front desk almost in tears. No matter how cheap a massage is, for some people it is a luxury to get them and not an amount I can afford to just throw away. So the fact that I was paying for 1.5 hours to have absolutely no relief was even worse. I spoke to the manager about the situation. She said that if I did not stop the massage within 10 minutes, I had to pay the full amount. This is probably information I should have known, but it did not make it right or fair to pay for what I had just received, a rub down. Seeing how upset I was, the manager asked one of the therapists that was on his way out the door to give me a 30 minute massage. The therapist that performed my next 30 minute massage could not believe how sore and inflamed my back was (NOT relaxed at all). After 30 minutes of him working on my back, someone continued to knock on the door to rush him. He wanted to continue because he felt how much I needed the massage.
The part that upset met the most was that they only ‘compensated’ me with 30 additional minutes by another therapist, and then rushed the therapist to finish. The manager thought an additional 30 minutes to my original 1.5 hour AWFUL rub down was enough! Her ignorance did not allow her to understand that MY FIRST HOUR AND A HALF HOUR DID ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! So I paid for a 1.5 hour massage and only got 30 rushed minutes.
To the owner of Academy for Massage Therapy in San Antonio: Don’t allow your students to perform massages so soon, and before they are ready! That day you lost my business, as I will never return. There is a school of massage therapy in Virginia called Advanced Fuller School of Massage Therapy and they do it right! I have never had a bad massage from a student, and they have a better criteria before allowing students to perform massages. I suggest you call them for advice.

This review is for the school, not the spa… Have had the worst experience w student services. I’ve been trying to get ahold of them by phone for over a week now, left several voicemails & had no reply. Finally I came in and scheduled an appointment & came in to talk w them & have been waiting for an hour now & no one has even approached me to lmk what’s going on. This is only one of many bad experiences I’ve had w the school. The instructors are great but w the extra large tuition your paying, you’d think you’d at least be held to the same caliber as the clients that come in for a massage. If you sign up w these people beware you are just a number to them. They’re focus is clearly on making more $$$ and not on the hard working students at the school

Great atmosphere for a massage school, comfortable lobby, very smooth sheets, soothing music and dim lighting in the private rooms. I arrived late just after being in a slight bumper tap accident on the 410 and was running on adrenalin when I got there. The manager, Ester, made sure the collision wasn’t something that possibly caused any type of whiplash and explained that sometimes you don’t feel those injuries until the next day, a massage would make it worse. I signed a waiver and was invited to a seminar the next day, the staff really helped me calm down before Leiland took me back for my deep tissue massage.
She was totally professional, calming and gave great pressure to my tight muscles which are a result from a rare disease called EDS 3. The table was low to the ground so she could use her weight to apply deep pressure. She worked out the areas of tightness with me beforehand on a little chart so she would remember where to focus the most and didn’t use that much oil which risks slipping off the muscle when doing deep tissue work (I know from previous exp! ouch.) Wish I could have given a tip but they didn’t allow it, the hour massage rated at $ 47 and I paid and booked easily online. They have different spa treatments and packages a great prices so I’ll be back! ;)

Decided not to book after talking to the receptionist. Not friendly, helpful or service-​oriented. Why the HELL is she answering phones at a school for massage therapy? Bad initial impression.

This place is as good as it gets! I mean sure, its no super fancy smancy spa with robes and slippers and cucumber flavored water (I’m pointing at you Hyatt Hill Country… I love you though). It is a massage school where you get to be a guinea pig as trained massage therapy students perfect their craft and earn hours towards becoming licensed massage therapists.
A few notes. This place is a great deal! I think an hour wellness massage runs around $ 32 bucks, and the the students cannot accept tips, so its actually $ 32 bucks. Make sure and schedule far in advance if you want a weekend appointment. Weekday appoints are not hard to come by. I’d recommend calling in. Their online scheduling system can be confusing.

While the prices are very affordable and the therapists are fairly good, I have an issue with the receptionists. I used to never have an issue with them until lately. They had called me to tell me my appointment would be pushed back and when I said that wouldn’t work for me, they refused to let me reschedule because it was not «a 24-​hour notice” — when THEY were the ones wanting to change. I was able to reschedule after some arguing only to come to find out the girl told me the wrong reschedule time. I feel like the front desk staff needs more training than the actual therapists.
Besides that, I do enjoy this place. I can relax knowing that a 2-​hour massage was not equal to a car payment.

Have had a relaxation massage with Lusiana and a deep tissue with another lady who was scheduled to graduate after me and 1 other client got their massages on this Friday. I REALLY enjoy coming here, and its helped reduce my stress levels and neck pain. Love the prices too. Is it the best massage ever/​? Probably not, but for the money and the fact these are students doing their best to help people de-​stress I give it 4.50 stars. Wonderful staff! ty

My experience here was really positive. I have a lot of chronic pain issues related to an old back injury and I get massage done a LOT. This place got me in the same day I called (albeit kinda late in the evening, totally my fault), and were really polite. Once I arrived, I got into a room within a few minutes. My therapist was very polite, still kinda new to massage with only a few months on the job but a lot of potential. This place may not give the best massage ever, but these are students or new therapists and they don’t charge a lot for the hour. I think I spent $ 35 for the whole hour but I tipped generously. Overall, you get more than what you pay for here and it’s not a bad place to go.

My massage therapist (Bonnie) was amazing. The staff is friendly. The atmosphere is very welcoming.

Thank you Unilocal friends for reviewing this place! Otherwise I never would have found it!
This is a really nice place. The waiting room is very nice and pleasant with relaxing music. The overall atmosphere is very pleasant and relaxing. The staff were helpful and professional when I called. They gave me good directions to the place and they were friendly when I came in.
The massage was very good. And what good prices! For what I paid and for how well I was treated, this deserves 5 stars in my opinion. This is an affordable indulgence for me.

Fantastic service for an excellent price! The setting was very spa-​like, and better than I expected for a teaching environment. Tip: try the hot packs add on for a wonderful massage experience

Found out about this place from Unilocal,and Thank God, now I can get a massage without breaking the bank.
To begin with I called to make my appointment and got one for the following day. Wow! So I’m off, and the GPS on my cell phone is hit or miss and today it was a miss! Why today? I’m known to always be «fashionably late», so I called them to ask for directions and explained them my «situation «with the GPS, and they said «no problem «that was a plus.
So I arrived there about 25 minutes late, and checked in. In less than 5 minutes I was met by the therapist. I had a hour and a half deep tissue massage (I was in heaven). The therapist worked on my shoulders and my neck where my muscles felt really tight, he was very professional and courteous. I felt better after my massage. Before I left I made my appointment for next week. Looking forward to my next appointment. Can’t wait!

The facility is clean and the receptionists are nice and very capable. The massages are hit or miss. You get what you pay for. It is cheap and a lottery. I have had a decent massage and one that was horrible. My biggest complaint is that I bought a package that was supposed to include an one hour massage and I was only given a half hour. I complained one week ago and have not received compensation or acknowledgment of the mistake.

My rating is a one solely of the way my appt. was booked and here’s why. I called bc their website claims you can get an appt. at a great price blah blah blah. Well ok, So they receptionist told me they had an opening for the same day at their Roger’s Ranch Location at 1pm. Cool, no issue there. Once I get there, I’m actually at Spa D’Sante…again I figured they partnered together bc I made my appt. through The Academy for Massage. I get a GREAT 30min spot treatment massage and once I pay the total is completely different from the online $ 18 advertised showing. I question the receptionist and she explains that the 18 dollar one is from students at the Academy… WHERE I CALLED TO MAKE THE APPT???
I was very confused and upset (not at Spa D’Sante, I had a great time, very friendly) but at the Academy for booking an appt with a different place, different prices and not a single time did she advise me of the price difference or the fact that I would be going to a different company for the massage. Get it together, for real.

Ohhh i feel so relaxed and loose after getting my full-​body massage here earlier. My wife has been here a few times in the past, but she thought that I would benefit from one of these today, she was so right!
I opted for the 15 minutes in the whirlpool tub before my massage was started. That really helped to tenderize me. When that was done I net up with my missuse, and she had me get ready. She started to work on my back and was attentive to tell me that I should let her know if she should lighten her touch. I told herthat she was doing just fine and that the pain I would experience while she was working the knots out of my back were the good kind of pain.
She was very thurough and had a very precise touch. She knew just the right amount of pressure to apply to anygiven body part. I got the full massage and left there feeling much more loose and way more relaxed.

Horrible Horrible Horrible. So I am new to the area and and college student. I read through the website:
«We understand the fact that when you need a massage, you need it now, not two weeks from now. Therefore, AMTT is very conveniently located in San Antonio and is complete with 16 private treatment rooms, all of which are equipped with the latest and most comfortable massage and/​or spa equipment available. Having this many treatment rooms staffed with highly skilled massage students allows for plenty of availability so you can get your massage or spa package with relatively short notice.»
Well since they were booked out a month in advance, and to even see the schedule you needed to buy a gift certificate without a refund. I was stuck, forced to go to this place even though they had borderline false advertising. Don’t expect much when trying to make an appointment.

The students are friendly and the receptionists are nice. The massage itself was OK, but you have to remember that they are still in training. (I think.)
My therapist was Pablo, a smiling large man of 300 lbs. A total sweetheart!
A word of caution: the phones lines are nearly always busy and the appointments rarely start on time.

I’m pretty sure that, in heaven, our bodies are going to feel like they do just after a massage: calm, relaxed, and devoid of tension and stress. The Academy of Massage left me feeling just that way after a one hour wellness massage that ran me only $ 30. The price? Yeah, that’s heavenly too.
I had a student, Chris, who did the massage. He was very professional and gave me pretty much the exact experience I have received for massages that I have paid more than double for. The massage focused on my back, shoulders, neck, arms, legs and feet. He spent a good deal of time on my shoulders because, apparently, I have an «angry muscle» there. Chris worked on that muscle for quite a while and it didn’t feel especially good – angry muscles usually don’t – but I knew it would help later, so I dealt with it. Besides Mr. Angry Muscle, the massage felt amazing, relaxing and non-​painful.
The school is very nice and has a comfortable, classy lobby. The rooms are pretty small and the massage tables are just above the floor, so the massage therapist kneels while working on you. Since they don’t have a changing area, you just undress in the room and then slip beneath the sheet on the massage table.
You aren’t allowed to tip the students, but you can put the equivalent in a box that goes toward their graduation fund. This place was professional, comfortable and great for getting a much discounted massage. They also do facials, wraps, pedicures and many other relaxing, body-​cleansing procedures. Academy for Massage is awesome: cheap and straight out of this world.