Shiatsu practitioner
Also called shiatsu therapist, shiatsu acupressurist, practitioner of shiatsu
Shiatsu practitioners provide health maintenance, health education, whole health evaluation and recommendations for wellbeing, and treatment of certain illness through energetic evaluation of the body's life energy system (Ki) and regulation of the life energy system through various energetic and manual techniques.
What you'd do
Physiotherapy technicians and assistants · ILO- Administering manual treatments such as massage therapy or pressure point therapy
- Administering electrical modality treatments, ultrasound and other physical therapies using specialized techniques and equipment
- Instructing, motivating, safeguarding and assisting patients as they practice physical exercises, relaxation techniques and functional activities
- Conferring with physiotherapists or other health care providers to evaluate patient information for planning, modifying, and coordinating treatment
- Monitoring and recording patients' progress during treatments, including measuring their range-of-joint motion and vital signs
- Fitting patients for orthopaedic braces, prostheses and other physical supportive devices such as crutches, and instructing patients in the use of such devices
- Indoors
- On your feet most of the day
- Lots of contact with people
- Good freedom to decide
- Usually under 40 hours a week
- Deadlines now and then
- Some repetitive tasks
Will there be jobs?
Yes, good prospectsMany jobs will need filling by 2035.
Solid: measured. Dashed: forecast.
What does it pay?
About averagePay depends a lot on the country: from about €1,500 a month (Bulgaria) to €8,200 (Luxembourg), before tax.
Pick a country at the top of the page to see typical pay there, for people under 30, and compared with all jobs.
Among technicians and associate professionals in the EU, women earn 16% less per hour than men. Technicians and associate professionals · Eurostat
What do I need to study?
Usually post-secondary or a short degreePost-secondary training or a short degree in therapy and rehabilitation is the usual route.
946 institutions in the EU offer health and welfare bachelor's degrees. Pick a country at the top of the page to see where to study and the official course finders.
Will AI change it?
Very littleAI could help with only small parts of the tasks.
Average task score 0.17 on a scale from 0 (AI can't do it) to 1 (AI could do it fully).
See the score for each of the 6 tasks
Based on what AI could technically do when assessed in 2025. It is not a forecast for a future year, and not a forecast of job losses. Scores for physiotherapy technicians and assistants. Source: ILO (2025), adapted (credits).