Massage therapist need pleasing personality, smart appearance and good personal hygiene. Excellent communication, listening and questioning skills are needed to collect details of the clients. Therapist should be a confident person who can mingle well with the clients. Sincere interest and empathy towards the needs of clients is necessary. Physical fitness and stamina to carry out number of treatments is required. Social skills, business mind and marketing aptitude is essential for self employed massage therapists. Record keeping skills are needed to keep track the medical history of the patients. A massage therapist should be able to recognise problems of patients and should be referred to medical practisers in case of necessity.