Confer with clients about their medical histories and problems with stress or pain to determine how massage will be most helpful.

“Confer with clients about their medical histories and problems with stress or pain to determine how massage will be most helpful.” is a core task performed by Massage Therapists. Among the occupation's 14 rated tasks, workers place it 14th by importance (#1 most important). About 100% of workers say it is relevant to their job.

This is a single occupation-specific task statement from O*NET. The figures below describe how central the task is to the job and what independent studies measure about AI and this kind of work — not a prediction that the task will be automated.

Work activities this task rolls up to

O*NET groups concrete tasks into broader work activities shared across many occupations.

• Interview people to obtain information. in Getting Information

AI exposure

The OpenAI / Eloundou “GPTs are GPTs” study rates this task E0. No direct exposure — current language models give little or no time savings on this task.

Exposure measures whether a model could meaningfully speed the task up — it is an estimate of overlap with model capabilities, not a measure of whether the work will be done by software. The study's intermediate score (β) for this task is 0.00. Automation potential label: T1.

How AI is actually used on this kind of task

The Anthropic Economic Index observes how people actually use AI on tasks like this one across millions of real conversations.

• 0.010% share of AI-use records mapped to this task
• Most common interaction: learning
• Average autonomy of the AI: 3.7 (1–5; higher = more autonomous)
• 97% of interactions still needed a human in the loop

Observed AI use describes people choosing to use AI as a tool on this kind of task today. It is augmentation and assistance, not a measure of jobs replaced.

Working with AI vs. handing it off

Of the AI conversations mapped to this task, the split between people working alongside AI and people delegating the task to it.

How people interact with AI on this task

Other tasks in this occupation

• Massage and knead muscles and soft tissues of the body to provide treatment for medical conditions, injuries, or wellness maintenance. · importance 4.6
• Maintain massage areas by restocking supplies or sanitizing equipment. · importance 4.5
• Apply finger and hand pressure to specific points of the body. · importance 4.4
• Develop and propose client treatment plans that specify which types of massage are to be used. · importance 4.4
• Maintain treatment records. · importance 4.2
• Assess clients' soft tissue condition, joint quality and function, muscle strength, and range of motion. · importance 4.2
• Provide clients with guidance and information about techniques for postural improvement and stretching, strengthening, relaxation, and rehabilitative exercises. · importance 4.2
• Treat clients in professional settings or travel to clients' offices and homes. · importance 4.0
• Refer clients to other types of therapists when necessary. · importance 3.6
• Prepare and blend oils and apply the blends to clients' skin. · importance 3.3
• Consult with other health care professionals, such as physiotherapists, chiropractors, physicians, and psychologists, to develop treatment plans for clients. · importance 3.3
• Perform other adjunctive therapies or treatment techniques in addition to massage. · importance 3.2
• Use complementary aids, such as infrared lamps, wet compresses, ice, and whirlpool baths to promote clients' recovery, relaxation, and well-being. · importance 2.7

See all tasks on the Massage Therapists page.

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

• O*NET 30.3 U.S. Department of Labor / National Center for O*NET Development
• Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27) Anthropic
• “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130 OpenAI / academic

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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  title  = {Confer with clients about their medical histories and problems with stress or pain to determine how massage will be most helpful.},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130. Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/tasks/task-7878}
}