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The massage profession has a plethora of organizations these days.

AMTA (American Massage Therapy Association) is a non-profit organization that has some executive staff at the top, a board elected by the members, and a hearty band of tireless volunteers that keep the wheels turning. AMTA has about 57,000 members.

ABMP…

AMTA sent out the following email to Illinois members bashing ABMP:

Friday, April 15, 2011



Urgent Call to Action



Call Your Illinois House Representatives TODAY!



Ask Them to Support SB 153



SB 153 (Extends the Massage Licensing Act, or ?MLA?) passed in the Senate (55-0) on Friday, April 8th, 2011. On Tuesday, April 12th, the bill was assigned to the House Healthcare Licensing Committee and is sponsored…

Andrew Wolfe, LMP is the owner and massage therapist of Harmony Licensed Massage Therapy located in Arlington's health care district at Smokey Point, Washington. He has a private practice in the Cumulus Park Health Care Center serving patients in the north Snohomish County region since 1987. In his profession as a licensed massage practitioner, he has focused on the rehabilitation…

Almost a thousand years ago Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Maimonides 1135-1204) was one of the Middle East's greatest Physicians and Scholars. He was widely know by Arabs & Christians, as well as, Jews. From his studies of the Torah (over 3,000 years before),Hippocrates (460 BCE – ca. 370 BCE) and Galen (129 – 216,  Maimonides developed his theories of medicine. He taught about the Mind-Body-Spirit connection for mental and physical health and found great value in laughter. We sometimes…

Six months in computer school, straight A student, National Honor Society, Vice President of the Web Club, Secretary of the Student Council, actually getting really good at programming in HTML, C, CSS, able to code websites and leap over tall buildings without a cape...

and the sky fell into my head.

I don't know how else to put it.  I was driving to school under moving clouds and sunrise with lots of traffic all around, and as I curved around to the…

The Alliance for Massage Therapy Education is pleased to announce that it will collaborate with the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) on the development of a new national program for the approval of both continuing education courses and providers. The Alliance and its members will bring their expertise in the domain of continuing education to help…

Hi Everyone,

I am trying to gauge how other people in this profession are doing financially in the NJ / PA / DE area. I've done hours of research so far and it's hard to really extract a concise truth about income from MT from other websites. For example, people in Michigan have very unsavry things to say about making a living from doing it and then other professionals in San Fransisco are saying their practice is booming. The difference between those locations makes it…

We hope that you will be able to come and participate in the amazing event this summer. I will be inducted into the Massage Therapy Hall of Fame and will also be the featured keynote speaker at the opening ceremonies. Here is a link to the site for more information 2011 World Massage Festival

Additionally, I will be teaching my Aston Sampler Class on July 16th & 17th. You would need to register for the…

Looking for a couple of licensed MT's for Spa Wk, no its short notice but if anyone out there, who lives close to Fort Greene area or doesn't mind coming here needs some freelance wrk, ck in ASAP. Pls have some experience under your blt!!!!

PS sorry guys need the ladies, this time around clients request!

Thks n…

FSMTB Model Practice Act

Inaugural Meeting in Albany, New York

(Overland Park, KS, April 1, 2011) The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) announces the launch of a project to develop a Model Practice Act (MPA) for the profession.  The FSMTB board of directors has…

  FSMTB to Establish New Continuing Education Approval Program

(Overland Park, KS, March 29, 2011) The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) announces the launch of a project to develop a new national program for the approval of both continuing education courses and providers. Once it is established, the program…

I usually report on state legislation, but the fact of the matter is, educating legislators about massage therapy has to begin in your own backyard. In many places, whether there is state regulation of massage or not, local laws are so archaic and penalizing to massage therapists, it is just disgusting.

The latest thing to hit my radar is from the city of Indianapolis. The…

Shana (Jenny's web mouse here) with some news:

Jenny is going to be offering an AWESOME class at this years World Message Festival, so if you are planning on attending, you should definetely sign up for Jenny's class (and if you're not attending, you should seriously consider it.  CEU's, lodging, food, and a chance to network with other great massage…

Receive a 1-hour Swedish massage for $20.00 at Imagine Salon and Day Spa on March 29, April 7, April 12, & April 14 to raise money for Earth Month

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*Credit card is needed to hold your massage reservation

*Cannot be combined with any other offer

*Please give a 48-hour cancellation notice for your appointment

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