Massage School Notes

Author: Julie Onofrio

  • Future of Massage Schools and Title IV funding.

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    AMTA Federal Funding for Massage Schools at Risk Across the U.S. “The new rule would eliminate the 150% rule, requiring all clock-hour programs to teach only the state-mandated minimum hours. For states where the minimum is under 600 hours, massage therapy schools and programs would be classified as “short-term programs”, making them only eligible for…

  • Asian Massage Parlors

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    Happy Endings or requests for happy endings are sexual harassment/sexual assault. Make them to prostitutes, not massage therapists. Asian Massage Parlors or full body Asian massage is giving the massage profession a big challenge.  For the most part, the reference to Asian massage is usually for the purpose of prostitution but there are many very…

  • The History and Present Positionof Massage and Gymnastics. Part 2

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    MASSAGEMEDICAL GYMNASTICS BY DR. EMIL A. G. KLEENWITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY DR. J. ARVEDSON ,DR. P. HAGLUND, DR. E. ZANDER TRANSLATED BY MINA L. DOBBIE, M.D., B.Ch. ZKCedical Officer, Chelsea Physical Training College WITH A FOREWORD BY REGINALD GHEYNE ELMSLIEM.S. Lond., F.R.G.S. Eng.JKCajor R.A.’JXC.C. (*) ; Orthopaedic Surgeon, St. {Bartholomew’s Hospital WITH 182 ILLUSTRATIONS SECOND EDITION…

  • The History and Present Positionof Massage and Gymnastics.

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    INTRODUCTION.FROM time immemorial people of all races have had some idea of thehygienic and therapeutic importance of physical exercise. Gymnasticsin some form has therefore always been used, sometimes as exercise in the open air, sometimes, and especially in the ancient civilisations, as a more or less developed system of positions and movements.It has also been…

  • The History of the Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards

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    Founding and Purpose The Federation of State Massage Therapy Boards (FSMTB) (https://www.fsmtb.org/) was formed in 2005, emerging from a growing need for uniformity and cooperation among various state boards regulating massage therapy. The founding principle was to facilitate better communication and consensus-building among state boards, ensuring that massage therapists could meet standardized criteria of practice…